U.S. army cleared of coverup in Tillman's friendly fire death

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Source: CBC News

The U.S. army made critical errors while in handling the friendly fire death of an American soldier in Afghanistan, but there was no criminal wrongdoing, the military concluded Monday.

The military was investigating the death of army Ranger Pat Tillman, 27, an NFL star who walked away from a $3.6-million US football contract in 2001 to enlist. Tillman was killed April 22, 2004, in a gun battle with enemy fighters near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

The military initially told the public and Tillman's family that Tillman had been killed in an ambush, but did not say the fatal wound was caused by members of his own unit.

Several weeks later, the army admitted Tillman was accidentally killed by fellow U.S. soldiers in rough terrain when the lighting was poor.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2007/03/26/tillman-report.html

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No comment needed. Nothing to say here, folks.

:(

[opiate69]

1. "Fox clears self in Hen House break-in. Pictures at 11"

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Yeah, there's a surprise... they cleared themselves

of My Lai too

hope they can sleep nights...

Pat can't, neither can these people...

[stevedeshazer]

3. Just a note of thanks to our Canadian friends

I spotted this on google news, and within one minute it was disappeared from the headlines.

Anna Whatshername, hours on TVNewz coverage.

Thanks, CBC, I'll continue to tune you in whenever I can.

[BushOut06]

4. I don't think any of us expected them to admit the truth, did we?

It's not like they're going to come out and say "Yep, we murdered Pat Tillman to shut him up, because we didn't want him using his celebrity status to speak out against the war."

Of course they're going to say "nothing to see here, move along!"

[jody]

5. The officers who approved Tillman's Silver Star must be punished because that involves lying. n/t

[donkeyotay]

6. His family seems to resent his being used for a propaganda piece

Apparently, they think they should have been told the truth about his death, but then the whole country would have heard the sad truth also. Someone way up the food chain decided to make lemonade out of lemons, use his death as a recruitment tool and a distraction from the disgrace of Abu Ghraib, which also came from further up the food chain.