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.

[goodnesswins]

There are lots of Muslims in the military.

[docmcb]

God, please don't let him be black...what a disgrace that would be for our people.

I'm white, and I'm with you; better that he be white, this is going to bad enough, if true, without adding black/white issues to it.

[MEG33]

two others missing

[pipecorp]

Being an infidel, as most of us are, we all need to know that if they cannot convert us they must subjugate us or destroy us. You cannot live side by side with this.

[jackbill]

I don't see how 'black' is relevant in this situation. Muslim clearly is relevant, but I'm unclear why 'black' matters.

Perhaps because the American converts to Islam are about 99.9% black. Where have you been?

[Dog Gone]

I don't see how 'black' is relevant in this situation. Muslim clearly is relevant, but I'm unclear why 'black' matters.

It matters because it specifically describes a distinct movement in the US. It's like describing a white separatist. Why does "white" matter in that description?

It matters because it conveys specific useful information.

[Petronski]

Farrakhan? Oh yes I know of him well. [19] But his group NOI is not synonymous with Islam. Calling one a muslim does not make him a member of NOI.

[Maeve]

Dear ArcLight, if there is disgrace it belongs with either Islam as a whole or Louis Farrakhan.

[U S Army EOD]

Just a disgrace for the guy who did it my friend.

[knak]

I better not say on here, what I feel like saying.

[Movemout]

God, please don't let him be black...what a disgrace that would be for our people

Don't be disgraced. You are a FReeper! This guy is just your basic muslim turd.

[Radix]

There are lots of Muslims in the military.

Is that supposed to be a good thing?

[boxerblues]

thank you...if another posters comments are correct about suspect being from the 327 thats my sons unit!

[SAMWolf]

If he did it, he's wearing our uniform, attacked US troops during a time of war. I say declare him a spy and shoot him.

[Hugin]

an American soldier described as a black Muslim.

As in Nation of Islam? Now way should followers of Farakhan be allowed to serve in the military. They are a racist and subversive organization. You'd think the army might have gotten a clue after one turned out to be the DC sniper.

[MizSterious]

Fella on Fox is saying that a scud attack occurred at about the same time--asked if it's coordinated attack (scuds and grenades), he said he wondered about that too.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

And it took quite awhile for the Brit reporter to mention the word 'muslim' he just slipped it in. No follow up by the talking head on Fox...now discussing the med. attention the detained soldier is getting...Stuart Ramsey is the name of the Brit. reporter.