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2007-07-27 01:22:30 UTC
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July 26, 2007 5:26 PM
Associated Press
http://tinyurl.com/2cu26z
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Complete article:
Documents obtained by The Associated
Press show that Army medical examiners
were suspicious about the close proximity
of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's
forehead.
Those same documents reveal the exam-
iners tried without success to get authorities
to investigate whether the former N-F-L
player's death amounted to a crime.
The doctors names were blacked out on
the document. They said that the bullet holes
were so close together that it appeared the
Army Ranger was cut down by an M-16 fired
from a mere ten yards or so away.
Ultimately, the Pentagon did conduct a crim-
inal investigation, and asked Tillman's com-
rades whether he was disliked by his men
and whether they had any reason to believe
he was deliberately killed.
The Pentagon eventually ruled that Tillman's
death at the hands of his comrades was a
friendly-fire accident.
The medical examiners' suspicions were
outlined in 23-hundred pages of testimony
released to the A-P this week by the Defense
Department in response to a Freedom of
Information Act request.
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July 26, 2007 5:26 PM
Associated Press
http://tinyurl.com/2cu26z
---
Complete article:
Documents obtained by The Associated
Press show that Army medical examiners
were suspicious about the close proximity
of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's
forehead.
Those same documents reveal the exam-
iners tried without success to get authorities
to investigate whether the former N-F-L
player's death amounted to a crime.
The doctors names were blacked out on
the document. They said that the bullet holes
were so close together that it appeared the
Army Ranger was cut down by an M-16 fired
from a mere ten yards or so away.
Ultimately, the Pentagon did conduct a crim-
inal investigation, and asked Tillman's com-
rades whether he was disliked by his men
and whether they had any reason to believe
he was deliberately killed.
The Pentagon eventually ruled that Tillman's
death at the hands of his comrades was a
friendly-fire accident.
The medical examiners' suspicions were
outlined in 23-hundred pages of testimony
released to the A-P this week by the Defense
Department in response to a Freedom of
Information Act request.
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