[cripplecreek]

Gee its allways a suprise with the muslims isnt it?

[calljack]

Give him a trial. If he is guilty, shoot him.

[Zeroisanumber]

I believe that that's a hangin' offence under the UCMJ.

[cyncooper]

MSNBC started off the top of the hour with this breaking story. They've moved on, but I expect will return to it as they gather additional info.

[LenS]

It's pretty clear that the only Muslims you can trust in the military are those who fled the Taliban or Saddam. Those gents actually understand who is the bad guy (at least when they fight in Afghanistan or Iraq respectively).

But you can't trust the rest, especially the American converts.

[Hodar]

Spc. Ryan G. Anderson has been charged with "aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the al-Qaida terrorist network," U.S. officials told NBC News.

Whew ... I'm glad that doesn't sound like anything like 'Treason' ... < sarcasm off>

[armymarinemom]

Give that man a HANO jump.

[swarthyguy]

Thanks. What timing. And lookee here, shall I wipe that smirk off my face.

Converting Private Ryan, indeed.

Anderson is a Muslim, officials said.

Spc. Anderson, a 26-year-old tank crewmember from the Army's 81st National Guard Brigade, was among the 4,100 troops of the 81st Brigade on their way to Iraq for a one-year deployment.

The face of the fifth column.

[Eva]

Remember that the Muslim chaplain that was arrested at Gitmo was also from Fort Lewis.

[wtc911]

More help from your boys. Time for another editorial.

[george wythe]

Did the D.C. snipers have anything to do with this base?

Somehow I have a vague recollection that Muhammad the sniper had some friends on this base.

[philetus]

Was this one of the PEACEFUL, AMERICA LOVING, MISUNDERSTOOD, muslims?
Was this one of the muslims who DENOUNCES TERRORISM?

Gosh, he must be, homeboy is in the U.S. military.

[malia]

have you seen this?

[Mr. Mojo]

Nation of Islam punk, most likely.

[fortunecookie]

Of course, any racial or ethnic or religious profiling (what used to be referred to as adjectives when properly used) would, oh, just maybe, have weeded out this Caucasian, American muslim saboteur.

Oh, but we can't have that, that's sooooo mean spirited. (With sarcasm and roll of eyes!)

It's just good luck, and good military sting work!, that we caught him when we did.

[Rockitz]

The enemy within strikes again. The following quote bears repeating.

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"A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly against the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears no traitor; he speaks in the accents familiar to his victim, and he wears their face and their garments and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation; he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city; he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared. The traitor is the plague."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Orator - 106-43 B.C.

[AngryJawa]

It's really getting difficult to extend the benefit of the doubt to any of Mohammed's wayward children. The fact that Islam has it's greatest recruiting successes in prisons should tell us something.

[lelio]

Here's King5.com (local TV station) story:

SEATTLE - A member of the Washington National Guard’s 81st Armored Brigade has been taken into custody and charged with attempting to pass intelligence information to the Al-Qaida terrorist network.

According to an NBC news report, SPC. Ryan G. Anderson was arrested Thursday at Fort Lewis, Wash. The report, citing U.S. Military and Justice Department officials, said Anderson, a 26-year-old tank crew member, was caught during a joint sting operation and has been charged with “aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to communicate and give intelligence to the Al-Quida terrorist network."

Ryan graduated in 1995 from Cascade High School in Everett, Wash., and received a degree in military history with an emphasis on the Middle East from Washington State University in 2002. According to published reports, Anderson converted to the Muslim faith 5 years ago.

Anderson was interviewed by the Everett Herald newspaper last week during a ceremony to honor the 3,500 Washington National Guard soldiers who will be going to Iraq for at least a year. According to the newspaper, he felt the tour of duty would be an interesting experience.

[freeangel]

Ship him to Gitmo and hold him there until the war on terror is over.

[mtbopfuyn]

So they've infiltrated and set up a cell in the middle of Ft. Lewis?