Talk:Johnny Micheal Spann

message: I left a note on the talk page of a new user whose edit I reverted.  Geo Swan (talk) 14:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  unexplained edit 

message: Can someone check wether its middle name is Micheal or Michael ? Both are written in the article. Rob1bureau (talk) 13:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Micheal or Michael? 

message: "His memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery states that he fought with his AK-47 until it ran out of ammunition, then drew his pistol and emptied it, before turning to hand to hand combat which saw him shot.[3]"
That's nice for a tombstone. This is a Wikipedia entry and not a tombstone memorial. Let's be fair and balanced. This is what Time Magazine states about Michael Spann's death:
"According to members of a German television crew who were later trapped in the fort with Dave, Spann asked the prisoners who they were and why they joined the Taliban. They massed around him. 'Why are you here?' Spann asked one. 'To kill you,' came the reply as the man lunged at Spann's neck. Spann drew his pistol and shot the man dead. Dave shot another, then grabbed an AK-47 from an Alliance guard and opened fire. According to eyewitness accounts given to the German team, the Taliban fighters launched themselves at Spann, scrabbling at his flesh with their hands, kicking and beating him. Spann killed two more with his pistol before he disappeared under the crush."
Spann picked off 3 or 4 with his PISTOL while DAVE, the unsung hero, actually opened fire with an AK-47 he desperately grabbed from an Afghan Northern Alliance soldier.
Spann fought with his pistol, the Taliban fought with their bare hands and killed him. Sorry. No Chuck Norris story here. My sympathies to the Spann family, but I am tired of the unjust politically motivated redactions of historical material related to the events surrounding 9/11. Thankfully, some remain untainted which I have cited.
I am changing this Wiki entry to reflect this information cited from TIME MAGAZINE. It better not be amended without some seriously clear justification.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiblizaman (talk • contribs) 04:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time to balance the Bravado Stuff about Spann's death 

message: They didnt "fight back" nor kill any taleban with pistols or ak-47's or anything of the sort, they were abusing the prisoners that because of this turned on them and killed Spann with a hand grenade.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.138.236 (talk) 12:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Spann and the other pigs were abusing the prisoners with the usual and known CIA methods of interrogation.  At that time, Spann's role as a torturer was clearly reported, despite some American editors attempts, including here at Wikipedia, to whitewash Spann's reputation.  Now, it seems that North America won again.  Spann is a hero and a man with honor! A sad and black joke against opressed people around the world, in ALL FIVE continents where corporate America landed with its prostitute army and CIA. Shame on you, shitty Wikipedia!200.142.114.24 (talk) 15:53, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  REVISIONISM 

message: Was his given first name "John", "Johnny", or "Jonathan"?
Slowpoke1 20:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Name? 

message: There are whole paragraphs on here without any source whatsoever to back up this hero. Start working on it before I do. The comment about a Catholic is ridiculous. The guy in G-Bay was Iranian and captured afterwards. Boils (talk) 13:41, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Spann was CIA, not military. Can we have a link to the first soldiers killed, or would that bring too much attention to the fact they were "friendly fire" deaths?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.207.2.2 (talk) 14:50, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who was the first member of the American Military killed in Afganistan? 

message: I removed the following from the article, due to no citation:
Afghan doctors on site at the time of the riot gave the Spann family the following account:
Also, the article seems like it suffers from lack of NPOV; needs a cleanup. Arfed (talk) 16:54, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  No citation - NPOV concerns 

message: Wasn't Spann killed in a riot rather than in combat?Royalcourtier (talk) 05:56, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Killed in combat 

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