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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...

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...

From a Pima County Arizona Superior Court record search:   CASE INFORMATION Case No. Caption Case Date C234837   07/09/86 PARTY INFORMATION Party Group 1 (Plaintiff/Petitioner/Groom) Party Group 2 (Defendant/Respondent/Bride) PARTY GROUP NAME PARTY 1 MACBETH, JESSE ADAM PARTY 1 AL-ZAID, JESSE ADAM DOCKET INFORMATION FULL DOCUMENT DOCUMENT TYPE DOCUMENT TITLE FILE STAMP DATE ARCHIVED CASE DOCUMENTS ARCHIVED CASE DOCUMENTS Archived Case Documents - Vol 001 5/6/2003 12:31:20 PM NAME CHANGE ORDERED ORDER NAME CHANGE ORDERED (Judge - 76530 Court - 10401 Judgement - 0) 7/10/1986 NEW CASE FILING NEW FILING NEW CASE FILING - 803 Converted Docket 7/9/1986 If...

You have perhaps heard of the charges against the US troops in Iraq made by the self-proclaimed "Army Ranger" Jesse MacBeth. If not, click here for a video presenting his ludicrous claims: Jesse MacBeth It would seem that before Mr. MacBeth began to decry the Genghis Khan-like atrocities of our soldiers, he busied himself with other weighty issues, such as protesting the service at the local coffee shop.From the Arizona State University's campus paper, the Devil:Jesse MacBeth, right, protests near the Mill Avenue Coffee Plantation on Saturday night. The Free to Camp Coalition organized the protest because it alleges that...