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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0606_timothy_poe_afghanistan\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/06/0606-timothy-poe-afghanistan-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Timothy Poe&lt;/strong&gt; -- the stuttering \"&lt;strong&gt;America's Got Talent&lt;/strong&gt;\" contestant who says he developed his speech impediment from a war injury in Afghanistan -- is firing back at allegations he made up the whole thing ... telling TMZ, his injury and stutter are 100% legit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poe's audition aired Monday night -- the singer told the judges about a 2009 incident when he sustained serious injuries during an RPG blast in Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poe spoke with a pronounced stutter during the audition -- which he claims he developed as a result of his war injuries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But reports surfaced yesterday that the singing veteran was full of crap -- because no such RPG injuries were ever reported.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poe tells TMZ, the fact that there is no record of the incident is a common problem -- one that Poe says is endemic when it comes to reporting soldiers' injuries in Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked Tim to prove it really happened.&amp;#160; He said he received treatment at a military medical facility in Afghanistan before being transferred to a medical center in Landstuhl, Germany. Tim says he was then transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.&amp;#160; He did not produce any documents to support his claim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim says he plans to sue his ex-wife and several others for telling the media he was lying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked Tim for ANY hard proof to back his claims -- he gave us nothing, saying he can't release pics or documents for legal reasons. So we gotta ask ...&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: left;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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