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Title: Soldier Speaks Up A Decade After Pat Tillman's Friendly-Fire Death
Author:Scott Neuman
1."...and had every reason to believe that when his squad leader, Sgt. Greg Baker, opened fire on what turned out to be Tillman's position, there were no "friendlies" in the area."
2."But a squad leader, Sgt. Greg Baker, in Elliott's armored vehicle misidentified an allied Afghan soldier positioned next to Tillman as the enemy and opened fire, killing the Afghan and prompting Elliott and two other Rangers to fire upon what Elliott called shadowy images, later learned to have been Tillman and then-19-year-old Bryan O'Neal."
3."Tillman's group, which had traveled ahead, scaled a ridgeline to provide assistance to fellow Rangers under attack."