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CBS spikes "black muslim suspect," now "engineering sergeant"!
CBS News website ^
| 3-22-03
| CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassman
Posted on 03/22/2003 7:00:11 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed
(CBS) An American soldier is among three suspects being held in connection with a grenade and small-arms attack that injured at least 16 U.S. soldiers at Camp Pennsylvania in northern Kuwait, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassman, who is on the scene with the Army's 101st Airborne Division.
Eleven of the injured were hurt so seriously they had to be choppered out of the camp.
Strassmann said three grenades were rolled into three officers' tents at the camp. When officers ran from the tents, they were hit by small arms fire.
Three suspects were being held for questioning: two Kuwaitis who served as translators and an American soldier described as an engineering sergeant.
The American was found injured and hiding in a bunker. Asked if he was hurt throwing a grenade, Strassman reports the soldier replied, "Yes."
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 attacks on U.S. troops came as the American assault on Iraq gained steam. American and British forces besieged the southern city of Basra and pounded Baghdad with impunity.
Coalition ground forces crossed the Euphrates River and were within 150 miles of the capital. Theyre still meeting only light resistance, with many Iraqi troops surrendering or simply leaving the battlefield.
But six divisions of the Republican Guard, Saddam's best and most loyal soldiers, were still in the way.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 101stairborne; 101stattack; aidandcomfort; antiamerican; blackmuslim; camppennsylvania; islam; islammeanspeace; mediabias; muslim; muslimsoldier; pc; prosaddam; religionofpeace; religionofpeacetm; sedition; terrorism; traitor; treason; unamerican; warlist
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To: wirestripper
Ever read the book Damn Engineers, pretty much somes up what the German High Command thought of US Combat Engineers during the Battle of the Bulge?
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:20:58 PM PST
by
dts32041
(Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4".)
To: Route66; Peach; Bella; Pete; areafiftyone; brigette; harpseal; Merovingian; Miss Marple; ...
Another important ping...
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:01 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: Beelzebubba
Re:
"Three suspects were being held for questioning: two Kuwaitis who served as translators and an American soldier described as an engineering sergeant and/or black muslim."
"Whatever,
I love him!"
"We hope he's from Texas
so we don't have to be ashamed of him!"
"Sounds like
my kinda guy!"
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:04 PM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: KansasCanadian
CNN and CBS have totaly PC-ized this incident.
To: bluefish
It doesn't really help him out that he's identified as an engineering student. Lots of the sleepers and terrorists are/were also engineering students or teachers. I wonder if he's done anything else to sabotage the mission.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:08 PM PST
by
floriduh voter
("Pound that Rock" John Gruden, Super Bowl Night 2003)
To: Semper Paratus
I heard on Fox talk that Wahabi Ministers are Chaplains and may be radicalizing the soldier faithful. I hope I really didn't hear that but I think I did.
You heard it right. The man actually said that 9 of the 13 US Military mosques were Wahabi mosques.
This is madness.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:33 PM PST
by
WarSlut
To: Beelzebubba
"The attacks on U.S. troops came as the American assault on Iraq gained steam. American and British forces besieged the southern city of Basra and pounded Baghdad with impunity. " Fox News: Basra is in allied hands.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:51 PM PST
by
blam
To: dts32041
Well, we were resourceful, and still are.
Bridges, heavy equipment, demolition and mine sweeping among just a few skills.
Plus we can shoot!
To: Beelzebubba
About two weeks ago I was in a conversation with my older brother, who is in the military, but an USAF non-combat type..
I told him that I would be "uncomfortable with a muslim at my back when the crap hits the fan".
He told me I was a bigot.
I have served in Somalia and Bosnia. I wish I had been guarding the 101'st rather than the guy that was.
Perhaps I'm a bigot. What can I say.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:25:32 PM PST
by
Greenpees
(Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
To: Semper Paratus
"I heard on Fox talk that Wahabi Ministers are Chaplains and may be radicalizing the soldier faithful." Yup. You heard it, I did too. Something must be done!
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:26:47 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
And Laurie Dhue's engaged.
The troops in Afghanistan made a big sign for her and Geraldo had to give them the bad news about the engagement. I wonder why Geraldo went to Afghanistan. Think he was too scared or not fit enough to imbed in Iraq?
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:26:50 PM PST
by
floriduh voter
("Pound that Rock" John Gruden, Super Bowl Night 2003)
To: Dog Gone
You knew they were going to change the story. This is the main reason I wish Jim had had the money to go on with the WP/LAT lawsuit.
Having that first report "frozen" in our archives is a very valuable resource to show truth.
"Linking" would only take us to the bowdlerized version.
To: Greenpees
You are a wiser than your brother.
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To: floriduh voter
He is not a engineering student. He is a engineer.
This is his military MOS. They are like civil engineers, or dirt workers, heavy equipment operators, and bridge building.
To: Diddle E. Squat
To: Beelzebubba
I was watching Kieth Olberman on MSNBC earlier and he and the reporter with the 101st never mentioned either point, muslim or black.
After all let's not offend anyone here(HEAVY SARCASM), even though twelve or thirteen brave soldiers may have been killed by this animal.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:31:21 PM PST
by
LaGrone
To: Wormwood
Nice job. Is that you, Eric?
To: Beelzebubba
Excellent catch, Beelzebubba! Now we know the rest of the story.
I hope he's tried, and if convicted, HUNG in full view of everyone!
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:31:54 PM PST
by
Humidston
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
To: Josef Stalin
WHY ARE WE TAKING THIS SITTING DOWN!!!! CALL CNN AND COMPLAIN, DAMMIT!! SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE PHONE NUMBERS.
(Sorry for the shouting. I'm utterly incensed).
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