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Soldier Guilty of Trying to Aid al-Qaida
AP ^ | 2 Sept 2004

Posted on 09/02/2004 5:36:58 PM PDT by 11th_VA

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A soldier accused of trying to give al-Qaida information about U.S. troops, including methods for killing soldiers, was found guilty Thursday on all five counts of trying to help the terrorist network.

The verdict in Spc. Ryan G. Anderson's court-martial, which began Monday, was announced late Thursday afternoon.

Anderson, a tank crewman whose 81st Armor Brigade unit is now in Iraq, was accused of trying to give terrorists information about U.S. soldiers' strength and tactics. The terrorists he though he was meeting with were actually undercover federal agents, prosecutors said.

A military spokesman has said the charges amount to attempted treason.

Conviction required agreement by two-thirds of the jury of nine commissioned officers - all from Fort Lewis. The jury vote was not immediately announced.

Anderson, a 27-year-old Muslim convert, could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. The court took a brief recess after the verdict was announced, then planned to reconvene to consider his sentence.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; jihadinamerica; ryananderson; terrortrials
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Maximum life - go figure, we're at war ...
1 posted on 09/02/2004 5:36:58 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

wow that was rather fast.


2 posted on 09/02/2004 5:38:08 PM PDT by flashbunny (Kerry helped move jobs to china - http://www.flashbunny.org/commentary/kerryoutsourced.html)
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To: 11th_VA

A rope and a tree will do just fine.


3 posted on 09/02/2004 5:39:05 PM PDT by theDentist ("John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute.")
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To: 11th_VA

Is Kerry next?


4 posted on 09/02/2004 5:40:00 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: flashbunny

This is new?


5 posted on 09/02/2004 5:40:51 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (http://www.osurepublicans.com)
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To: 11th_VA

Firing Squad is what the SWINE deserves!


6 posted on 09/02/2004 5:42:11 PM PDT by steplock
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To: 11th_VA
I thought I heard he got life in prison on FOX a minute ago? Did I hear that incorrectly?

Personally I'd like to see the military cut off his manhood and send him to allah without it......Was this guy tried for treason?

7 posted on 09/02/2004 5:43:19 PM PDT by thingumbob
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To: 11th_VA
Anderson, a 27-year-old Muslim convert, could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. The court took a brief recess after the verdict was announced, then planned to reconvene to consider his sentence.

Why am I NOT surprised by this bolded line? When I saw the story, I asked myself, "Is this guy a Muslim?" *shaking my head* Religion of peace my foot! This story calls for this picture:


8 posted on 09/02/2004 5:43:31 PM PDT by Sister_T (Democrats AND The Partisan Press are the REAL enemies to freedom in the world!)
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To: theDentist
He deserves access to this legal loophole: and a break of the neck when the rope snaps.
9 posted on 09/02/2004 5:44:57 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: ConservativeMan55

the trial itself is relatively new (and went by fast, at least to me).

His being caught was rather old, though.


10 posted on 09/02/2004 5:46:10 PM PDT by flashbunny (Kerry helped move jobs to china - http://www.flashbunny.org/commentary/kerryoutsourced.html)
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To: pacman50

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 09/02/2004 5:49:05 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life..........)
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To: 11th_VA; flashbunny; theDentist; Indy Pendance; ConservativeMan55; steplock; thingumbob; ...
A military spokesman has said the charges [against Sgt. Ryan Anderson] amount to attempted treason.

No, they do not. The charges amount to straight-out, clear as crystal, no question about it TREASON.

This Islamic-Fascist sympathizer not only gave our enemies moral and propaganda support. But while actively serving in the US military, he attempted to pass classified tactical information that would have directly cost the lives of many other US soldiers, as well as jeopardized our national security.

Why was he not charged with the crime of treason? Why is he not facing execution? He doesn't even have any enemy information to trade for his life, nor is he pleading guilty to take the death penalty off the table (and with a case as strong as this one, as the prosecutor, I wouldn't have given him that deal anyway). He is of no value to us other than as a corpse.

With apologies to our women in service, this is the result of Bill Clinton's emasculation and "effeminization" of the US military. This is as "open & shut" as a case of treason can get, yet the military chose not to prosecute it as such. Unbelievable!

12 posted on 09/02/2004 5:54:12 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: 11th_VA
Tall Tree and a short rope fast horse.
13 posted on 09/02/2004 5:54:22 PM PDT by solo gringo (Don't be a girlie man vote for Bush/Chenny in o4)
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To: 11th_VA

Put him in prison now so that he does come back in 35 years to run as president as a Rat. Scary similarities.


14 posted on 09/02/2004 5:58:24 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)
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To: SpyGuy

Treason is rarely prosecuted in the US. (as much as we see some committing acts of treason) Name the last case prosecuted US case.


15 posted on 09/02/2004 5:58:39 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: 11th_VA

remember he'll serve out his sentence in a military prison and he'll be the only traitor there. he'll need more than soap on a rope to serve a full sentence.


16 posted on 09/02/2004 6:01:35 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: 11th_VA
WHEN will the PC Military elements get it thru their thick skulls - It is all very, VERY simple:

NO MUSLIM PERSONNEL are to be involved with Mid-East operations!!!!!!!

(& Chechnya or the Phillipines, when we have to go).

17 posted on 09/02/2004 6:02:37 PM PDT by pollwatcher (in Memory of the late, great Ted Cassidy (1932-1979) - a Kerry Impersonator well ahead of his time!)
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To: 11th_VA

Some nasty stuff coming out of that Wahabi mosque near Ft Lewis.

John Mohammed, this guy, maybe Chap Lee, and I think the fragger from the 101st had been at Ft Lewis, too.


18 posted on 09/02/2004 6:04:54 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Supporting Bush/Cheney 2004!)
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To: flashbunny
wow that was rather fast.

Justice delayed is justice denied...

19 posted on 09/02/2004 6:05:46 PM PDT by lancer
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To: SpyGuy
This Islamic-Fascist sympathizer not only gave our enemies moral and propaganda support. But while actively serving in the US military, he attempted to pass classified tactical information that would have directly cost the lives of many other US soldiers, as well as jeopardized our national security.

Sounds like Rosenberg (For all you youngin's the Rosenberg's gave the Soviets, Russia, our nuclear secrets) style treason to me, so why isn't he getting the same treatment.....I wish someone would get a spine!

20 posted on 09/02/2004 6:06:09 PM PDT by thingumbob
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