Posted on 09/13/2004 1:43:11 PM PDT by ambrose
about anti-Bush SEAL
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Monday, September 13, 2004
ELECTION 2004 Posted: September 13, 2004 4:06 p.m. Eastern
By Ron Strom An Associated Press reporter is standing by his story that describes an anti-Bush veteran as a former Navy SEAL in the face of questions about whether or not the man was in fact a member of the elite unit.
The reporter, Elliott Minor says the Albany, Ga., man, Ahmad Majied, doesn't show up on lists of former SEALs because he changed his name when he converted to Islam after leaving the Navy.
In a story reporting the reactions of U.S. military personnel and veterans to allegations that President Bush failed to perform to National Guard standards, Minor quotes several current and former military men. Here is an excerpt from the AP story:
Ahmad Majied of Albany says the latest allegations about Bush's military record are more troubling to him than allegations about service honors leveled at Democratic challenger Kerry.
After reading the account, Travis McGee, a poster on FreeRepublic.com, contacted an organization called AuthentiSEAL, which researches claims by people posing as Navy SEALs, to see if Majied indeed had been a SEAL. According to his post, McGee received a response from Gregory Platt, an investigator with the group, saying the name Ahmad Majied does not come up on a search of former SEALs.
McGee says he became suspicious of the claim when he read that Majied had been in Vietnam for five years.
"When this fake SEAL's claim of spending five years in Vietnam was pointed out to me, I knew he couldn't be for real," he writes at Free Republic. "SEALs deployed to VN for six month tours, so 'five years in Vietnam' seemed highly improbable. I knew lots of multiple tour 'real deal Vietnam SEALs' during my peacetime duty in the teams in the 1980s, and I never heard of this guy.
"This only took a couple of minutes time for 'amateurs' on Free Republic to check out. The 'professional' journalists at the AP must have been to busy to do this basic checking."
In an interview with WorldNetDaily, however, Minor says he has no reason to disbelieve Majied's story.
"I really trust this guy," he said. "I believe he's a real straight shooter."
Minor says Majied didn't give him his previous name, "and I didn't press the matter."
The vet has received "nasty calls" since the issue has been publiclized, Minor says, adding, "This is a very peaceful guy. There's a peace about his voice."
Minor says Majied homeschools his seven children. "These are really upstanding people," he told WND.
The AP reporter addressed McGee's criticism of spending five months in Vietnam, saying Majied told him he was based in the Philippines and would go to Vietnam for short stints and then return to the islands.
"Altogether it was probably five years [in Vietnam]," Minor said.
Minor spoke to Majied this afternoon to try to verify the issue, and he said the veteran has refused to speak to other media about the issue.
He said of the Majieds: "I've met them around town, and they're just nice people. I just really think a lot of him."
Internet bloggers challenging the claims of mainstream media outlets has become more prevalent recently. It was on the Net where the first questions were raised about National Guard memos CBS News claims show that Bush's former commander, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, was resisting pressure from his superior, Col. Walter B. "Buck" Staudt, to "sugarcoat" Bush's officer evaluation files.
Document experts and amateur sleuths began questioning the memos' authenticity within hours after they were published on the Internet, citing typographical and formatting issues that suggest they were created by a modern-day word processor rather than a Vietnam War-era typewriter.
Despite the irregularities of the memos and the fact that a source CBS used to prove its case is saying the documents are forgeries, network anchor Dan Rather stands by the story he presented on "60 Minutes II" last week.
Related stories:
Bush Guard papers forged, says source
Rather backs docs on Evening News
Ben Barnes' daughter: Father lied about Bush
CBS News denies Bush docs forged
Ron Strom is a news editor for WorldNetDaily.com. |
Fricking amazing....now the AP is helping CBS dig the hole bigger for both of them!!!!!
Ping.
What a great lesson for my Journalist aspiring son. (whom is also a member of the College Republicans (no, not the Young Republicans, he adamantly points out)Apparently they're a little to Whine and Cheese RINO'ish for his liking.
AP has a 4 year track record of what could be labeled as lunancy instead of journalism with their hit articles against GW. Apparently they were just as vicious when he ran for governor and was governor of Texas.
These lies from the lunatic left MSM are shredding any believability they have with most Americans.
Lets stand back and make sure that they have enough rope to do a good job of hanging themselves.
Your son is getting to see and live in the history of America where the MSM has begun to destroy itself with most Americans.
What a great learning experience for him this has been and will be.
I suspect that as long as the average Joe who reads the news at yahoo.com doesn't crosscheck the stories with those on WorldNetDaily, the AP doesn't care. AP really stands for "A-hole Partisans".
Thanks Jim. Looks like this is only the beginning.
God Bless Free Republic and all those great FReepers!
JohnS: Outstanding writing, analysis, work, recommendations. I very much concur. Kudos for preserving the honor of the SEALS.
Hank, he will not accept your challenge. This so-called person would give his real name for verification if he were an actual Navy Seal. This POS is just a liar, like the journalist who reported this story. This individual is a traitor also for attempting to aid and abet Komrade Kerry. I would be willing to bet he never served, or if he did it was temporarily, until chaptered out(Medical) "Schizophrenia" The muzlimb convert had delusions about being a Navy Seal and serving five tours in Viet Nam. The demo-commies are very desperate in an attempt to cultivate votes for an enemy of America. President Bush by a landslide 2004.
AP says he's telling the truth because he's "a nice guy"...
But everyone knows that nice guys don't gossip, and talking about someone else's personal life is gossip.
This is just another obvious contradiction, undetectable by those who walk on the Godless side of the railroad tracks.
This whole exercise re the exposure of the Phoney Seal is another great chapter in the life of Free Republic.
Kudos to Travis and JohnS for outstanding Freeper exposure of the lying MSM.
You have nailed a basic part of the left wing foundation.
In their insane world, they can say or do anything, and we as conservatives should never pass judgement on their behavior.
Minors email?
Name: Elliott Minor
Email: zengrits@yahoo.com
Datum: Wednesday, 08. May 2002
Uhrzeit: 15:20:17
Kommentar
Excellent, infomative site. I live in Albany, Ga., near a cluster of former German POW Camps in south Georgia: Moody, Fargo, Fort Benning, Axon, Moultrie and possibly Turner Field.
Nope email not working now
258 is worth a new thread. I sent both threads to GG Liddy already, his son is a SEAL officer, and he does NOT appreciate fakes!
Travis you or Johns should post 258 as a separate thread.
Most freepers are not aware of this pos admitting that he was not a Seal.
Great work, thanks!
Are your secret divorce papers typed in Times New Roman also?
LOL! Actually, Cindy and I are still on great terms.
That's just dead-on, God's-honest truth, isn't it?
As a father of seven, Christian home-schooled children........you're dead right.
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