Black Muslim US soldier is a suspect! ("10 U.S. Soldiers Hurt In Grenade Attack")

CBS News website ^ | 3-22-03 | CBS

[Atlas Sneezed]

(CBS) Ten U.S. soldiers were injured, six or seven of them seriously, in a grenade and small arms attack at Camp Pennsylvania in northern Kuwait, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann, who is traveling with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

Strassmann said the grenades were rolled into two commanders' tents at the camp. When officers ran from the tents, they were hit by small arms fire.

"From our reports it appears that a terrorist penetrated Camp Pennsylvania, one or more terrorists threw two hand grenades into a tent," said George Heath, spokesman at Fort Campbell, home base of the 101st.

Strassman said three suspects were being held for questioning, two Kuwaitis who served a translators and an American soldier described as a black Muslim.

The injured soldiers were rushed to a field hospital but military officials had no word on their conditions, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Owens said from Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar.

The military did not identify the unit of the 101st that was in the camp but said it had been in Kuwait for about one week. Most of the division has entered southern Iraq.

Separately, Strassmann reported, an Iraqi rocket fired at U.S. forces in Kuwait was destroyed by Patriot missiles launched from nearby Camp New Jersey.

The terror and missile attack came as the U.S. assault on Iraq gained steam. American and British forces besieged the southern city of Basra and pounded Baghdad with impunity. But tough fighting loomed for coalition troops as they pressed deeper into Iraq.

[FreeReign]

...when germany fired up a little something a few decades ago, we defeated it: and we defeated the religion of nazism, too, such that it is illegal there to this day.

We need to fight radical Islam -- we need to encourage reformed Islam.

[bwteim]

Washington Post has this headline now:

U.S. Soldier Held for Another's Death in Grenade Attack

[Henk]

I agree 100%, from personal, professional, experience.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

If the soldier has an Arabic last name, I don't see how the media can avoid telling us his name, any more than they were able to avoid talking about John Muhammad. And when preparations are made for his court martial, his name will have to come out.

They are probably delaying the report until the ACLU lawyers obtain a name change for their new client -- Tim Mcvay (previously Mohammad Abdullah Muhammad).

[KQQL]

Find 72 Virgins

[kaylar]

In the body of that article, are they mentioning his religion? There's been a lot of speculation tonight that the US media will bury that as quickly a sthey did with the DC snipers.

[bwteim]

Link: U.S. Soldier Held for Another's Death in Grenade Attack

[AnAmericanMother]

Danny Deever

"What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade.
"To turn you out, to turn you out", the Colour-Sergeant said.
"What makes you look so white, so white?" said Files-on-Parade.
"I'm dreadin' what I've got to watch", the Colour-Sergeant said.

For they're hangin' Danny Deever, you can hear the Dead March play,
The regiment's in 'ollow square -- they're hangin' him to-day;
They've taken of his buttons off an' cut his stripes away,
An' they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.

"What makes the rear-rank breathe so 'ard?" said Files-on-Parade.
"It's bitter cold, it's bitter cold", the Colour-Sergeant said.
"What makes that front-rank man fall down?" said Files-on-Parade.
"A touch o' sun, a touch o' sun", the Colour-Sergeant said.

They are hangin' Danny Deever, they are marchin' of 'im round,
They 'ave 'alted Danny Deever by 'is coffin on the ground;
An' 'e'll swing in 'arf a minute for a sneakin' shootin' hound --
O they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'!

"'Is cot was right-'and cot to mine", said Files-on-Parade.
"'E's sleepin' out an' far to-night", the Colour-Sergeant said.
"I've drunk 'is beer a score o' times", said Files-on-Parade.
"'E's drinkin' bitter beer alone", the Colour-Sergeant said.

They are hangin' Danny Deever, you must mark 'im to 'is place,
For 'e shot a comrade sleepin' -- you must look 'im in the face;
Nine 'undred of 'is county an' the regiment's disgrace,
While they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.

"What's that so black agin' the sun?" said Files-on-Parade.
"It's Danny fightin' 'ard for life", the Colour-Sergeant said.
"What's that that whimpers over'ead?" said Files-on-Parade.
"It's Danny's soul that's passin' now", the Colour-Sergeant said.

For they're done with Danny Deever, you can 'ear the quickstep play,
The regiment's in column, an' they're marchin' us away;
Ho! the young recruits are shakin', an' they'll want their beer to-day,
After hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.

. . . substitute John Mohammed for Danny Deever where indicated . . .

[jospehm20]

This guy needs to be charged as a soldier trying to kill his officers in a combat zone. That is all there is to it. We should not pay any attention to anything but the heinous crime that this INDIVIDUAL committed and punish him to the fullest extent of the UCMJ. If I ever do anything dastardly, not that I am so inclined, I don't think it should reflect on all Catholics or whites in the Army. This guy needs to be tried and if he is found guilty, punished with all the speed and severity that is allowed.

[Windcatcher]

Not at all surprising...but 20,000 .45 rounds in our safe says their "race war" won't succeed so readily :)

[Freedom2specul8]

Fox news just reported in their running ticker, that the grenade incident PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH RESENTMENT

[dep]

we need to encourage reformed Islam.

unless we give them something to replace the koran, that would be a contradiction in terms.

though maybe if we pasted autographed pictures of mohammed all over the place it would be a step in the right direction.

dep

[DeepInEnemyTerritory]

This is the "elephant in the closet" subject that no one in the media will touch. I hope they will finally address this issue. Disgusting!!! I pray for the soldiers that were victims of this cowardly act, that they have a speedy recovery.

[browardchad]

From The Seattle Times, 11/10/02

Retired Sgt. Kip Berentson, more than a decade ago, intuited that Muhammad might someday turn to murder. Berentson served over him in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Neither one liked the other.

One incident in particular caused Berentson to conclude that Muhammad was a bomb ticking. Since the incident, involving a grenade, Berentson has kept a piece of paper with Muhammad's name and dog-tag number in his wallet.

"In the back of my mind," he said, "I knew our paths would cross. Like, 'Until we meet again.' "

When news broke of Muhammad's arrest Oct. 24 at a Maryland rest stop, a part of Berentson recoiled in terror; another simmered in guilt. He knew.

"That face has been in my mind for 11 years."

[bwteim]

Nope.

[kaylar]

So he killed a soldier...D*mn. It was bad enough when he succeeded in wounding soldiers, but this-!

Hang him.

[cake_crumb]

"All Muslims are evil, since they follw an evil cult, and read a satanic load of garbage called the Quo'ran."

Oh darnit..I am falling so far behind this thread, what with the flipping flamewars and monitoring the newsfeeds......but that is a stupid statement.

TERRORISTS are evil whether they're Aryian Nations terrorists, IRA torrorists, or terrorists from the flipping Bloods or Crips. Get a brain. A terrorist is a terrorist, no matter what religion he or she claims to follow, and the Big Guys of Islamist organized terror are no more religious in any way shape or form than Larry Flint or Ted Turner.

The key here is the ORGANIZATION. The rabod Wahhabosts are the cannon fodder they recruit to do their dirtywork.

I wonder how much Saddam and/or Ansaar al Islam offered this guy to do what he did....

[PatrioticAmerican]

"If this clown is found guilty, he should be executed by firing squad on the spot. Dump his body in the desert for vultures and the ants. "

Why bother shooting him first?

[Windcatcher]

You have time to read the ticker?! I'm barely keeping up with the thread! My ears are doing the newswatching for me. :)