Posted on 05/20/2007 12:55:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Phony Soldier Charged With Making Up Claims of Atrocities in Iraq
Sunday , May 20, 2007
AP
SEATTLE A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.
Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he began claiming in 2005 to have been awarded a Purple Heart for his service, which he said included slaughtering innocents in a Fallujah mosque. His story was contradicted by his discharge form, showing that he was kicked out of the Army after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2003 because of his entry level performance and conduct.
A complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged him with one count of using or possessing a forged or altered military discharge certificate, and one count of making false statements in seeking benefits from the Veterans Administration.
Macbeths public defender, Jay Stansell, declined to comment.
Organizations that opposed the war, including Iraq Veterans Against the War, posted videos or statements containing Macbeths claims on their Web sites. In one videotaped interview, a skinny, stuttering Macbeth, dressed in a camouflage jacket, described slaughtering hundreds of people in a mosque: We would burn their bodies ... hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque, he said.
Iraq Veterans Against the War and other organizations removed the claims after learning they were false.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“Iraq Veterans Against the War and other organizations removed the claims after learning they were false.”
Did they post a RETRACTION or just delete the reference?
Why is Kerry a U.S. Senator instead of being in jail for treason? Why is Kennedy a U.S. Senator instead of being in jail for vehicular manslaughter?
He is just what the anti-everything left craves, a lying POS con retardo!
Sucker Bet.
Why am I not surprised???
“Did they post a RETRACTION or just delete the reference?”
Did they punish him with a lawsuit?......How about a blanket beating?
All the detailed "war crimes" that he described should have been more than enough to prove him as a phony.
Fake Ranger Jesse Adam MacBeth Was Born Jesse Adam Al-Zaid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637146/posts
Wow! Once again you find the hidden. You’re amazing, Cal.
Outstanding find!!
You ARE the babe!!
When is he gonna be charged with his ADMITTED war crimes? Why his very freedom is an INSULT to our Vietnamese friends! Jail john kerry NOW!
Another entry for a revised edition of Stolen Valor that includes later conflicts:
“Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation was Robbed of its Heroes and its History.”
http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Valor-Vietnam-Generation-History/dp/096670360X
not that Kerry’s buddies are at all repentant:
http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=421
Perhaps someone who is knowledgeable about the material could clean up this flawed article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor
Meanwhile, perhaps the new law could apply to this guy, given his false claims about service in Iraq:
http://www.stolenvalor.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2005
For example, did he ever produce a false service badge of some kind while attempting to promote his lies?
That was Sam Hill’s find actually :)
bump
Let me guess. He led an op into Iran on a swift boat to chop off the head of the snake.
Whatever the maximum penalty is for the crime it won't be enough.
Thank you Congressman Salazar!
>>>did he ever produce a false service badge of some kind while attempting to promote his lies?
Yes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637146/posts?page=18#18
Yeah, I immediately suspected that this is some sort of alias. What’s this creep’s real name???
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