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Was Pat Tillman Murdered? Absolutely Yes, According to a Nam Vet
by Bill Perry
I’m NOT looking for an argument here, on what Wes Clark may, or may NOT have said on Keith Olberman’s MSNBC show.
What I DO want to mention is my highly personal experience of killing 4 men at extremely close range, with an M-16. The Doctors examining Pat Tillman stated there was “an extremely close shot group “…. (and they added “fired from less than 10 yards” away).
I’m an expert marksman, and I killed 4 men who ran right up on my point position, AFTER an ambush began, them not realizing I was so far removed from the other 28 men in my platoon. These men were about 3 to 4 yards away, and I had excellent cover… I had probably killed all 4 of them with just my first 6 shots from the expended 19 round magazine… and I went through their pockets, afterwards, while they were still warm.
There was NOTHING CLOSE to a “Shot group” on any of these men. Their wounds reflected their flailing & flying bodies as I blew them away.
A “Shot group” on Pat Tillman’s forehead indicates ONE shot killed him, and then he was “double checked”, then “triple checked” at POINT BLANK range, to make sure he was dead. ( 3 shots = “Shot Group” )
John,
The point made very clear in this article is that when under attack it is standard procedure that all weapons are put on automatic (ask ANY of your military friends). The first bullet that hits a human target knocks the victim askew so NEVER would three hits have hit the same forehead from the same angle unless…
The second and third shots were fired while Tillman was laying on the ground, probably already dead from the first gunshot wound.
Pat Tillman was murdered – of that there is no question at this point.
Who ordered the hit and how far up in the chain of command that can be traced is the question.
As is the case in hundreds of cases involving this Administration, if the Commander-in-Chief was legitimately interested in seeing the truth revealed he would order this case to be broken open posthaste and that the criminals involved would be brought to justice swiftly.
Just as in the case of the 9/11 Commission not being formed for 441 days and then begrudingly as a tightly controlled Presidential Commission rather than an independent commission, this case begs the question asked by Dr. Robert Bowman:
“If the Bush Administration has nothing to hide, why are they hiding everything?”
Doesn’t the M16 fire a three round burst in Semi Auto ?