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Doubts raised about report of controversial Web master’s death
By Joseph R. Chenelly
Times staff writer
A controversial Web site that has called wounded soldiers “leeches” and celebrates when U.S. servicemen are killed in action, is claiming its Web master was beaten to death yesterday.
But local police say no murder has occurred.
The site, www.forsakethetroops.info, posted a claim Tuesday morning that Michael Crook was physically attacked by two men and later died in a hospital from his injuries. The statement speculated that the attackers are “thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this Web site.”
Crook is the registered owner of the Web site, though the Web site has never revealed his name or location. The domain registry puts Crook’s address as Syracuse, N.Y., and a phone number on the site is a Syracuse area code and exchange.
The site also says the two attackers were “taken into police custody.”
But officials with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse told Army Times Tuesday that they have no record or knowledge of any such attack in the region.
A message left at the phone number listed on the Web site was not immediately returned.
The Web site has repeatedly posted disparaging comments about the military. Crook, the alleged blogger of the site, has said his main intent is to inform Americans that soldiers are paid too much for what they do.
Recently the site posted this: “Don't military pukes learn anything? Nine more Marines bite the big one in combat. Stupid is as stupid does!”
On May 15, the Web site had a tally of American troops killed in Iraq. It read: “Number of US soldiers killed in the Iraq War, of their own doing, because they CHOSE to be leeches: 1,583. These scumbags asked for it, and got it. Simper Cry.”
Numerous threats and derogatory remarks have been made toward Crook on several online military message boards over the past few weeks. Some boards have listed Crook’s alleged home address complete with a map and satellite image of his neighborhood. Crook’s Web site often bragged that he received thousands of hate e-mails daily.
In a purported April 28 interview that is posted on the blog “The Dread Pundit Bluto,” Crook addresses perceived dangers of managing such a site.
“I put my name out there, and people in the Syracuse area know who I am,” he is quoted as saying. “People recognize me now, and I would not put my safety at risk over something I truly don't believe in. I wholeheartedly believe in my site and will defend it to the death, however that death may come.”
As of noon Tuesday, the site was online, but the statement on its front page says it will go offline permanently at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition to the anti-military site, Crook is the registered owner of the domain for www.forsakethepolice.info.
By Joseph R. Chenelly
Times staff writer
A controversial Web site that has called wounded soldiers “leeches” and celebrates when U.S. servicemen are killed in action, is claiming its Web master was beaten to death yesterday.
But local police say no murder has occurred.
The site, www.forsakethetroops.info, posted a claim Tuesday morning that Michael Crook was physically attacked by two men and later died in a hospital from his injuries. The statement speculated that the attackers are “thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this Web site.”
Crook is the registered owner of the Web site, though the Web site has never revealed his name or location. The domain registry puts Crook’s address as Syracuse, N.Y., and a phone number on the site is a Syracuse area code and exchange.
The site also says the two attackers were “taken into police custody.”
But officials with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse told Army Times Tuesday that they have no record or knowledge of any such attack in the region.
A message left at the phone number listed on the Web site was not immediately returned.
The Web site has repeatedly posted disparaging comments about the military. Crook, the alleged blogger of the site, has said his main intent is to inform Americans that soldiers are paid too much for what they do.
Recently the site posted this: “Don't military pukes learn anything? Nine more Marines bite the big one in combat. Stupid is as stupid does!”
On May 15, the Web site had a tally of American troops killed in Iraq. It read: “Number of US soldiers killed in the Iraq War, of their own doing, because they CHOSE to be leeches: 1,583. These scumbags asked for it, and got it. Simper Cry.”
Numerous threats and derogatory remarks have been made toward Crook on several online military message boards over the past few weeks. Some boards have listed Crook’s alleged home address complete with a map and satellite image of his neighborhood. Crook’s Web site often bragged that he received thousands of hate e-mails daily.
In a purported April 28 interview that is posted on the blog “The Dread Pundit Bluto,” Crook addresses perceived dangers of managing such a site.
“I put my name out there, and people in the Syracuse area know who I am,” he is quoted as saying. “People recognize me now, and I would not put my safety at risk over something I truly don't believe in. I wholeheartedly believe in my site and will defend it to the death, however that death may come.”
As of noon Tuesday, the site was online, but the statement on its front page says it will go offline permanently at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition to the anti-military site, Crook is the registered owner of the domain for www.forsakethepolice.info.
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I can only hope. Yeah, I said it.
I love this part: “thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this Web site.”
I wonder how long it took the super-genius committee to put 2 and 2 together on that one.
I love this part: “thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this Web site.”
I wonder how long it took the super-genius committee to put 2 and 2 together on that one.
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Read that quote at the bottom of his page: "These scumbags asked for it, and got it. Simper Cry." 
What sweet irony this would be if his death was true.
Seriously though, this type of anger comes from being harassed in the locker room everyday by the alpha males to the point of suicide and then going home to a sexually and verbally abusive military father. There's no other way to remotely justify these thoughts.
What sweet irony this would be if his death was true.
Seriously though, this type of anger comes from being harassed in the locker room everyday by the alpha males to the point of suicide and then going home to a sexually and verbally abusive military father. There's no other way to remotely justify these thoughts.
Last edited by Salty; May 19, 2005 at 01:03 PM.
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Ran it by a good friend of mine that said it was a hoax. Said he read somewhere that he's done this before too but cannot find the source. Doesn't surprise me. All he wants is a rise out of everyone that visits his site. Ignore the ******* and he will go away.
As a matter of fact this thread will goto the dumpster in about an hour so people don't bother increasing his alexa rankings.
As a matter of fact this thread will goto the dumpster in about an hour so people don't bother increasing his alexa rankings.
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