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My guess on what went down with Capt Yee,

• the only Moslem cleric allowed access to all Gitmo detainees
• gained names and personal info of every detainee in Gitmo
• confidante to every Gitmo detainee
• ?relayed info to detainees' families and/or outside associates
• ?relayed info to detainees
• ?relayed info between detainees
• ?refused to participate in intelligence gathering

Links to Chaplain James J. Yee ,aka Capt. Youseff Yee( Check the 04May03 article, last paragraph, for a clue about his loyalty):

04Oct01 Muslim soldiers in U.S. military fight misperceptions

07Oct01 Military Clerics Balance Arms and Allah (NY Times)

11Oct01 US Military's Muslim Chaplains In Education Role

16Oct01 U.S. Islamic Leaders Issue Fatwa on U.S. Muslim Soldiers Fighting Other Muslims, US Embassy Tokyo

20Oct01 Muslims in the U.S. military are as loyal as any, chaplain says

09Nov01 Muslim Chaplains Support Troops

12Nov01 AMAF and VAC American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Council

17Nov01 Sacred time for U.S. Muslim troops

31Jan03 JTF Guantanamo The Wire Vol 3, Issue 9

12Feb03 Guantanamo Detainees Celebrate 'Feast of Sacrifice'

21Mar03 JTF Guantanamo The Wire Vo 3 Issue 16

28Mar03 American Muslim Soldiers Serve Under Suspicion

24Apr03 Fate of Prisoners From Afghan War Remains Uncertain (NY Times)

04May03 Cry From Cages Of A Jail Beyond Reach Of The Law

17Jun03 INMATES RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELL TALES OF DESPAIR (NY Times)

24Aug03 For detainees at Guantanamo, daily benefits - and uncertainty

[Wild Irish Rogue]

From the seattlepi.com link:

" Interest in hiring Muslim chaplains escalated shortly after the Persian Gulf War in 1991. With Islam the fastest-growing religion in America, the services are moving to accommodate more followers. Uqdah said African Americans make up the largest ethnic group among Muslims, followed by Indo-Pakistanis, Arabs and Caucasians."

"Yee is chaplain of the 700-member 29th Signal Battalion, which counts nearly a dozen Muslim soldiers in its ranks. He estimates that there are 100 to 150 Muslim soldiers at Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base.

The number of Muslims in the U.S. military is hard to estimate. Estimates vary from 4,000 to more than 12,000. Armywide, Yee knows of at least seven other posts with Muslim chaplains.

Qaseem Uqdah, a former Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who heads the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council in Washington, D.C., counts upwards of 15,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and Coast Guard members.

The average age of U.S. Muslim troops is 21, Uqdah said. Most are married, with one child."