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The 'Fifth Column' Syndrome
Washington Times (by way of FrontPage magazine.com) ^ | March 26, 2003 | Frank J Gaffney Jr

Posted on 03/26/2003 2:56:57 PM PST by Jacob Kell

The most traumatic loss the U.S. military has suffered to date in the war with Iraq may, ironically, have been inflicted not by Iraqi Republican Guards, regular army units or irregular "Fedayeen." Rather, it may have come at the hands of an American servicemen.

Early Sunday morning Kuwait time, a sergeant assigned to an engineering brigade of the 101st Airborne Division allegedly attacked three tents in which many divisional commanding officers were sleeping on the eve of their unit's jump-off into Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 101stattack; asanakbar; blackmuslims; fifthcolumn; frankjgaffneyjr; saudistench; traitors; wahhabism
We are fools to let the damn Saudis have this much clout when it comes to AMerican Islam, including our armed forces.
1 posted on 03/26/2003 2:56:57 PM PST by Jacob Kell
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To: TLBSHOW
FYI
2 posted on 03/26/2003 3:06:43 PM PST by MizSterious ("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
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To: MizSterious
at a buck twenty-five a bottle for water they should call it EVIAN 2 (or NAIVE spelt backwards...)
3 posted on 03/26/2003 3:12:24 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: MizSterious
it is true and we had better wake up or the laws of this country will be used to destroy this country by Islam the cult of death.
4 posted on 03/26/2003 3:15:49 PM PST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
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To: TLBSHOW
From the article:

The attack for which Sgt. Akbar is being held at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait is sending shockwaves through the national security community for another reason, though: It could be the precursor for a far larger and more dangerous problem, both for the military and for American society more generally. Call it the "Fifth Column syndrome."

Other articles on FR from weeks and months past tend to verify his conclusions.

5 posted on 03/26/2003 3:19:25 PM PST by MizSterious ("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
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