Idema Dead

[RetPara]

Saw this across the street. This guy has been a mythological "rogue" for decades now. He's had his final Performance Review now.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2012/01/25/1152627?sac=Local

 

[0699]

Interesting man.

 

[Marauder06]

Died of AIDS? Damn, that sucks.

 

[RackMaster]

Died of AIDS? Damn, that sucks.

Probably got it from one of his cell mates in Kabul.

 

[JohnnyBoyUSMC]

Probably got it from one of his cell mates in Kabul.

Ouch.

 

[DA SWO]

Died of AIDS? Damn, that sucks.

Not in his case.

 

[AWP]

Maybe it's just me, but all of that sounds too convenient. Maybe he did have AIDs, but the "died in Mexico...cremated...no one will claim the body" story is just fishy.

 

[RackMaster]

Mexico is a good place to disappear and lots of work with his kind of experience.

 

[Warchief]

No great loss to the Brotherhood or humanity in general. I'll believe it when someone credible verifies his demise. My personal opinion is, if true; It's one less oxygen thief walking among us.

 

[JohnnyBoyUSMC]

No great loss to the Brotherhood or humanity in general. I'll believe it when someone credible verifies his demise. My personal opinion is, if true; It's one less oxygen thief walking among us.

yea I read enough on him, from his basically hijacking Robin Moore's book (I mean it has his freaking picture on the front), to his shady ways and basically going all "lone ranger" and running his own lil war that just made me dislike the guy.

 

[TLDR20]

Idema is no brother of mine.

 

[CDG]

Another article, this one from the Charlotte Observer, that goes into more detail about his actions.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/25/2957794/fayetteville-con-man-reportedly.html

 

[TheSiatonist]

Here's another one..

http://theorlandoslantnel.blogspot.com/2011/10/idema-file.html

 

[DA SWO]

Mexico is a good place to disappear and lots of work with his kind of experience.

Hadn't thought about that until you posted it, friend of mine had some negative interactions with him; cost him 30K plus in legal fees.

 

[RackMaster]

Hadn't thought about that until you posted it, friend of mine had some negative interactions with him; cost him 30K plus in legal fees.

That's shitty for your friend. The only good thing if he's alive, is that the people he'd be hanging around with down there will just dump his head in a ditch when they're done with him.

 

[Marauder06]

Someone will make a movie about his life, and he'll come out looking like a hero...

 

[DA SWO]

Someone will make a movie about his life, and he'll come out looking like a hero...

Nah, he burned too many people on both sides of the aisle.
He represents ARSOF's 5%

 

[TH15]

Another article, this one from the Charlotte Observer, that goes into more detail about his actions.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/25/2957794/fayetteville-con-man-reportedly.html

He was supposed to serve 10 years, but President Hamid Karzai commuted his sentence 2007.

I feel like that sentence sums up Hamid Karzai. Commutes this dude who tortured Afghans, but don't you dare do any night raids, America! Idiot.

 

[Red Ryder]

Was he a actual member of Special Forces, or was that bullshit along with the rest of his life?

 

[Warchief]

He was Special Forces qualified. He was assigned to 10th and 11th SF Groups for a period of time. He did not serve successfully with either Group.