Islamists have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces

Steve Quayle ^ | September 29, 2003 | Daniel Pipes

[Mossad1967]

THE news last week that two Muslim military personnel, James Yee and Ahmad al-Halabi, had been arrested on suspicion of aiding Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantnamo Bay (with another three Muslim servicemen under watch) seemed to prompt much surprise. It should not have.

It has been obvious for months that Islamists who despise America have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces. In February, a milestone Wall Street Journal article established that imams who consider Osama bin Laden "a hero of Allah" dominate the Islamic chaplaincy in the New York state prison system.

In March, I documented the case of FBI Special Agent Gamal Abdel-Hafiz: His superiors not only overlooked this immigrant's pattern of pro-Islamist behavior, they promoted him.

And at least six prior cases of Islamist servicemen have come to light:

Ali Mohamed: An Egyptian immigrant who after discharge from the U.S. Army went to work for Osama bin Laden, Mohamed pleaded guilty to helping plan the 1998 bombing surveillance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. He's now in prison serving his sentence.

Semi Osman: An ethnic Lebanese immigrant and non-U.S. citizen who served in both the Army and Naval Reserve, Osman was arrested in 2002 and accused of "material support for terrorists." He pleaded guilty to a weapons violation and served his sentence.

Abdul Raheem Al Arshad Ali: An African-American convert to Islam and former Marine, he awaits trial in prison for supplying a semiautomatic handgun to Semi Osman.

Jeffrey Leon Battle: An African-American convert and Army reservist, Battle awaits trial in prison on charges of "enlisting in the Reserves to receive military training to use against America."

John Allen Muhammad: An African-American convert and Army veteran, Muhammad is suspected of having thrown a grenade at a fellow soldier in 1991. He awaits trial in prison as one of two charged in last year's Beltway sniper killings.

Hasan Akbar: Another African-American convert, Akbar awaits trial in prison for two counts of premeditated murder and three charges of attempted murder in a March fragging incident against his fellow soldiers.

The Akbar incident prompted Deanne Stillman of Slate magazine to conclude that Islamists "may be infiltrating the military in order to undermine it."

That infiltration also has a mundane quality; take the example of Nabil Elibiary: An Islamist who protests the "defaming" of bin Laden and defends polygamy, he also led the holiday prayer service at an Air Force base early this year.

Executive-branch insistence on "terrorism" being the enemy, rather than militant Islam, permits this Islamist penetration.

And it continues. The Defense Department responded last week to the chaplain's arrest by defending its hiring practices. Only under external pressure, notably from Sens. Chuck Schumer and Jon Kyl, did it agree to reassess them. Even then, the Pentagon insisted on reviewing the appointments of all 2,800 military chaplains - rather than the 12 Muslims among them.

Political correctness run amok! Which Christian or Jewish chaplains would be accused (as the Washington Times has reported of their Muslim colleague Yee) of "sedition aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure to obey a general order? By pretending not to see that the enemy emerges from one source, the authorities dilute their focus, render their review nearly meaningless and endanger security.

The U.S. government needs to use common sense and focus on militant Islam. It should consider such steps as:

* Breaking off contact with organizations (like the Islamic Society of North America and the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Council) that place Islamists in government jobs.

* Suspending presently employed Muslim personnel who got their jobs through those institutions until their loyalty can be confirmed.

* Working instead with anti-Islamist Muslim groups, such as the Islamic Supreme Council of America for Sunni Muslims and the American Muslim Congress for Shi'ites.

* Confirming that government-employed Muslims do, as many of them swore under oath, "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." A mechanism is needed to identify employees with an Islamist outlook and expel them from government service.

Ironically, the Defense Department finds it easier to kill Islamists in Afghanistan than to exclude them from its own ranks. But only if the latter is carried out can Americans be confident their government is fully protecting them.

Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and author of "Militant Islam Reaches America."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292003/postopinion/opedcolumnists/6697.htm

[Gucho]

"Funny how the do-not-call list issue can go through several courts, congress and the president in less than a week for a fix, yet issues like immigration and tort reform see no action at all. I take that back, it's not funny, it's pathetic."

True, and I am curious as to how much money the illegals are sucking up in CA. taxpayers money.

[GYPSY286]

You know WHY it went through so fast - because THEY TOO get the telemarketer calls - it EFFECTS THEM TOO

[aculeus]

Whatever became of that muslim Secret Service agent who objected to profiling by an airline?

He's one to worry about ... if still on the job.

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM - RELIGION OF PEACE

[Prodigal Son]

Unauthorized crossing will be met with DEADLY force.

What about US citizens trying to get out? Do you just allow unfettered travel by US citizens or what? And if so, how do you know what they're up to out in the world? They could be passing secrets or colluding with the enemy. I see this as problematic. After all, this is where the Chaplain seems to have run into trouble- travelling to Syria to study.

[UCANSEE2]

. Stop ALL immigration for at least 10 years. Close and militarize the borders. Unauthorized crossing will be met with DEADLY force. Round up all aliens (illegal AND legal) and ship them home. Stop all monetary aid to all countries. ALL OF IT! Take that money and use it to fix the problems in the back yard like power generation and transmission, education, etc.

I hate to say this, but you have a rather naive view of what and how things can/should be done.

How about we put you in charge, and then you tell us exactly how you will accomplish this, how much it will cost, and where the money for that will come from?

[Prodigal Son]

...or face possible destruction.

Which you face every day when you walk out the door.

[Napoleon Solo]

So what do we do about this very real threat???

Kill them all, the big and the tall and the small?

How about for starters, we hire the Israeli's to be our translators since arabic is second nature to them. This would also give added pleasure to those who think that the Israeli's need to "pay back" those loan guarantees. It would also piss-off the Islamofacists to no end. It may bring this crisis to a real head sooner than later so we can deal with these towel scum once and for all!!

[appalachian_dweller]

It seems to me that if we stop wasting/giving away money the borders could be closed easily.

The dues we pay to the U.N. would be enough to close the border with Mexico. This country give away billions in foreign aid. I say we keep that money and use it here.

Again, what's wrong with taking care of ourselves first.

What ideas to you have?

[Allan]

This is not breaking news.
This article was posted two days ago.

[navyblue]

"How about we put you in charge, and then you tell us exactly how you will accomplish this, how much it will cost, and where the money for that will come from?"

Well, I don't have all your answers. But I know how to solve the problem of rounding up all the illegal aliens.

By enforcing the laws that are already on the books. By levying fines upon the employers that insist on hiring illegal aliens. Without the jobs, the aliens will deport themselves. Please spare me the old chestnut about how much it is going to cost for that head of lettuce. Labor is a small part of the equation.

To paraphrase the baseball movie line: If you don't build it, they won't come.

[navyblue]

Or another way to go: Why not hire Christian Arabs as translators? Do we forget that there are millions of non Muslim Arabs? It puzzles me why our government beleives it necessary to hire Muslims as translators in the first place.

[caltrop]

We should be taking care of ourselves first. Among other things that means an immigration time out (we can't afford to assimilate a fraction of the illegal immigrants we've already got), sending back the illegals we can find and ending non food foreign aid (which doesn't damage recipent countries domestic production). Like you, I agree the UN doesn't deserve additional US funding. While we're at it we can bring our ground troops home from Europe. We've got 75,000 GIs stationed there plus their dependents. With no mission and at huge cost, their return is long overdue. With the savings we can rebuild the Navy which can ensure open sea lanes for the trade the US engages in, and will continue to engage in, around the world.

[navyblue]

Note to me:

Do we forget that there are millions of Muslim Arabs should have read millions of Christian Arabs.

So flog me!

[appalachian_dweller]

>> bring our ground troops home from Europe <<

That's a great idea!

[appalachian_dweller]

>> What ideas to you have? <<

I'm still waiting for those ideas UCANSEE2. It's pretty easy to criticize someone else's ideas. How about you sharing some of yours with us?

I'm not trying to be mean. You may have some good ideas. Let's hear 'em.

[wardaddy]

Geezzz

No Shite Sherlocke!

[wardaddy]

Pipes Ping!

[oldironsides]

It is not immigration. The prison Islamic clergy is homegrown and well able to teach hatred and anti white everyhting to a caged person. H. Rap Brown is a Black Panther convicted of murder. He was released and worked out of a Mosque in Georgia. He murdered 2 sheriffs walking up his lawn to deliever paperwork. He is now back in the system. Mumia Abu Jamal killed a police officer. He is a Black Panther and motivational speaker to the young. He preaches hatred. He has been on death row for at least 20 years. Islam is the religion of peace, do not forget it

[Napoleon Solo]

Why should it puzzle you? Our government is run by a bunch of fools who have their own agenda, sometimes, most times, hidden to boot. Just look at the Arabists running the State Department for the last 50 years. Do you thing n their wildest dreams that they can accept a Jewish State of Israel? They side with the Arab Street,alley,mud road whenever possible. They would like nothing more than to drive over dead Israeli's, not realizing that one olive branch to the Islamofacists is another knife in their backs when the time is right. The fifth column of Arabs now in this country in the Military, Prisons and sleeper cells are just waiting for the right time to unleash their "Religion of Peace BS on unsuspecting minds. Sooner rather than later, we will be the ones taken out of our houses and taken over by these hidden sloths. We need to do something, anything and soon!!