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Aug012012

How They Lied When Pat Tillman Died - Film Trailer

Film trailer is at the bottom of the story.  This is a 1-minute clip of Kevin Tillman's testimony before Congress.

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It's been 8 years since Pat Tillman’s assassination in Afghanistan.  On April 22, 2004 Tillman and several other Army Rangers were given an odd order to split their motorized squad and proceed toward a village called Magarah. The original mission was to recover a broken-down Humvee from a rocky and almost impassable trail through a steep gorge. The Humvee was being towed by a local “jinga” truck, rather than by one of the working Humvees. Tillman and the others got to the village before the guys with the towed Humvee and were waiting for them when three Afghan kids fired an RPG, with an effective range of 250 yards, from 800 yards. It hit on the wall of the gorge and made some noise and loosened up some dirt and rocks. But, no harm done. Nevertheless, the vaunted Rangers lost control of themselves and fired their arsenal of a .50 caliber Browning, 40mm grenade machine gun, .30 caliber machine guns and .223 caliber machine guns plus their small .223 rifles, called M-4s. They fired until they were out of ammo and had to get into their reserve ammo supply.

Tillman and the other guys were watching this show from above. Tillman’s sergeant, Matthew Weeks, ordered him and Bryan O’Neal and an Afghan named Thani to go down on foot closer to the road, which they did. The lead Humvee came within view of Tillman and from a range of about one hundred feet, opened up on him and the two others, killing the Afghan and wounding Tillman after he waved his arms at them not to shoot. They dove behind a couple of one-foot high rocks and O’Neal asked if he was okay. One of Tillman’s legs was severely wounded. He threw a purple smoke grenade to show they were Americans and kept yelling at the nearby Humvee shooters. Both Tillman and O’Neal waved their arms at the Humvee. The Rangers in the Humvees stopped shooting for a minute. Tillman and O’Neal thought it was safe to show themselves.

Tillman identified himself loudly, saying “Hold your fire! I’m Pat f****** Tillman!” Specialist Trevor Alders opened up again with his .223 machine gun and hit Pat Tillman from about one hundred feet away. Now, both Tillman and O’Neal were in the same uniforms as the other Rangers, wearing the distinctive Kevlar helmets, carrying the same M-4 rifles. The Humvee guys knew that the other guys were up ahead and still they did this.

Here’s where it gets strange. The autopsy photos supposedly show three .223 holes in Tillman’s forehead, in a two- to three-inch group. 

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Reader Comments (9)

Are You Okay With a Cop Scanning Your Phone During a Traffic Stop?

http://socialtimes.com/are-you-okay-with-a-cop-scanning-your-phone-during-a-traffic-stop_b58994
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:11 PM | Registered CommenterDailyBail
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ecbforced-run-on-our-banks-led-to-bailout-2628449.html

Economist Colm McCarthy has said that there are "widespread suspicions" that the European Central Bank fostered a run on Irish banks to force the last Government to seek a bailout from the EU-IMF
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:12 PM | Registered CommenterDailyBail
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM | Registered CommenterDailyBail
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/04/19/pay-attention-to-sarah-palin.aspx

Pay Attention to Sarah Palin!, Please!

Her handlers are upset that no one cares about sarah anymore...
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:14 PM | Registered CommenterDailyBail
obama's sending peace prize drones to Libya but funny how he picks and chooses WARS, also interesting to note no one is talking about the BLOOD on his hands or how it's all about the Oil or that HE NEVER served our country...hmmm

Syria we do nothing (as it should be we are NOT the world's policeman) but that oh it's the humane thing to do in Libya is just bullshit! Where are the artists calling for an End to all obama's wars? Because they now belong to him!

http://politicsandfinance.blogspot.com/2011/04/syria-crisis-graphic-video-of-murder-in.html

Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD02Ak01.html

Saudi money wins Obama's mind

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD19Ak02.html

"Bring the Boys Home"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU0qdbcHmpw
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:32 PM | Unregistered CommenterLiberatedCitizen
good stuff LC...hope you had a nice weekend...
Apr 25, 2011 at 12:51 PM | Registered CommenterDailyBail
Are You Okay With a Cop Scanning Your Phone During a Traffic Stop?
......................@ DB........................................."Fuck-No"...................& Im as clean as it gets, unless im busted for getting a "Stiffy" lokin at the "Chic" with the red dress on, on yr Site, that is......................?

"Hell No", turn it off and shove it up yr Ass, they have NO Right, Un-Less, you have something to hide. Its just one more step to goverment haulling all of us off to Fema-Camp, for having a drink, or Smoke, after work.........................

"Fu*k the Goverment, Low Life Maggot-Shit....................?
Apr 25, 2011 at 9:09 PM | Unregistered CommenterTexas Dar
Hey T, that's Big Sis and Obama's doing.

What about the police drones? What spy capabilities do they have?
Apr 25, 2011 at 9:40 PM | Unregistered CommenterPatriot Games
What about the police drones? What spy capabilities do they have?

More than you want to know. A good cop friend of mine at the dock told me after many "Kesslers-&-Coke", neaver trust a cop. 75 % or more are up to dirty deallings. They take the law in thAre own hands, and get away with muder, evan 'Real , Murder"........

But there are a hand full of real good cops out there, but its sad so many make the few look bad.......
Apr 29, 2011 at 10:37 PM | Unregistered CommenterTexas Dar

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