Tag: pat tillman
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uss harry truman just off iran, as israel plots imminent tehran raid
from zero hedge: As we first reported last week, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from Stratfor shows…
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McChrystal Falls On Sword After Truthful Comments On Afghan War
The farce that is the war in Afghanistan is coming apart at the seams. General Stanley McChrystal’s sharp comments about Obama, Biden, and the administration published by Rolling Stone are not so much about disrespect, as the script-reading corporate media talking heads would have it, but rather about a policy in disarray in Afghanistan.
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warwhores: sloganeering, psyops, satellites & suicides
sailors take aim at new recruiting slogan: ‘a global force for good’*US army cancels plan to send another brigade to iraq*US to make blackwater-style entry into somalia*US after new military ventures in africa*US largesse keeps african militaries rolling*photos of military deaths in afghanistan banned*$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in…
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ghosts of admins past & present: tillman, torture, war & more
flashbacks: deliberate & calculated lies about tillman & lynch &officers blamed for tillman case errors tillman’s parents want general’s record reviewedfrom ap: The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations…
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rumsfeld changes course, will testify on tillman death
from raw story: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will testify at a Wednesday hearing on the friendly fire death of Army Specialist and former NFL player Pat Tillman. “In a late breaking development, Secretary Rumsfeld will appear before the Oversight Committee tomorrow,” stated a release from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.…
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news on the march
no evidence of enemy fire in tillman deathfrom ap: 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… No…
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‘executive privilege’ hides tillman documents
from raw story: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed on Friday afternoon that the White House and Pentagon were holding up a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into the friendly fire death of former professional football player and Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. “[T]he Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding seeking ‘all documents…
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‘deliberate and calculated lies’
from raw story: In a major hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the brother of deceased Army Specialist Pat Tillman, who appears to have been a victim of friendly fire, said that reports of his brother’s ‘heroic death’ were “deliberate and calculated lies.” “These were intentional falsehoods that meet the legal…
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Officers Blamed for Tillman Case Errors
‘You know, this war is so fucking illegal.’ – Pat Tillman from ap/yahoo: Nine officers, including up to four generals, should be held accountable for missteps in the aftermath of the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, a Pentagon investigation will recommend… Dozens of soldiers — those immediately around Tillman at…
