European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 252007 stars and stripes Page Ranger i was ordered not to talk about Tillman brother of nil  blasts army for intentional falsehoods the associated press Washington a us army Ranger who was with american football Star Pat Tillman when he died by Friendly fire in Afghanistan said tuesday he was told by a higher up to con ceal that information from Tiilman family i was ordered not to Tell them us army pc Bryan Oneal told the House committee on oversight and government re form Tillma is death received world wide attention because he had walked away from a million Dol Lar professional football contract to enlist in the army after the sept 112001 terrorist attacks Oneal said he was Given the order by Thelt col Jeff Bailey the battalion commander who oversaw Tiilman platoon Pat Tiilman brother Kevin was in a Convoy behind Bis brother when the incident happened but did not see it Oneal said Bailey told him specifically not to Tell Kevin Tillman that the death was Friendly fire rather than heroic engagement with the enemy he basically just said not let Kevin know Hes probably in a bad place knowing that his Broth ers dead Oneal said he added that Bailey made Clear he would get in trouble if he told Kevin Tillman was not in the hearing room when Oneal spoke in earlier testimony Kevin Tillman accused the military of intentional falsehoods and de liberate and careful misrepresentations in portraying Pat Tiilman death in Afghanistan As the result of heroic engagement with the enemy instead of Friendly fire we believe this narrative was intended to deceive the family but More importantly the Ameri can Public Kevin Tillman told the committee hearing Taf s death was clearly the result of fratricide he said contending that the military misstatements amounted to fraud revealing that Paf s death was a fratricide would have been yet another political disaster in a month of political disasters so the truth needed to be sup pressed Tillman said the committees chairman rep Henry Waxman a demo crat accused the government of inventing sensational details and stories about Pat Tiilman death and the 2003 Rescue of Jessi Ca Lynch perhaps the most a Susan Kevin Tillman whose brother nil  Ranger Pat Thiman was killed by Friendly fire in of tuesday before the House oversight and government Reform committee hearing on Capitol Hill his Mother Mary Tillman looks on at right Mous victims of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars Lynch then an army private was badly injured when her con Voy was ambushed in Iraq she was subsequently rescued by american troops from an iraqi Hospital but the tale of her am Bush was changed into a Story of heroism on her part still hampered by her injuries Lynch walked slowly to the wit Ness table and took a seat along Side Tiilman family members the Bottom line is the Ameri can people Are capable of deter mining their own ideals of heroes and they dont need to be told elaborate tales Lynch said Kevin Tillman said his family has sought for years to get at the truth and have now concluded that they were being actively thwarted by Powers that Are More interested in protecting a narrative than getting at the truth and seeing Justice is served officials defend Adham Yah Barrier stars and stripes american military officials Are touting Progress in me Bagh dad Security surge and defend ing a controversial Barrier divid ing shiite Anc sunni neighbor hoods in the capital As a Tempo Rar measure according to anew release is sued tuesday a Deputy com Mander of All forces in Baghdad said the Security Wall in the Adham Yah District is not meant to keep people out or shut people in what barriers allow iraqi and coalition forces to do is to closely Monitor the traffic in and out me area though and help ensure the safety of the residents said Brig Gen John f Camp Bell Deputy commander of a never for the 1st cavalry by in recent Days the announce meat of the has been denounced by iraqi brime minister Nuri Almalik but de fended by us and iraqi Mili tary officials As a necessary temporary measure it was unclear tuesday whether the Wall was being dismantled As demanded by Malm or if it would continue to be built As for the larger Baghdad be Curit operation dubbed opera Tion Fard Alq Anoon Campbell said More than 200000 Security patrols have been conducted resulting in 300 weapons caches re covered though the level of sectarian violence Between sunni and ski Ite muslims has decreased at tacks on tvs and iraqi troops have picked up As have car bombings mat kill and wound hundreds at a time Zilmer tapped to command Iii me stars and stripes president Bush has nominated maj Gen Richard c Zilmer for promotion to lieutenant general and appointment As me new Fol me commander in Okinawa officials said monday 21mer who returned from Iraq earlier this year after serv ing As commander of multinational Force West currently is Deputy 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