Ex-Green Beret Pummeled to Death in Apparent Fratricide

Accounts of Rick Rodriguez’s death are vague, but they involve a trash-talking brawl in northern Iraq that left the Special Forces veteran beaten unconscious. He never woke up.

Adam Rawnsley 

Former Senior Researcher

Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

Published Jan. 7 2019 8:12PM EST 

Adam Rawnsley

Former Senior Researcher

Spencer Ackerman

Contributing Editor

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