Firefight In Afghanistan-Death of Pat Tillman PART 3
Firefight In Afghanistan-Death of United States Army Ranger Pat Tillman in friendly fire incident.
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our sport down thereonce the f_-sixteens dropped more news
on the positionswe had no more church fires later that
nightoperation anacondawears onultimately several hundred al-qaeda and
taliban fighters are killed or capturedin the fightingbut despite this difference sealing off
the street co-foundermany doesn't enemy combatants escape the
courtand over the next couple of years they
gradually britewe acquit and begin launching minor
offenses against coalition forcespresident of the countryin late springtwenty second marineexpeditionary unit use into afghanistan
to beat that this growing talibanresurgencewhere they're becauseis going on in september works the
elections the first elections neck andsince we were theretrying to tell them from any kind of
significant operationsends killer capture or anyal that we couldthe marines target their initial push at
the city of terroristin the always gone provincehe'd toronto set up our base of
operationswas opposed by some common cause i knowand was also birthplace of the talibanand so by going there and the coalitionsent right after presence in that regionwe're going to be able to do wasshow the strength of the central
government and also show that thetaliban have nowhere to hideon the morning of june third during a
push toward the taliban stronghold ofdaschle panto platoons from charlie company first
battalion six marines entered thevillage of khobar blue and begin
house-to-house search for enemycombatantsall the sudden person on the apache
attack helicopters were supporting ussource and i stay in the area const
orders to translatefifteen to twenty taliban fighters take
to the hills behind the villageannemarieskewed chase on bushcouple times there wasthat talent and engagement rifle machine
gun firepursued continueda marine squad led by then sergeant
anthony b_g_ aunty is out in fronthis meds to reduce the number of
televisionbut plenty of enemy fighters remainand a chase leads into a valley whiskey
rocky slopesthe taliban split into two groups have
been moved to opposite sides of thebalanceso sergeant the g_r_e_puts his squawkingand since glider teams in both
directionsthey're walking into an ambushlieutenant chris need to yoko observed a
flight from his unit's position on adistant branchtaliban's up in there and it's almost
like everywhere he goes up to preparefor any positionsex and covertransactions instrumenton the right surging p_g_ awning lingers
behind for a moment to confer with hisfirst sergeantthe senior marine linked up with this
one when the chase beganon the left meanwhile clyde dot
consuming selling as the americansagainst hate fighters from the enemya marine has taken an a_k_-forty seven
round right calffrito-lay it was like a sledgehammer
snap into his legand discarda budget gets the wounded behind a
locked and starts first daycorn and come up closeleslie advantage because the firehe was shot instructions on how to take
careback across the valleysergeant major yani has now beenforwardcheck on his other fire chiefthey are crossfiretoday about retentionfirst offsetup the jagged unannouncedfor starting the cease-fire continues
she got messed hidden in the rocksgreat work for himwe're getting close enough to toss it
will mean breathing gauntlet multiplemurdersand later the story behind the shootoutthe took the life of pro football player
turned army ranger pat tillmannear the village of com park sample
province afghanistantwo thousandsergeant anthony the g_r_e_ squad of
charlie company first battalion sixmarines has struck an ambushamericans are woundednow digiovanni has just received an
urgent radio call from his firstsergeanthe needs a fragmentation grenade
immediatelyhe must have spotted an enemy hideoutdigiovanni rushes down to his leader's
positionthe first sergeant several dozen your
gigolo pgl on the hillsidewhether at workreports and directiondollars justmoves down the slope with his wifeand a fragmentation grenade at the readyvery exposed to far beforebare metal deskvery high that daytrying again this timethroughout the flight ever workedseveral yards below the first surgeons
positionfiji on the spotscalable call ithas a solidit movesupscalecountry for more on itmore enemy bullets from across the
valley hanleyas he pulls back to preface grenadaquarter-mile confrontationscored russian droppingto two stepsimplies myself watersgunnery sargent keys no excuse a combat
correspondentcame down behind a rock on the opposite
side of the valleyhe and other marines have already taken
three televangelist prisonerand also nowby the recipient explosioni mean every wordthat grenade he broke the ambush moments
later the army helicopters thatoriginally alerted the marines of the
fleet taliban bring them gun battle to afinal close clashing screen eldergenomics aboutharassing her decisionchris what's going on in my lifewith the threat of losingthe company first sergeant and a
lieutenant take turns carrying thewounded marine out of the hills on their
backssearching the g_r_e_ himself wounded in
the flight leaders who seems the navycrossfor his lower sectionsafter two weeks a successful operations
and karen koh regionwith more than eighty taliban combatants
killed or captured the marines shifttheir focus westreports of coming up at the taliban
fighters have fled cordis arsenichistorynear the center of afghanistancycling village of sarong i was gone
province of afghanistanjune twenty seventhtwo thousand fourtwo p_m_a section of four caveatus rules for the villageor combined airtight armor team vehiclespart of the speaker or anywhere elsecatch section the scouting dwell on the
head of the rest of the battalionthe villagers sarong is at the end of a
bali the battalion is attempting tosweep premium enemyso the mission of the cat sections is to
move ahead and block passage out of thefar side of the villageour mission is to go inset up the initial primer on the village
for the follow on force to come throughof the committee meeting since such in
the village of the timeterrain leading to the opposite end of
the village is wrongso the leader of the cat section then
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This ESPN Sports Century biography on Pat Tillman is divided into six parts. I think this aired in 2005. For updated information, read "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman http://www.amazon.com/Boots-Ground-Dusk-Tribute-Tillman/dp/1594868808 and "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1594868808&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R1ZC333SDPTXNBP09RW
On HBO's Inside the NFL, Peter King interviewed Denver QB Jake Plummer about the horrific treatment the Tillman family have received over Pat's death. There have been four investigations into what really happened to him and now a fifth one is getting close to being completed. How reprehensible has this been for the Tillman family? Pat is killed and they were repeatedly lied to. The family is not speaking out, but Plummer is. Good for him. Somebody has to.
For more on this, see:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/MNGD7ETMNM1.DTL
Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
See: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Prior to joining ESPN in June 1999, John covered Pat Tillman's college and football careers when he worked as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor in Phoenix, AZ. In addition to his roles as SportsCenter anchor, Wipeout host, husband and dad -- John has added Team Tillman New York member to the list to help raise funds and create awareness for the Pat Tillman Foundation. All he has to do is run 26.2 miles -- can't be that hard right? Today he invites you to learn more about the efforts of Team Tillman New York. Donate at: http://www.active.com/donate/teamtillmannewyork10
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Specialist Patrick Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman gives opening remarks.
This ESPN Sports Century biography on Pat Tillman is divided into six parts. I think this aired in 2005. For updated information, read "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman http://www.amazon.com/Boots-Ground-Dusk-Tribute-Tillman/dp/1594868808 and "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman" by Jon Krakauer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1594868808&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R1ZC333SDPTXNBP09RW
During the April 24, 2007 "battlefield misinformation" hearing held by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Army Specialist Bryan O'Neal describes Pat Tillman's April 2004 death in Afghanistan by "friendly fire."
I Wrote this song for our fighting men and their families.
I do NOT support the wars.
I DO support our Brothers and Sons who fight them!
On this night I dedicated this song to Pat Tillman. At the time I had no idea of the lies that had been told.
We are just starting to learn the truth about what really happened to Pat.
ESPN Nov 2009 - Marie Tillman, the wife of former Arizona cardinal and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, speaks for the first time since her husband's death from friendly fire.
This video is intended for the sole purpose of my own creativity and does not reflect the opinion of any of the artists or voices used in the video. The song is Mr. President from The Grouch and Eligh. The voices are various newscasters and reporters.
Arizona Cardinal football player turned Army Ranger, killed in action during operation Iraqi Freedom. Tyler Griffin Reporting (2004) - www.Mindshift-Media.com
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