Jonathan Idema

rdf:langString Jonathan Idema

rdf:langString Jonathan Idema

rdf:langString Jonathan Idema

rdf:langString Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico

rdf:langString Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

rdf:langString Idema during his 2004 trial in Kabul, Afghanistan

rdf:langString Viktoria Runningwolf

rdf:langString Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema (May 30, 1956 – January 21, 2012) was an American mercenary and former United States Army reserve non-commissioned officer, known for his vigilante activities during the War in Afghanistan. Formerly a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, Idema never saw combat and left the military in 1984 to form several companies centered around counterterrorism and internal security. Idema made numerous unverified claims about his military service and supposed terrorist threats, and experienced several lawsuits over various feuds. In September 2004, Idema was found guilty of running an unlawful and unsanctioned private prison in Afghanistan and torturing Afghan citizens. At the time, Idema had been falsely portraying himself as a U.S. government-sponsored special forces operative on a mission to apprehend terrorists. The U.S. government repeatedly denied most of his claims. Idema served three years of a ten-year sentence. He was released early by Afghanistan's then-president Hamid Karzai in April 2007, and left Afghanistan in early June for Mexico, where he died of AIDS in late January 2012.

rdf:langString Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, Torture, Impersonating an officer

rdf:langString Penny Alesi, Patricia Dawn Glosson