An AP article (via Firedoglake.com) reports some, well, pretty messed stuff about the shooting death of former NFL star in the Afghan backcountry. It turns out fragging may be the cause:
‘Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
“The medical evidence did not match up with the, with the scenario as described,” a doctor who examined Tillman’s body after he was killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2004 told investigators.
The doctors – whose names were blacked out – 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 10 yards or so away.’
It appears that they’re fighting themselves over there so they don’t have to fight each other over here.
The Taliban were nowhere to be found. No enemy bullets were found anywhere near.
Iraq and Afganistan are both going terribly, and have been for a while. Time to withdraw from both and leave all this pointless killing behind.
