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Topic: NFL "hero" Tillman killed by "friendly fire"
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MacD
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posted 29 May 2004 11:57 PM
It appears as if the first babble civil war is going to be fought over thread proliferation.Couldn't this be added to the existing thread here? [ 29 May 2004: Message edited by: MacD ]
From: Redmonton, Alberta | Registered: Apr 2002
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jeff house
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posted 30 May 2004 11:47 AM
quote: The Afghan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also contradicted U.S. reports that the American soldiers had come under enemy fire.
I think this may have been yet another PR con job. Jessica Lynch II. The first story was "killed by enemy fire". Now the Army reports that he was killed by "friendly fire" while a firefight was going on. But the Afghans say there was no enemy fire at all. So maybe he wasn't a hero who fought and died for his country, but a fellow whose misplaced ideals caused him to get shot when his own troops panicked, shooting wildly at anything that moved. OF course, the administration prefers the hero, but how much reason is there to believe THEM?
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