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Part One: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

Behind the Bastards

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Adema's 'Fucking' of a Friend in Afghanistan

According to New York magazine, Adema was more than simply obsessed with the Afghan war. As other journalists on scene have recounted absurdly keen to capture dramatic war footage - even if it meant fudging the record of events. The smartest person in this whole group that I've heard so far is Skirka's cameraman. We do not have this person's name. This person has very cleverly omitted themselves from the recounting of all of this, only in the way that they have all of the footage and none of the notoriety. It's perfect.

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