[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

A sane person, not familiar with our "government", would assume that every member of America's Armed Forces is a citizen of our nation. Nope. No need to be citizen at all.

IIRC, some son or otherwise close relative of a honcho in a Middle East terrorist pit was actually an officer in the US military. Seems he left for home shortly after 9-11.

[dennisw]

Could you be thinking of Somalia...not in the Middle East but a pit (surprised?) none the less. Aideed had at least one son and maybe two who were in the US military.

 

 

Online NewsHour: DEATH OF A WARLORD -- August 2, 1996
... When Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed died on Thursday, hopes of a peace in the
fractured country rose again. Steve Scott of ITN reports on the leader and ...
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[sneakypete]

IIRC, some son or otherwise close relative of a honcho in a Middle East terrorist pit was actually an officer in the US military.

The son of one of the war lords in Somalia was a Corporal in the USMC reserves. I THINK he was Adid's son,but may be wrong about that last detail.