Muslim-American soldier detained in Kuwait attack (I KNEW it!)

WorldNetDaily ^ | March 22, 2003 | WND

[Edward Watson]

Muslim-American soldier detained in Kuwait attack 16 troops injured in grenade assault described by Pentagon as 'inside job'

A U.S. soldier being described as a Muslim is now in custody for alleged complicity in the grenade and small-arms attack on members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division encamped in Northern Kuwait, which injured 16 soldiers, 11 seriously.

In addition, two Kuwaitis who had served a translators are being held for questioning, according to CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann, who is imbedded with the 101st.

Strassmann reported that the grenades were rolled into two commanders' tents. When officers ran from their tents, they were hit by small arms fire, he said.

George Heath, 101st spokesman at home base Fort Campbell, said: "From our reports it appears that a terrorist penetrated Camp Pennsylvania, one or more terrorists threw two hand grenades into a tent."

Calling it a criminal matter and an "inside job," the Pentagon says the U.S. soldier had been missing on base. The soldier implicated was reportedly in charge of grenades, according to MSNBC.

None of the injuries are being called life threatening, and some of the casualties have been air-lifted out of the camp.

Strassmann also reported that an Iraqi rocket fired at U.S. forces in Kuwait was downed by Patriot missiles launched from nearby Camp New Jersey.

Time reporter Jim Lacey told ABC News that he talked to an eyewitness at the rear base camp who said that grenades were rolled into a tents that housed the leaders of the brigadier unit. A terrorist, the witness told Lacey, shot the first two people who exited the tent. Sky News reports that a third grendade was rolled into a third tent housing officers, but that it did not explode.

Camp Pennsylvania was named to honor of the victims of plane that crashed in Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 attacks. The camp, located approximately 20-30 miles south of the Iraqi border, is surrounded by large berms and guarded by armed soldiers, with others in observation posts watching the desert. The camp is also home to Patriot missile batteries.

The U.S. soldier is currently being questioned, and U.S. authorities are tight-lipped about characterizing his possible involvement.

Stuart Ramsay, a reporter with Sky News, says the Muslim soldier had become a concern to his commanding officers.

"In recent days they were concerned about his behavior and were not going to send him up to the front when the soldiers were going to be deployed," Ramsay said.

It is not clear whether the soldier, who Ramsay said would have been in the Gulf for some weeks, had planned the attack before being deployed.

"Talking to other soldiers, it could be that he was disgruntled," Ramsay said. "They said he had been acting 'weird' for days."

[Edward Watson]

Why am I not surprised. It seems utterly idiotic for the US to have fanatical Muslims in its armed forces for the sake of the ideal of religious equality and tolerance given Islam's attempts to destroy the US and everything it stands for. There's no doubt to me this is only the first of what will become many. Would we be so tolerant if the war was against a communist nation by having avowed communists serving in our armed forces?

[dila813]

Predictable

[TLBSHOW]

YOU ARE CORRECT AND ALL MUSLIMS IN THE MILITARY SHOULD BE SHIPPED BACK HERE NOW!

[noutopia]

Fox just had a picture of his face,he is a black muslim.

[KansasCanadian]

Wrapped in pig fat and buried alive at dawn

[MarlboroRed]

The NY Times is saying he was a "converted" muslim, which means that the original report of a "black muslim" was correct all along. In fact, more than half of the muslims in the US are "converts" and black.

I doubt there are a lot of Arab muslims in the Services, and if there are any, no doubt, right now they're dumped in some "token" position where they can do little harm.

Black muslims, however, are a different story. Blacks comprise 13% of the Services--32,500 in the theater now--and of that number assume 5% are self-identified Black Muslims--conservative assumption if you ask me. That gives us 1,625 black muslims, and this frightens me.

Why? Because blacks who've converted to Islam have done so because (i) they hate the U.S., (ii) hate Jews, and (iii) hate White people. In other words, the perfect candidate for a maggot who would do something like this. One or two here or there, no big deal, but 1,625 could do real damage.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Why that's about as crazy as giving land to people who want to push you into the sea!

[ChadGore]

ROPMA

[Kevin Curry]

Black, white, green or chartreuse--it makes no difference. Skin color didn't cause this--his extreme Islamic beliefs did.

The military drop kicks KKK members out the door (and should). These extreme Islamic true-believers seem every bit as vile.

[RossA]

Another success for the ROP (Religion of Peace).

[patriciaruth]

None of the injuries are being called life threatening, and some of the casualties have been air-lifted out of the camp.

CNN is reporting that one soldier has died.

[noutopia]

Black muslims should be not be serving in the US Forces. Islam wants to kill all infidels.

[Anticommie]

YOU ARE CORRECT AND ALL MUSLIMS IN THE MILITARY SHOULD BE SHIPPED BACK HERE NOW!

Absolutely right! Media started the spin already that this is not a terrorist attack, it IS a terrorist attack.

What an irony, our nation put on high alert but terrorist islamist strikes within armed forces in combat situation.

EXPELL ALL ISLAMISTS from our armed forces. We even provide them with moral support of wahabi chaplains!

Wonder how many more tragic "accidents" those bastards will be allowed to commit before our governement will show some common sense. It took them (governement and legislative cement heads) almost 2 years after 9/11 to finally allow pilots to carry firearms.

[pttttt]

Sky News also reports that the treacherous attacker is a Muslim: Sky News - Grenade Attacker Understood To Be Muslim.

And a commentator on Fox News TV mentioned it at least twice. But you can't find it yet on their website.

DoD and the US news media websites seem to have a major gag order on this (even heard the preposterous reason that it was because the alleged attacker was wounded too and they have to notify the family first).

OK, fine. Political sensitivities are what they are and we've got Muslim allies in the region we have to stroke. But we here in the US should all understand what this means. It wasn't a Baptist, Buddhist, or Wiccan that fragged his buddies and the command tent. And the FBI is exactly right to be watching mosques.

[Voice in your head]

"Why am I not surprised."

Were you expecting this?

[Anticommie]

Muslim-American soldier detained in Kuwait attack (I KNEW it!)

I knew it too.

[kcvl]

One of the soldiers has died.

[LikeLight]

Time magazine reporter on Fox attributes actions of fragger as "misguided interpretation of his Muslim beliefs" . . . will that politically incorrect (and doubtlessly true) statement survive by Sunday morning?

[whadizit]

It has been reported earlier on cable news that the military has many WAHIBI (sp.) clerics! That is a crime unto itself!!!! Why must a good loyal soldier have to serve alongside WAHIBI's?


This is not a political correctness issue. This is a safety issue for the whole military. Imagine the spies, also.

[LikeLight]

Political correctness already cost us lives in the D.C. Sniper attacks . . . PC is not some harmless idea . . . it is a death sentence for our society . . .