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.

[LibKill]

Well, historically it is BLACKS who have caused all the problems in the country, right? Not Muslims.

Bill, take a deep breath and relax a bit.

So what if he's black? That does not touch you.

Even if some racist kkk type wants to spread BS all over the place, I ain't buying that BS.

I expect that most Americans will put the blame where it belongs, on the individual.

[tutstar]

Please ping me when you post the pic of that sign.

[hole_n_one]

[cake_crumb]

"Here's a new article on this incident from the UK media. Supposedly it has details withheld from US sources."

Skipping over a hundred posts or so to get here...monitoring BBC right now...THEY are coming up with screwy analyses that have no relationship whatsoever to what happend. Mostly to the effect of feeling the perp's pain. Of course, the BBC IS Britain's equivilant of CNN, so that's understandable. Sort of.

[hoosierham]

Well IF the noose isn't properly made the hanged man dies of suffocation rather than the quick snap of a broken neck.

[aristeides]

FYI.

[LdSentinal]

Yeah, CNN is showing pics of the guy.

Of course, Aaron Brown is saying, "We don't know the background of this guy." 100% pure BS.

[musicman]

The blanket guy kinda looked like him!!(...the "my lawyers
told me to shave my head before my first court appearance"
look...)

[Atlas Sneezed]

"Fox news just reported in their running ticker, that the grenade incident PROBABLY HAD TO DO WITH RESENTMENT"

Fox just adopted the Washington Post spin!

(Do they yet have a shred of evidence to support this sanitary hypothesis?

[tutstar]

yes you're right....could be some deaths out there on the field...

[mcenedo]

Just saw the CBS/Dan Rather recap of the event.

No mention of race or religion.

Nice job Dan!

Fair and unbalanced as always.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Nothing like telling John Robinson to get the f off this site. LOL

Seems like he made a small miscalculation. LOL.

[aristeides]

If what I heard on the radio a couple of hours ago is correct the injured would be officers in the First Brigade, 101st Airborne.

[txradioguy]

that's the pic of a dean man.

[Freedom2specul8]

I don't know where they got the report from.. sorry..

[Rocky]

So in the heart of the radical Islamic world, 6 in 10 thought this. Quite a bit different than the 9 in 10

This is acceptable?

[bwteim]

True - would not be pleasant.

[LdSentinal]

General Weasel Clark is also glossing over the facts. He's a fine Democrat.

[brydic1]

I see the Washington Post has now sanitized it internet edition.

[aristeides]

If they're showing pictures, when will they give us a name?