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.

[William McKinley]

You just don't get that terrorism is

I most certainly do.

I don't believe in fighting terrorism by taking action against hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of non-terrorists.

[Gracey]

Agree. It is Muslim fanatics and not the color of one's skin. Fanatics such as John Walker Lindh(sp) and others are white.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Yes, CBS is going to catch hell later on for removing that black muslim reference, coming on the heels of their phony Saddam translater. Jim Lacey, the Time reporter who was at the scene when it happened, was on Larry King Live and mentioned that he had an arabic last name, in part to shoot down speculation that it might have just been a soldier cracking under stress. Someone had their vcr rolling, so it is saved for posterity.

CBS changing the story may end up giving that angle more publicity, considering the Beltway Sniper parallel and the dancing around his religious affiliation.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

Guaranteed that not one other network will touch this angle of the story.

Who wants to bet me that not a single network other than Fox will even mention the word "muslim" in the context of this story in the coming days?

No takers? Didn't think so.

I'm so angry, and so livid, over this story that if I say what I wanted to I'd be banned, and I've only been a member a few days.

I'm so spittin' mad I've gotta go have a drink and calm down.

Of all the horrors and outrages of the protest movement, Tommy Daschole, and the Dems, the anti-war, leftist media...everything...this story is the worst. Traitor, fifth column, enemies with in...

ARGH!

PC is going to be the death of us...

[teletech]

Not shot in leg...now saying he was hit by shrapnel (didn't get out of the way fast enough).

To bad they didn't let this guy bleed to death from his wounds!

[Wallaby]

Here's the link to the article connecting Farrakhan to Tablighi Jamaat

Taking Jehad to the U.S.

[Krafty123]

Sky clearly identifies him as a muslim:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1084723,00.html

[Windcatcher]

Okay this has to be done...

From Heavy Metal:

"Hanging's too good for him! Burning's too good for him! He should be BURIED ALIVE!"

[pipecorp]

They aren't terrorists yet, they are allowed to live in the company/ country of the enemy for a time (ten years) but they will be eventually, IT'S THEIR RELIGION.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I see the lynching mobs are forming...

[txradioguy]

No surprise that 'ol Pete would dodge anything that makes Islam look bad. His ex live in girlfriend is that female mouthpiece (Hanah al-Shawiri or something like that) for the PLO. They were living together when he was the Bureau Chief in Lebbanon.

[Libertina]

Oh my word! I just saw a trailer at the bottom of the screen taht said a US soldier had be "detained" and I couldn't understand it. Unfortunately, I am cable-free her (NOT of my own choosing) I really appreciate the ping. If this "soldier" did this deed- string him high!

[William McKinley]

The majority of US muslims do not hold that worldview.

If you can provide proof otherwise, I will drop this argument. If you can't, then perhaps you shouldn't lead with "where do you get this from?"

[Atlas Sneezed]

"Has ABC called him Muslim?"

No. Jennings spent all of "World News Tonight" ducking the issue, promising future reports when the situation "solidifies."

[crazykatz]

Yes, he was and a CONVERT at that. He the a helicopter maintenance specialist as well. The Skynews commentator who saw the crash, said that the chopper fell to the ground, then blew up.

[MIgramma]

Re: Why can't you let the man alone in his grief?

Because HE chose to vent his grief on national television, THAT'S WHY!

If I lose my loved one over there, God forbid, I will NOT go on TV and blame my president.

The son volunteered!
He wasn't drafted!
President Bush didn't pull the trigger.
Therefore this rant was totally uncalled for irregardless. He was just grandstanding for his moment before the camera.

[kaylar]

Too bad they didn't let this guy bleed to death from his wounds!

No.

If he has any other little Muslim buddies planning on going jihad on our troops, how would we know about it, unless the POS is alive and sweated for the info?

[leadpencil1]

See # 13 below

1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by: a. Olga Corbitt b. Sitting Bull c. Arnold Schwartzeneger d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: a. Lost Norwegians b. Elvis c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by: a. John Dillinger b. The King of Sweden c. The Boy Scouts d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: a. A pizza delivery boy b. Pee Wee Herman c. Geraldo Rivera d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by: a. The Smurfs b. Davy Jones c. The Little Mermaid d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by: a. Captain Kid b. Charles Lindbergh c. Mother Teresa d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: a. Scooby Doo b. The Tooth Fairy c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by: a. Richard Simmons b. Grandma Moses c. Michael Jordan d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: a. Mr. Rogers b. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems c. The World Wrestling Federation d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Center and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted to a crash by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by: a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd b. The Supreme Court of Florida c. Mr. Bean d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

11. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: a. Enron b. The Lutheran Church c. The NFL d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by: a. Bonny and Clyde b. Captain Kangaroo c. Billy Graham d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

13. In the 2003 Liberation of Iraq war, two hand grenades were rolled under the commanding officer's tent at Camp Pennsylvania by: a. Bugs Bunny b. Tanya Harding c. The Human Jukebox c. A muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

[Rocky]

Anyone who still holds up those values simply does not know the monstrous history of the Left.

I suspect that the most virulent of the leftists are very familiar with history. Just like Saddam admired Stalin, they admire Lenin, or Mao (or pick another murdering tyrant).

[LdSentinal]

From the Seattle Times (November 10, 2002)

Retired Sgt. Berentson, the man who has kept Muhammad's name and dog-tag number in his wallet for the past 11 years, says the road should have dead-ended for Muhammad years ago.

Why Muhammad didn't end up behind bars in 1991, neither Berentson nor anyone else in the U.S. Army's 84th Engineering Company can explain. In the first months of that year, the unit was in the Middle East preparing for the ground-attack phase of the Gulf War.

The story, according to Berentson and at least two other former members of the 84th, was that Muhammad threw a thermite grenade into a tent housing 16 of his fellow soldiers.

Thermite grenades - made of finely granulated aluminum mixed with a metal oxide, and blasting heat up to 1,200 degrees - are used to destroy equipment during battle. The attack could easily have killed or maimed, but all 16 in the tent, some coughing and choking, escaped unharmed.

Berentson was in the tent. He says the grenade went off near him and near a staff sergeant with whom Muhammad had fought earlier that day. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division, Berentson says, concluded Muhammad (then named Williams) was the lead suspect.

Muhammad was led away in handcuffs and eventually transferred to another company pending charges. He had been court-martialed twice before for lesser incidents while serving in the Louisiana National Guard. But an indictment over the grenade incident never materialized, and Muhammad's Army file has no record of it.

Muhammad's side of the story, as told to his then-wife Mildred, was that after he was accused of the attack, he was hogtied and humiliated by his fellow soldiers in a way that he would never forgive or forget. The experience, Mildred told a Washington Post reporter, would change him permanently.

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