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Military Minces Words in Tillman Report

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2007 The military has concluded that the fratricide of Pat Tillman was not criminal and there was no broad cover-up, despite recommending action against officers who, as the AP reports, "passed along misleading and inaccurate information and delayed reporting their belief that Tillman was killed by his fellow soldiers." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nine Officers Blamed in Tillman Cover-Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2007 The findings of an investigation into the cover-up of the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death won't be officially released until Monday, but details are leaking out. According to Defense Department officials, the report will recommend holding nine officers, including up to four generals, accountable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Kills Iraqi Soldiers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 Eight Iraqi soldiers were killed and six wounded on Friday, Iraqi officials reported, after an American helicopter mistook them for an al-Qaida cell and opened fire. The U.S. military, which says only five were killed, expressed its "deepest sympathies" for the friendly-fire deaths. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Friendly Fire’ Caught on Tape

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 Britain's Sun newspaper has obtained a copy of a "top secret" tape that depicts the adolescent joy of two U.S. fighter pilots as they gunned down a British convoy, killing Lance Cpl. Matty Hull and injuring four others. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Another Friendly Fire Coverup by the Army

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2006 Peggy Buryj was told in 2004 that her son Jesse died near Karbala, Iraq, sustaining a back injury while heroically defending an Army checkpoint. She would later learn that he was shot in the back. While the Army, which has destroyed important evidence related to the case, insists a Polish soldier fired the shot, a friend of Jesse's who served with him told his mother an American soldier was to blame. (h/t: Buzzflash) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )