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| | portland imc - 2004.05.29 - Ex-Football Star Likely 'Friendly Fire' Victim |
 | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Cpl. Patrick Tillman, who spurned a $3.6 million football contract to join the U.S. war on terror, probably was killed by "friendly fire" while trying to protect his unit during a clash in Afghanistan last month, the military said on Saturday. |
 | | Tillman turned down a three-year, $3.6 million National Football League contract to join the Army Rangers along with his brother, Kevin, a year after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. |
 | | An investigation of the April 22 death of Tillman, 27, an ex-safety for the Arizona Cardinals whom the military had earlier said was killed by enemy fire, did not blame any individual by name, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement. |
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