Like the foot dragging after the Pat Tillman death, the story of the two American soldiers who were killed by Iraqi troops in June 2004 was known since September 2005 but only now are their families learning the truth. The truth continues to be a struggle in certain circles these days. I think that the families and America also knows more about the motive and post murder actions against the Iraqi troops. What the hell happened?
The June 2004 deaths of Army Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr., 34, of Tracy, and 2nd Lt. Andre D. Tyson, 33, of Riverside, were originally attributed to an ambush during a patrol near Balad, Iraq.
The Army said this week a military investigation found the two had been shot by Iraqi civil defense officers. No possible motive has been divulged. Military officials visited Tyson's family on Tuesday and McCaffrey's on Wednesday to deliver the report, which was completed on Sept. 30, 2005, according to Sen. Barbara Boxer D-Calif. She called the nine-month delay troubling.
