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Keep the Peace and Be of Good Behavior
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Found these gems in an aol story on him...
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She said he told her he was fighting in Afghanistan. A week later, he called her by satellite phone, saying that he was in a safe house in Afghanistan. "He sounded like Don Johnson," she said. He wrote her daily e-mail messages and made phone calls to her that sounded dangerously exciting: "Baby, I love you . . . vehicle coming!"
Ever seen the movie "True Lies"? Sounds alot like that used car salesman faking the spy gig to me. Only there is a certain element of truth to his deal.
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and she said he called her a few weeks ago and mentioned that he had shrunk to six feet tall because of repeated parachute jumps.
I guess this is his explanation for losing 3" of his purported height. I know this can happen, but not over the course of a couple months. Especially when you are deployed and not even jumping!!!
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Regular Joe
 
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Col Murph,
Unfortuantely, Walter Shumate is dead. Not sure if you knew or not...however, his famouns moustache is on display at the SF museum at Bragg.
C
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Quinman,. . . while the Mormon thing was tongue-in-cheek [ ][], . . in northern Arizona we do have many problems with a Mormon sect that still practices polygamy, . . . and I guess it is pretty widespread still in Utah. No offense meant, . . . . but it is a reality. Anyway, I can barely survive one, what-more two or fifty wives:
Army Man Who Proposed to Many Apologizes
The Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
June 14 quote:
Through his lawyer, an Army officer accused of proposing to dozens of women has apologized for his behavior, but at least one of his alleged victims say that's not enough.
Col. Kassem Saleh, stationed at Fort Bragg, is under investigation by the Army over allegations that he simultaneously romanced dozens of women on the Internet and by phone and proposed to them. But Saleh's lawyer said about 30 women are conspiring to unfairly get him kicked out of the Army.
"He is sincerely apologetic," Fayetteville lawyer Mark Waple told The New York Times in a story Saturday. "He didn't intend to harm them in any way. But enough is enough."
Waple didn't return a phone call Saturday from The Associated Press.
Saleh, 50, has been in the Army for 29 years and is the primary staff officer for the civil affairs section of the 18th Airborne Corps. He returned to Fort Bragg in May after leading reconstruction and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan.
The Times reported earlier that Saleh had been in contact with and proposed to women from throughout the United States and Canada. The newspaper said he met the women through various Internet personals sites.
Robin Solod of New York, one of the women allegedly duped by Saleh, said of his apology: "It's too little too late. That's definitely not sufficient for the betrayal, the deceit. He stole my heart."
Waple said he did not believe Saleh had committed a crime.
"Although hurting someone's feelings is not a good idea, it's not a crime," he said.
Waple said the women had mobilized into an "Operation Bring Kass Down" and, in some cases, were exaggerating the circumstances to gain attention or attract movie or book deals.
Saleh, who has declined to be interviewed, is at worst guilty of a technical violation of Army regulations regarding conduct unbecoming of an officer, according to Waple.
Waple said Saleh had been separated from his wife since 1998 and that the two planned to divorce.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030614_754.html
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