U.S. forces shot Michigan man

[KG]

Lawyer: U.S. forces shot Michigan man By KRISTIN LONGLEY, Associated Press Writer
Sun Feb 11, 9:49 PM ET

DETROIT - U.S. forces shot and killed a civilian contract truck driver from Michigan near an air base north of Baghdad, a lawyer for the man's family confirmed Sunday.

Donald Tolfree, 52, of St. Charles was a driver for KBR, a contracting subsidiary of Halliburton Co. He deployed to Iraq on Jan. 5 and was killed Feb. 5 at a checkpoint near Camp Anaconda.

Tolfree drove through a U.S. military checkpoint before realizing he was in the wrong convoy, attorney Patrick Greenfelder, who represents Tolfree's daughter, told the Associated Press during a telephone interview. Tolfree turned around and was reapproaching the checkpoint when he was shot and killed, Greenfelder said.

On Saturday, the military and Halliburton announced that a civilian contractor had been killed by U.S. forces at Camp Anaconda, but did not identify the man.

Greenfelder said a KBR representative visited Tolfree's daughter, Kristen Martin, 22, of Owosso, about 2 a.m. Feb. 6 to deliver the news. The representative initially said Tolfree and another convoy driver were killed by a roadside bomb.

Later that day, the representative phoned Martin and said Tolfree was killed by U.S. forces, Greenfelder said. She later learned from news reports that the other driver had survived.

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[KG]

1. iraq is the most dangerous place on earth. if you don't want to get killed don't go there.

personally, i have very little pity for what happens to the mercs, carpetbaggers, and other war profiteers there to make money from misery.

[salin]

2. and yet, I still can't help but feel for their families.

Just wish we would get out of this nightmare.

[physioex]

3. One would be better of working a McDonalds's job....

Than getting in this line of work. I really have sympathy but then you get torn.

[BoneDaddy]

5. Wow

maybe the guy was just trying to make a buck and raise a family.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

4. He had been there for only one month?

And his daughter was informed at 2 in the morning by a KBR representative? The KBR representative informs her he died in an IED attack and that both drivers had been killed? Makes one wonder just how many families of contractors have been lied to by KBR representatives.
Rest in Peace Donald Tolfree.