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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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To: Humal
Dan Rather, er Blather, said (according to another post) that none of the injuries were life-threatening. FNC's home page says that 6 of the victims were injured "seriously."
Given that grenades are involved, I wouldn't be surprised if there is significant loss of limb. Rather's use of "not life-threatening is disingenuous at best, deceitful at worst.
To: SevenofNine
The Force is with you Seven!
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:57:28 PM PST
by
Radix
(Get ready for Smackdown Saddam)
To: finnman69
Pic doesn't show whether the guy is a Moslem or not, but it makes it very clear that he is black. If they're giving us pictures, I wonder when they'll give us a name.
To: baggadonuts
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:58:54 PM PST
by
MizSterious
("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
Here's two more Muslims motivated by "RESENTMENT".
To: Ciexyz
terror suspect soldier on CNN
To: Between the Lines
All you can see is the very top of his head - looks like he may be black, but he's seated on the gound mostly hidden under a big coat.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:59:29 PM PST
by
Alissa
To: litany_of_lies
According to the
Washington Post, one of the soldiers is already dead. I guess that makes it a murder charge.
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Agreed. All the black servicemen I've had the priviledge of knowing have been 110% patriotic. Muslim is definitely the issue, not race.
To: Ciexyz
I'll chip in toward buying the bullets. Yeah the guy is scum if he did what they're saying. No mercy whatsoever for him.
To: Black Agnes
Muslim is definitely the issue, not race. You're absolutely right!
May God continue to watch over and bless our military heroes.
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posted on
03/22/2003 8:03:55 PM PST
by
Right_in_Virginia
(May God bless President Bush and our troops)
To: Knuckle Sandwich Combo
Exact same MO of John "Snipe Guy" Muhammad, I believe he pulled the same shight in Gulf War I, by throwing a grenade in a tent. Of course he wasn't officially caught, but everyone knew it was him.
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posted on
03/22/2003 8:04:41 PM PST
by
ThreeYearLurker
(Sad-damn the bad guys to hell!)
To: Black Agnes
To: Ronin
When I read this story on the Internet this morning (via cell phone Yahoo) I was more pissed at the American Army for not ensuring base camp security.
Stupid me, I never thought that it would be a traitor in our own ranks who did this. I (blushing now) assumed that the grunts had just been lax in rear echelon security.
I was thinking the exact same things!
Who would have figured that the terrorists would be one of our very own Volunteers?
We are in a very new and different sort of War my Brothers!
We shall prevail against these vermin!
We are going to kick their asses and they shall know what Americans are really capable of!
Let's Roll!
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posted on
03/22/2003 8:05:26 PM PST
by
Radix
(Get ready for Smackdown Saddam)
To: Keith in Iowa; All
Latest from Sky News url:
"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.
It was thought a second man was involved.
Ramsay said a criminal investigation is now being carried out. *** I copied it and that's that. If the format bothers any of you, hold your fire.
Now, they're backing off at Fox regarding his muslimness.
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posted on
03/22/2003 8:05:32 PM PST
by
floriduh voter
("Pound that Rock" John Gruden, Super Bowl Night 2003)
To: Centurion2000
Jihad is considered a good deed, but is explicitly not one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith. FWIW.
To: All
the fact he is black has nothng to do with being a traitor.....the only thing it will do is give ammuntion to all the racists in our midst...
If he did this he needs to stand before a firing squad......
To: litany_of_lies
This is so sad. "Loss of limb" would mean the loss of life as they know it, even it it's not their physical life. I pray that the soldiers wounded will be completely healed. I thought I had read that 11 of those wounded had to be air lifted out? That would imply serious wounds.
Do they do psychological testing on military recruits?
139
posted on
03/22/2003 8:11:11 PM PST
by
Humal
To: eCrusader
Haul him over to one of the liberated villages and let the locals shoot him.
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posted on
03/22/2003 8:11:31 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(O Columbia... Thy banners make tyranny tremble... when borne by the red, white and blue)
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