From Sunday's San Jose Mercury News. Which is a Knight Ridder publication so it is probably in many other papers.

"Truth of soldier's death worsens mother's grief"

"For 15 months, Karen Meredith thought she knew the truth about her soldier son: Army 1st Lt. Kenneth Ballard was killed by enemy gunfire during a battle in Iraq.
Over the weekend, the Mountain View mother learned the real truth: Her son died in the accidental discharge of a military tank machine gun. The U.S. Army knew for more than a year she said, but did not tell her until a hand-delivered letter arrived Friday afternoon."

The article goes on to flesh out the details. But you get the point. Very reminiscent of the Pat Tillman (another Bay Area soldier) coverup.

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-army11.html

Mistakes happen. And as you mention, more than once. Now the question is if this is a trend, or, if this was a coverup. But the "unfortunate series of events" are not explained in this article.

It's when someone says something they know not to be the truth. When calling someone a liar we usualy ask for something we like to call "proof."

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

snafu. Anyone not know what this means?

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At least we have each other to talk to.

if u go fight terrorists, what's the different which side the terrorists shot from? all that matters is he's dead. and no hero back home for you.

It's just like that famous football player for the Cardinals (Forget his name) who died in Afghanistan. The government said he was killed by enemy fire, and built him up as a hero (He certainly is, but you know what I mean), then sometime in the spring, it was released he was killed by friendly fire. I'm hoping that it was just crossed wires, but I honestly believe that it was plain old lying.

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I'm pretty sure in my heart that military heads have lied often throughout history. But I have to concede to Rebellion. We don't really know when they're lying and when they're not. Think what you want, but don't expect any action.

GkjjhUNTER asked Is this a serious question ? If so SNAFU means

In WWII SNAFU meant Stiuation Normal All Fouled Up
During Vietnam WAR SNAFU Meant Stiuation Normal All F$^&ed Up

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The US Army says that 1st Lt. Kenneth Ballard was killed by enemy fire. In fact, he was killed by the accidental discharge of a machine gun from one of his own tanks. That's a lie.

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who I mentioned in the my post.

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