Firefight In Afghanistan-Death of Pat Tillman PART 5(the end)
Firefight In Afghanistan-Death of United States Army Ranger Pat Tillman in friendly fire incident.
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for the wholerightfully yoursorthodoxboth ranger school the most rolling
sixty one daysthat anybodyany branch of the service billsa lot of guys washed out he did the
whole bill became a certified airbornegung-ho toready to go onin the early spring of two thousand four
he finds himself in afghanistan with thesecond battalion of the seventy-fifth
ranger regimentwas started in pakistanpushed a lot of the taliban loyalists
the al-qaedaout of western pakistan over into the
eastern aftergrilled mountainous terrain the case for
bin laden is hanginghumans usehas been busily flushing alcatelhas brought him into this regionfiring at taliban fighters hearing enemy
ralphs theresoon one of the vehicles causeambush hellomakes it out of the killzonethe rangers in the vehicle spotty human
fore memory jump aheadthe incidentpeople say they have thought he was a
talentinstead it's the friendly afghan
soldiers that accompany corporal tillmanand the other american to the richhelen breakvery chaotic situationpart of a painyou want to billtakes the life of the thirty afghanpatch and the other ranger begin waving
their arms and screaming friendliescease-fire cease-firemissing the whole thingleader said he couldn't hear the
americans on the richcontinue firing until nowtillman puffs of smoke grenades to
signal that there are rangers at hisposition not enemy combatantsfiring from the home team finally stops
momentarilyat this point tillman and the other
ranger believe the danger has passedthey stand out from behind the rocks
that have been protecting themthe rangers in the vehicle below will
say after the incident that they thoughtthe smoke in a different elements
position must have come from an enemymortar roundonce againopens firethe soldier next to tillman immediately
hits the groundbegins to playbut it's too late for pat himselfthere is pain in his voice as he once
again screens for the shooters to ceasefirehis voice and is going topatent tillman is deadpatrick daniel tillman is monitored and
a memorial service in san josecaliforniabarney sentencing thousand fourhere this story technical told aboutsummer release moneysomewhat foreignyou can't paint more alive godfor service on a dead soldierfrom a disasterhas also receives another recognition
the silver star with combat v_'s for hisselfless actions in afghanistanthe u_s_ army is late in announcing that
the former football player's deaths wasa result of friendlythe matter is still under reviewto determine if the army engaged in
intention deceptionthe insistence of the tillmanthere is a criminal probe underwayto determine if any of the soldiers who
fired on tillman are guilty of negligenthomicidethe lost of friendly fire of a
remarkable patriot like petrolfor his fellow servicementhe only solace is that his loss helps
fueled their passionongoing processal-qaeda taliban terrorists in
afghanistanon some of the unluckymorrow marley made at largeand the taliban movement is emerging as
a threat
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. Rep. Elijah Cummings questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman about communications inside the White House related to his brother.
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Keith Olbermann asks Wes Clark about the cover-up of Tillman's murder. Clark says orders for such a whitewash would have to come from "the very top." The Rabbit Hole on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rabbitholenews
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
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
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. Army Private Jessica Lynch gives opening remarks.
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At his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Lt. Gen Stanley McChrystal told the Senate Armed Services Committee that mistakes were made in the military's handling of the accidental shooting death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. (June 2)
