Islamists have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces

Steve Quayle ^ | September 29, 2003 | Daniel Pipes

[Mossad1967]

THE news last week that two Muslim military personnel, James Yee and Ahmad al-Halabi, had been arrested on suspicion of aiding Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantnamo Bay (with another three Muslim servicemen under watch) seemed to prompt much surprise. It should not have.

It has been obvious for months that Islamists who despise America have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces. In February, a milestone Wall Street Journal article established that imams who consider Osama bin Laden "a hero of Allah" dominate the Islamic chaplaincy in the New York state prison system.

In March, I documented the case of FBI Special Agent Gamal Abdel-Hafiz: His superiors not only overlooked this immigrant's pattern of pro-Islamist behavior, they promoted him.

And at least six prior cases of Islamist servicemen have come to light:

Ali Mohamed: An Egyptian immigrant who after discharge from the U.S. Army went to work for Osama bin Laden, Mohamed pleaded guilty to helping plan the 1998 bombing surveillance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. He's now in prison serving his sentence.

Semi Osman: An ethnic Lebanese immigrant and non-U.S. citizen who served in both the Army and Naval Reserve, Osman was arrested in 2002 and accused of "material support for terrorists." He pleaded guilty to a weapons violation and served his sentence.

Abdul Raheem Al Arshad Ali: An African-American convert to Islam and former Marine, he awaits trial in prison for supplying a semiautomatic handgun to Semi Osman.

Jeffrey Leon Battle: An African-American convert and Army reservist, Battle awaits trial in prison on charges of "enlisting in the Reserves to receive military training to use against America."

John Allen Muhammad: An African-American convert and Army veteran, Muhammad is suspected of having thrown a grenade at a fellow soldier in 1991. He awaits trial in prison as one of two charged in last year's Beltway sniper killings.

Hasan Akbar: Another African-American convert, Akbar awaits trial in prison for two counts of premeditated murder and three charges of attempted murder in a March fragging incident against his fellow soldiers.

The Akbar incident prompted Deanne Stillman of Slate magazine to conclude that Islamists "may be infiltrating the military in order to undermine it."

That infiltration also has a mundane quality; take the example of Nabil Elibiary: An Islamist who protests the "defaming" of bin Laden and defends polygamy, he also led the holiday prayer service at an Air Force base early this year.

Executive-branch insistence on "terrorism" being the enemy, rather than militant Islam, permits this Islamist penetration.

And it continues. The Defense Department responded last week to the chaplain's arrest by defending its hiring practices. Only under external pressure, notably from Sens. Chuck Schumer and Jon Kyl, did it agree to reassess them. Even then, the Pentagon insisted on reviewing the appointments of all 2,800 military chaplains - rather than the 12 Muslims among them.

Political correctness run amok! Which Christian or Jewish chaplains would be accused (as the Washington Times has reported of their Muslim colleague Yee) of "sedition aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure to obey a general order? By pretending not to see that the enemy emerges from one source, the authorities dilute their focus, render their review nearly meaningless and endanger security.

The U.S. government needs to use common sense and focus on militant Islam. It should consider such steps as:

* Breaking off contact with organizations (like the Islamic Society of North America and the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Council) that place Islamists in government jobs.

* Suspending presently employed Muslim personnel who got their jobs through those institutions until their loyalty can be confirmed.

* Working instead with anti-Islamist Muslim groups, such as the Islamic Supreme Council of America for Sunni Muslims and the American Muslim Congress for Shi'ites.

* Confirming that government-employed Muslims do, as many of them swore under oath, "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." A mechanism is needed to identify employees with an Islamist outlook and expel them from government service.

Ironically, the Defense Department finds it easier to kill Islamists in Afghanistan than to exclude them from its own ranks. But only if the latter is carried out can Americans be confident their government is fully protecting them.

Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and author of "Militant Islam Reaches America."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292003/postopinion/opedcolumnists/6697.htm

[Mossad1967]

These traitors are everywhere.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Enormous sums of $$$ are probably available to entice.

[Peach]

And a lot of them are Democrats!

[Mossad1967]

Depressing, isn't it?

[Pearls Before Swine]

These traitors are everywhere.

One man's traitor is another man's invader. Tighten immigration controls and seal the borders!

[Peach]

Definitely depressing. Unfortunately, the adults won't always be in charge in Washington and we can look for things to get worse when they come into power again.

[XBob]

this is only the tiny tippy top of the iceberg of hate and fanatacism of militant islam, perpetuated by foolish, stupid liberals

[2banana]

A funny thing....

The US Amry hires thousands of translators for work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some are even US citizens. Nearly all are Muslim.

The US Amry works and fights along side with the rebuilding Afghan army and newly reconstituted Iraq army. Nearly all of them are Muslim too.

The US Amry (mostly Special Forces) conquered Afghanistan with the huge help of anti-Taliban forcess (Northern Alliance, etc.). Guess what, most of them were Muslim too.

In all the above cases, the Muslim individuals have abundant and ample opportunity to kill US soldiers if they wanted to (along with a death wish).

My point - is it a trend of some loony fanatic individuals...

[appalachian_dweller]

>> Tighten immigration controls and seal the borders <<

Let's take it further. Stop ALL immigration for at least 10 years. Close and militarize the borders. Unauthorized crossing will be met with DEADLY force. Round up all aliens (illegal AND legal) and ship them home. Stop all monetary aid to all countries. ALL OF IT! Take that money and use it to fix the problems in the back yard like power generation and transmission, education, etc.

[Mossad1967]

They have infiltrated our entire infrastructure. INMHO, we've done it to ourselves. Excellent Immigration policy.

[KevinDavis]

So basically live in isolation from the world until all of those problems has been fixed correct?

[Mossad1967]

...or face possible destruction.

[Gucho]

Time to invest in immigration control ASAP.

[Travis McGee]

Radical Islam is an insane murder cult, "moderate" Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.

And in our military, and the FBI, the CIA, the NSA...

[Truth666]

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious.But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known, and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears no traitor. He speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in hearts of men. He rots the soul of a nation. He works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city. He infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A Murderer Is Less To Be Feared." - Cicero, 42 B.C.

[Chuckster]

I am astonished to hear it!

[appalachian_dweller]

I've got nothing against interacting with other countries. No problem at all.

I keep hearing from the gov't that we don't have money for this and we don't have money for that. Then they turn around and give $300 million to the PA.

How 'bout taking care of ourselves first. Is that so terribly wrong?

[KEVLAR]

Funny how the do-not-call list issue can go through several courts, congress and the president in less than a week for a fix, yet issues like immigration and tort reform see no action at all. I take that back, it's not funny, it's pathetic.

[lodwick]

Jackass government: too stupid p.c. to identify and deal with the problem.

[Mossad1967]

To hell with the No Call List. I'd rather get a call at dinner time from a telemarketer, than inhale anthrax or VX on my way to work. Talk about screwed up priorities!

[Gucho]

"Funny how the do-not-call list issue can go through several courts, congress and the president in less than a week for a fix, yet issues like immigration and tort reform see no action at all. I take that back, it's not funny, it's pathetic."

True, and I am curious as to how much money the illegals are sucking up in CA. taxpayers money.

[GYPSY286]

You know WHY it went through so fast - because THEY TOO get the telemarketer calls - it EFFECTS THEM TOO

[aculeus]

Whatever became of that muslim Secret Service agent who objected to profiling by an airline?

He's one to worry about ... if still on the job.

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM - RELIGION OF PEACE

[Prodigal Son]

Unauthorized crossing will be met with DEADLY force.

What about US citizens trying to get out? Do you just allow unfettered travel by US citizens or what? And if so, how do you know what they're up to out in the world? They could be passing secrets or colluding with the enemy. I see this as problematic. After all, this is where the Chaplain seems to have run into trouble- travelling to Syria to study.

[UCANSEE2]

. Stop ALL immigration for at least 10 years. Close and militarize the borders. Unauthorized crossing will be met with DEADLY force. Round up all aliens (illegal AND legal) and ship them home. Stop all monetary aid to all countries. ALL OF IT! Take that money and use it to fix the problems in the back yard like power generation and transmission, education, etc.

I hate to say this, but you have a rather naive view of what and how things can/should be done.

How about we put you in charge, and then you tell us exactly how you will accomplish this, how much it will cost, and where the money for that will come from?

[Prodigal Son]

...or face possible destruction.

Which you face every day when you walk out the door.

[Napoleon Solo]

So what do we do about this very real threat???

Kill them all, the big and the tall and the small?

How about for starters, we hire the Israeli's to be our translators since arabic is second nature to them. This would also give added pleasure to those who think that the Israeli's need to "pay back" those loan guarantees. It would also piss-off the Islamofacists to no end. It may bring this crisis to a real head sooner than later so we can deal with these towel scum once and for all!!

[appalachian_dweller]

It seems to me that if we stop wasting/giving away money the borders could be closed easily.

The dues we pay to the U.N. would be enough to close the border with Mexico. This country give away billions in foreign aid. I say we keep that money and use it here.

Again, what's wrong with taking care of ourselves first.

What ideas to you have?

[Allan]

This is not breaking news.
This article was posted two days ago.

[navyblue]

"How about we put you in charge, and then you tell us exactly how you will accomplish this, how much it will cost, and where the money for that will come from?"

Well, I don't have all your answers. But I know how to solve the problem of rounding up all the illegal aliens.

By enforcing the laws that are already on the books. By levying fines upon the employers that insist on hiring illegal aliens. Without the jobs, the aliens will deport themselves. Please spare me the old chestnut about how much it is going to cost for that head of lettuce. Labor is a small part of the equation.

To paraphrase the baseball movie line: If you don't build it, they won't come.

[navyblue]

Or another way to go: Why not hire Christian Arabs as translators? Do we forget that there are millions of non Muslim Arabs? It puzzles me why our government beleives it necessary to hire Muslims as translators in the first place.

[caltrop]

We should be taking care of ourselves first. Among other things that means an immigration time out (we can't afford to assimilate a fraction of the illegal immigrants we've already got), sending back the illegals we can find and ending non food foreign aid (which doesn't damage recipent countries domestic production). Like you, I agree the UN doesn't deserve additional US funding. While we're at it we can bring our ground troops home from Europe. We've got 75,000 GIs stationed there plus their dependents. With no mission and at huge cost, their return is long overdue. With the savings we can rebuild the Navy which can ensure open sea lanes for the trade the US engages in, and will continue to engage in, around the world.

[navyblue]

Note to me:

Do we forget that there are millions of Muslim Arabs should have read millions of Christian Arabs.

So flog me!

[appalachian_dweller]

>> bring our ground troops home from Europe <<

That's a great idea!

[appalachian_dweller]

>> What ideas to you have? <<

I'm still waiting for those ideas UCANSEE2. It's pretty easy to criticize someone else's ideas. How about you sharing some of yours with us?

I'm not trying to be mean. You may have some good ideas. Let's hear 'em.

[wardaddy]

Geezzz

No Shite Sherlocke!

[wardaddy]

Pipes Ping!

[oldironsides]

It is not immigration. The prison Islamic clergy is homegrown and well able to teach hatred and anti white everyhting to a caged person. H. Rap Brown is a Black Panther convicted of murder. He was released and worked out of a Mosque in Georgia. He murdered 2 sheriffs walking up his lawn to deliever paperwork. He is now back in the system. Mumia Abu Jamal killed a police officer. He is a Black Panther and motivational speaker to the young. He preaches hatred. He has been on death row for at least 20 years. Islam is the religion of peace, do not forget it

[Napoleon Solo]

Why should it puzzle you? Our government is run by a bunch of fools who have their own agenda, sometimes, most times, hidden to boot. Just look at the Arabists running the State Department for the last 50 years. Do you thing n their wildest dreams that they can accept a Jewish State of Israel? They side with the Arab Street,alley,mud road whenever possible. They would like nothing more than to drive over dead Israeli's, not realizing that one olive branch to the Islamofacists is another knife in their backs when the time is right. The fifth column of Arabs now in this country in the Military, Prisons and sleeper cells are just waiting for the right time to unleash their "Religion of Peace BS on unsuspecting minds. Sooner rather than later, we will be the ones taken out of our houses and taken over by these hidden sloths. We need to do something, anything and soon!!

[maestro]

.........INS.....?

[BenR2]

I submit that some of the GUILTIEST enablers (and who will most likely skate by) are the (predominately liberal) top-ranking Protestant and Catholic chaplains (both active and retired) who run/have run the three services respective chaplain corps who abetted this entire ill-conceived process of getting Muslim (and Buddhist, Hindu, etc) chaplains into the military. They in fact probably got sexual arousal over the fact that they were FINALLY breaking out from a solely Judaeo-Christian chaplain force. The Air Force Chaplain Service Seal USED to feature a cross next to the two tablets containing the decalogue, but -- NO -- a recent Catholic Chief of Chaplains scrapped that and put in a new "generic AF-type" Chaplain Seal with an eagle on it.

These guys (ladies) need to be trotted out and looked at under the spotlight. These are the same liberals who hate conservative chaplains and often suppress them -- much as the media suppresses conservative politicians.

[BenR2]

My point - is it a trend of some loony fanatic individuals...

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Yes. I agree completely. "Some" few millions of them.

[First Amendment]

They ought to use (for translators, for instance) Christian Arabs - there are a lot from Lebanon. They would not be Islamic fanatics!

[Int]

Cicero may have said that but we need to keep some kind of perspective. These kind of articles make me nervous because the tone reminds me of the things in early German anti-semitic pamphlets: "Your generation will not pass before there will be absolutely no public office, even the highest one, which the Jews will not have usurped... We have among us a flexible, tenacious, intelligent, foreign tribe that knows how to bring abstract reality into play in many different ways..."

Let's never forget the horror that that kind of writing led to in the past.

[Susannah]

African-American Islam converts infiltrate the military.

[Thorondir]

Some defend iSLAM because they are nothing more than quavering cowards.
Some defend iSLAM because they think it makes them sound superior.
Some defend iSLAM because they think their moral relativism will protect them.
Some defend iSLAM because they think appeasement will protect them.
Some defend iSLAM because they are ignorant of iSLAM’s consistent bloody swath through human history.
Some defend iSLAM because they bought the lies of hired American PR firms.
Some defend iSLAM because they are greased with Saudi oil money.
Some defend iSLAM because they like its fight against Christianity.
Some defend iSLAM because they like its fight against the Jews.
Some defend iSLAM because they like its fight against that other guy’s religion.
Some defend iSLAM because they are sleeper elements of a fifth column in our country.
Some defend iSLAM because it is their faith and they will be murdered by their ‘brothers’ if they leave.
Some defend iSLAM because they are misogynists and the cult gives them what they want.
Some defend iSLAM because they are as primitive as it is.
Some defend iSLAM because they like its fight against America (because their turd-world nations are so far beneath America).
Some defend iSLAM because it’s the popular thing to do.
I swear, some of them would defend the Aztec cannibals or the Thuggee cult if those religions of peace were alive today!

At any rate, iSLAM intends to be the death of America and freedom and every other religion on the planet.

None survive when freedom fails;
Good men rot in filthy jails,
While those who cried “Appease! Appease!”
Are hanged by those they tried to please.

Human civilization had better wake up soon and get as serious about its survival as the seventh-century savages of Islam are about our annihilation!
SLEEPING AMERICANS ARE EASIER TO KILL.
Do not be lulled to sleep by the Religion of Peace defenders.

Click here and never forget the face of Islam and what it wants for you infidels.

[mercy]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. One can hope that someone in the governmnet is smart enough to have devised a very efective way of uncovering sleeper cells within the US.