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.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Wait 'til Savage gets ahold of this.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well said.

[RaceBannon]

The sign I saw and copied, is one that says the only troops they support are ones that shoot their officers.

Not a joke. I will re-post it after I finish the after action of our Freep Today.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/872602/posts

[Windcatcher]

I want to know if he's a DEMOCRAT. I *especially* want to know if he has any ties to A.N.S.W.E.R.

[MonroeDNA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/872577/posts?page=28

See #13.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/775459/posts

Their cover is officially blown.

[willyboyishere]

YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IF HE WAS A "MUSLIM ARMY SERGEANT" THAT HE WAS EITHER A "BLACK MUSLIM" OR A black Muslim.

[doug from upland]

So-called Black Muslims labeled themselves. The movement began in this country in the '60s.

[dwilli]

Me either but my brother (deceased) was in the Navy many years ago and on one of his ships a very unpopular officer
disappeared during the night while the ship was underway.

[SAMWolf]

Fox news just said he's a Muslim American withe the 327th. Been in the unit a long time

[FreeReign]

Today he said he reacted in pain. No Apology given, but at least it was understandable.

Yea, I think we should cut the grieving father a break.

I blame more the news organization -- I think it was ABC -- for finding a grieving idiot and then exploiting him for evil purposes.

[Radix]

Black muslim traitor!

Surprise!!!!!

You are funny

[wardaddy]

I would imagine that volunteers for that last paragraph will be easy to assemble.

Unfortunately there will be so much PC hullabaloo surrounding this.

They'll be afraid to do anything like that....and the media will downplay that aspect unless they need to trump it if he looks like he will become another Eddie Slovik....then they will howl about precisely what they didn't want mentioned at first.

[hunter112]

There's only one possible positive out of this story--news footage of protestor assholes singing the praises of this traitor. THAT will show the American people what the anti-war weenies are all about!

[brydic1]

I know several African muslims of the black race, they are students and non citizens. Could this fellow be an immigrant who has been granted citizenship.

[gg188]

Someone on Rita Cosby's just said that there are 13 muslim chaplins in the U.S. military, and at least 9 of them are "wahabi" muslims.

We have lost our minds.

[sinkspur]

I'm sick and tired of this father being attacked here. Why can't you let the man alone in his grief?

Three other Marines were killed, and not one relative blamed Bush.

Either he's immature, or he has a personal, political hatred for Bush.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Now questioning the efforts of 'Islamists' to insinuate Immans into the chaplaincy of US military. Wow..they are really asking serious questions. Can't believe what I am hearing...not doing the PC thing...Col. Hunt (on Fox) being very blunt...this inside a basecamp...fear that 'if' this is true how can other muslim soldiers be trusted? Wow.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Keep chanting endlessly "OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!" That way reality does not impinge upon one's comfortable illusions.

[TontoKowalski]

I wonder what Status of Forces agreement is in effect. If the wounded Kuwaiti translators were, in fact, cleared, but are injured, then Kuwait may be able to claim jurisdiction