Posted on 09/17/2004 3:23:53 PM PDT by pitinkie
Edited on 09/17/2004 3:39:11 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - In a Sept. 11 story about military retirees' reaction to new documents concerning President Bush's National Guard service, The Associated Press incorrectly identified Ahmad Majied of Albany as a former Navy SEAL. Majied assisted SEAL teams while he was in the Navy, but never was trained as a SEAL. "I should have been more specific," he said Friday.
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Another name on the Seals "Wall of Shame".
The MSM is simply amoral. We'll be correcting their shoddy work until they turn out the lights.
Travis, I believe this honor belongs to you.
Thanks. Military fakes of any type are a major irritant to me.
I met a self-proclaimed Gulf War veteran a while back at a local bar. He claimed to have been a Lance Corporal in the army. I quietly called him on it and haven't seen him back in that bar since. Nobody else in the bar had picked up on his obvious lie.
Yes at first they did til others started digging around for the truth!
It depends on what the meaning of "Seal" is...
HAHAHAHAHA! LOL! "Worked with the SEALs...."
Yeah, right. What was he, a cook on a ship SEALs were on once for a week?
He WAS specific. He said he retired after 30 years in the Navy, and that he spent five (5) years in Viet Nam as a SEAL.
They were all very specific lies.
Great catch. You've caused a disturbance in the Matrix.
I think he meant he trained seals.
Bet he trained flipper, uh!
Travis knew -
I had emailed this "fake SEAL" story to Navy Vets in South Florida -
Tonight I expect to get some funny email replies on this guy -
At this rate the press will be afraid to even publish or broadcast the weather -
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May I "help" you with your bags sir?
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I don't believe he did five tours in Vietnam, either.
Guess not..in his dreams.
LOL!!!
Damn! What number story is this now that the AP has had to correct? 3? 4? More?
wtg!
Okay, I took the “outrageous” step of calling Ahmad Majied. He was there. Sounded like a nice old guy. I explained that I read a story from AP that quoted him. He acknowledged it right away. I said that I followed an internet discussion group that was questioning his membership in the Seals, that there was an organization that kept records of that kind of thing and that there was no record of his membership, and some speculated that he had a name change since them.
He said that he did have a name change since then, but was not willing to get involved. I tried to talk him into giving me his former name, but he was unwilling.
I asked specifically if he was a Seal and he said, “yes”. I asked if he went through Seal school, and his answer was in the affirmative, but vague. I mentioned that people were suggesting that he wasn’t a Seal, and brought up the “wall of shame” of people pretending to be Seals. He said, “I seriously doubt that I’ll be up on that.” He said he wasn’t worried about that.
He kept a good humor about him, but wanted to end the call. I mentioned that some people were saying that it was not possible to spend 5 years as a Seal in Vietnam. He said that he was misquoted there, that he did spend five years there, but not back to back. He said that “In fact, I spent more than five years total there”. I said, “but not all 5 years as a Seal?” He laughed and said, “No, not all 5 years.”
He said that he was a retired Master Chief Petty Officer.
He repeated several times that he didn’t want to get involved in this dispute “for obvious reasons”. And then he said, “I don’t know how I allowed myself to be quoted” or pulled into this by the guy that contacted him.
He really wanted out. I had to have mercy on him and let him go. I told him that because of the story others would call. He laughed and said he knows how to end a conversation. We said goodbye.
180 posted on 09/12/2004 5:05:53 PM EDT by elfman2
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FReepers crack another case of disinformation in the media. Excellent work, Travis McGee and elfman2.
Who cares!!! Their true colors have been shown!
LOLOL
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