[antimedia] antimedia: Another fake warrior....

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Another fake warrior....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1192981600.shtml


   ....has been exposed. This one [1]claimed he had earned the
   Congressional Medal of Honor. In so doing, he besmirched the
   reputations and honor of men and women who have made the ultimate
   sacrifice to save their buddies.

     Xavier Alvarez, the newest director of Three Valleys Municipal
     Water District in Claremont, had a personal story so harrowing he
     came to be known as the "Rambo" of the water board.
     He said he was a 25-year veteran of the Marine Corps. In 1979, he
     rescued the U.S. ambassador during the siege of the embassy in
     Tehran. He was shot twice, hanging from a helicopter, removing the
     American flag on the way out.
     He also said he was married to a "Mexican starlet" but couldn't be
     seen with her because of all the paparazzi; played ice hockey at a
     minor level for the Detroit Red Wings; and had been a cop in Downey
     until he was let go for excessive force.
     But when Alvarez, 49, told a gathering of water officials that he
     had received the Medal of Honor -- an award held by only about 100
     living people -- a call soon came from the FBI.

   Thanks to [2]Doug Sterner, a veteran in Pueblo, Colo, who proposed the
   law and pushed to get it passed, and thanks to President Bush and the
   Congress, who had the decency to sign into law the "Stolen Valor" law,
   he should be going to jail.
   Alvarez never served a day in the US military.
   Tags: [3]fake warrior [4]liar [5]fraud [6]cheat

References

   1. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-medal20oct20,0,6682461,full.story
   2. http://www.homeofheroes.com/
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/fake%20warrior
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/liar
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/fraud
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/cheat