pat tillman: football star ; army poster boy war hero cum embarrassing friendly-fire victim cover-up story and anti-iraq war chomsky reader. what was the army trying to hide?:
According to testimony, Tillman, who along with others on the hill waved his arms and yelled "cease fire," set off a smoke grenade to identify his group as fellow soldiers. There was a momentary lull in the firing, and he and the soldier next to him, thinking themselves safe, relaxed, stood up and started talking. But the shooting resumed. Tillman was hit in the wrist with shrapnel and in his body armor with numerous bullets.
The soldier next to him testified: "I could hear the pain in his voice as he called out, 'Cease fire, friendlies, I am Pat f-ing Tillman, dammit.' He said this over and over until he stopped," having been hit by three bullets in the forehead, killing him.
The soldier continued, "I then looked over at my side to see a river of blood coming down from where he was... I saw his head was gone."
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