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Title: IVAW Killing Civilians View count: 9189 Rating: 2.29 (42 ratings) Description: The IVAW, which recently was responsible for Jesse Macbeth's fraudulent claims to have been an army Ranger who participated in atrocities, is developed on the template of the Vietnam-era, VVAW. The VVAW was also a bastion of fake vets making libelous claims: "Al Hubbard, one of the founders of the VVAW and its Executive Secretary, claimed to be an Air Force pilot, wounded in Viet Nam. In fact, Hubbard was never an officer, never wounded and never in Viet Nam. VVAW members Elton Mazione, John Laboon, Eddie Swetz and Kenneth Van Lesser all claimed to have been a part of the Phoenix program in Viet Nam where they routinely killed children and removed body parts as a part of their duty. They were shown to have never been in the Phoenix program nor had they ever been in Viet Nam. And the list of more frauds later found within the organization is mind-boggling." The IVAW has already demonstrated that, at best, they maintain a "don't ask, don't tell" policy with regards to whether the people they let speak on their behalf are genuine military perssonel. No claim coming from IVAW should be taken seriously until it has been specifically and independantly corroborated. Jesse MacBeth ( Jessie ). BBC Newsnight Tags: death, innocent, iraq, iraqi, iraqis, ivaw, jesse, jessie, killing, macbeth, soldier, terror, veterans, vets, war, Author: clemtoe |
