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'US SOLDIER ATTACKS TROOPS' [unsanitized discussion of MUSLIM treason suspect]
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| 3/22/03
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Posted on 03/22/2003 7:10:19 PM PST by mondonico
'US SOLDIER ATTACKS TROOPS'
An American Muslim soldier is understood to have carried out a grenade attack on a US military camp which injured 16 soldiers.
A second man, who is not a soldier, is thought to be held.
Three grenades were rolled into three tents housing military leaders of the 101st Airborne Division Saturday night at Camp Pennsylvania, home of the, near the Iraqi border, said Sky correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who is in the base.
The grenade that was rolled into the first tent, where the commanding officer sleeps, did not go off.
But two other grenades used to attack tents where the unit's majors and captains sleep did explode.
'Acting weird'
Ramsay watched as the suspects were held.
"Two men are being held, one of which is a Muslim soldier who is an engineer," Ramsay said.
"It appears he was hiding in a barrack where the attacks happened. A second man, who we believe is not an American soldier, is being held by the military.
"As the man who carried out the attack moved away there was some shooting. He was shot in the leg. He was held on the ground less than 100 yards from where the attack happened."
He said fears about the Muslim soldier's behaviour had been raised in recent days by colleagues.
Interrogation
"In recent days they were concerned about his behaviour and were not going to send him up to the front when the soldiers were going to be deployed."
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.
"To be honest we just do not know," Ramsay said.
"Talking to other soldiers, it could be that he was disgruntled. They said he had been acting 'weird' for days."
Eleven soldiers who were seriously hurt were flown out of the camp by helicopter.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 101stairborne; 101stattack; aidandcomfort; antiamerican; blackmuslim; camppennsylvania; fifthcolumn; iraq; islam; islammeanspeace; muslim; muslimsoldier; prosaddam; religionofpeace; religionofpeacetm; sabotage; saboteur; sedition; terrorist; traitor; treason; unamerican; warlist
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:10:19 PM PST
by
mondonico
To: mondonico
Is Sky News reliable and truthful? Never heard of them.
Jason
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:14:06 PM PST
by
refreshed
To: mondonico
It is crazy how information is being held back on this. On WABC from New York on John Batcholor and the other guy-- it was reported that in Cairo today a Muslim bigwig issued a fatwah against the American troops. This was believed to have sparked this Al Queda attack by a sleeper sargeant in the 101st Airborne. Amazing how this is being reported some places and the others are tripping over each other.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:14:41 PM PST
by
ontos-on
To: mondonico
I don't care what anybody sez about "profiling".
Inter all muslim soldiers, sailors and airmen NOW!
To: refreshed
Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdock who also owns FNC...
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:15:33 PM PST
by
marajade
To: refreshed
Sister station to FNC,quite reliable.
To: mondonico
A person's first reaction is that the perp is probably muslim and black.
It's sad for all the other decent muslim soldiers that he reinforced the basis for the fear.
Now, it's something that the military services have to keep track of.
Profiling is a worthwhile tool.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:15:44 PM PST
by
nanomid
To: refreshed
Sky News is owned by News Corporation (Rupert Murdoch), and is the sister network to Fox News Channel.
To: mondonico
Fox is also reporting the Pentagon is confirming this story. 13 soldiers are wounded, 11 seriously, by a Muslim U.S. soldier attached to the 101st Airborne. He rolled three grenades in to officer tents. I have also heard that he was shot in the leg, and found hiding in a bunker.
Treason with a capital T. Let me be on the firing squad.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:15:57 PM PST
by
Liberal Classic
(Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est.)
To: refreshed
Is Sky News reliable and truthful? Never heard of them.
They are Fox News' sister station out of Britain.... thinking they are just as reliable as Fox News.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:16:11 PM PST
by
da_toolman
(It's time to start carrying a big stick and speaking damned little.)
To: refreshed
Check out their site. They seem pretty established. I think they are the one independent (I.e., not BBC) network in UK.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:16:16 PM PST
by
mondonico
(Peace through Superior Firepower)
To: Mark17
Ahem...
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:16:26 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: refreshed
>>Is Sky News reliable and truthful? Never heard of them.
SkyNews is a unit of NewsCorp - Rupert Murdock - FoxNews Channel's sister station...
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:16:57 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(*When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty*)
To: refreshed
Just got in but I did see a scroll on Fox of someone rolling grenades into three officers' tents. BTW Sky News is a "sister" network to Fox.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:17:12 PM PST
by
kellynla
(Once a Marine...Semper Fi)
To: refreshed
Is Sky News reliable and truthful? Never heard of them. Rupert Murdoch satellite channel...
Sister channel to FOX News
To: battlegearboat
This is a real problem--BIG problem.
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 soldier who would do something like this. One or two here or there, no big deal, but 1,625 could do real damage.
To: refreshed
Islam is incompatible with America and most of the remaining world. Let the socialists and communists have them. They can then hack each other apart in gang fights.
To: refreshed
Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch (sp). It is the "Sister" station of Fox News. BBC News main competitor.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:18:44 PM PST
by
max_rpf
To: Liberal Classic
Let me be on the firing squad. You and about 200 million others in the country.
To: eddie willers
Still the slowest typist on FR. : )
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