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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man

(B) The public story said Tillman and an Afghani ally were up top on one side of a ravine taking fire from Rangers in vehicles below, and that -- after setting off colored smoke and other identifying signals to no avail -- he raised up from behind cover shouting "this is Pat F-ing Tillman."

That story is consistent with his being shot in the forehead, and three quick rounds closely grouped are well within the capability of a Ranger who fired before identifying his target. [That was a big issue the shooters were reprimanded for in the initial report.]

S_A_M

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Not exactly.

• The documents also shed new light on Tillman's last moments.
  
  It has been widely reported by the AP and others that Spc. Bryan O'Neal, who was at Tillman's side as he was killed, told investigators that Tillman was waving his arms shouting "Cease fire, friendlies, I am Pat (expletive) Tillman, damn it!" again and again.
  
  But the latest documents give a different account from a chaplain who debriefed the entire unit days after Tillman was killed.
  
  The chaplain said that O'Neal told him he was hugging the ground at Tillman's side, "crying out to God, help us. And Tillman says to him, `Would you shut your (expletive) mouth? God's not going to help you; you need to do something for yourself, you sniveling ..."

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns