5 YANKS PROBED IN 'SPY' RING AT GITMO

New York Post ^ | 9/24/03 | NILES LATHEM and VINCENT MORRIS

[kattracks]

September 24, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - A U.S. airman who spied for Syria is among five Americans suspected of espionage at the terrorist prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military sources revealed yesterday. Senior airman Ahmad al-Halabi, who worked as an Arabic translator, has been arrested and charged with espionage, the Pentagon said.

[Terp]

5 and counting!!!

[Robert_Paulson2]

unholy crap.
of all the places for spies to get into...
HOW did they get these assignments. WHO let them work the top security prison... and WHY did we just now arrest them?

Oh... we have been watching their communiques with syria and qatar you say? You mean where the WMD's are? And we know they have been carrying messages from al queda to al queda leaders in WHERE? you say? SYRIA? WHERE they say sadaam is also very likely hiding?

I think we set these musli up boys.
Big time.
Good bye Syria... we got your arse nailed.
Al queda headquarters now?
Syria...

and probably a whole list of connections that are unraveling faster than a mexican blanket...
no insult to mexico of course.

[kitkat]

kattracks, thanks for the work you do to bring us the very interesting articles.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Watch now DIA... and see where all the cockroaches scatter to.

[Young Rhino]

HOW did they get these assignments. WHO let them work the top security prison... and WHY did we just now arrest them?

For these clowns, I doubt it was an accident. I suspect the feds have been watching them for some time, identifying terrorist cells and money conduits, and made the decision to crack down all at once when there was nothing further of value to get from these cretins. I only hope they face a firing squad.

[meenie]

Putting Muslims in sensitive positions in an institution holding Muslim prisoners would be the same as having Nazis involved in guarding German prisoners in WW II. Is there no limit to the stupidity of some of this diversity and political correctness that our officials engage in? If you think this is bad, check the prison chaplains in our country that are working with criminals that have a hostility to our system.

[Robert_Paulson2]

"I doubt it was an accident."

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my point exactly... in the above post.
this is also being leaked STRATEGICALLY.
Syria should now know "whose" coming to dinner.

[Terp]

Is there no limit to the stupidity of some of this diversity and political correctness that our officials engage in?

It's political correctness gone mad is what it is. We need Arab speakers at Gitmo. Are the only Arab speakers we have Muslim? I think not. And if they are we are in a word of hurt.

[The KG9 Kid]

At the risk of starting an argument over inter-service rivalry, I cannot help but notice that members of the three major services in the US military have been accused of being complicit in aiding detained terrorists in Guantanamo, while the only thing the Marines have been accused of is beating the living crap out of the inmates.

[Terp]

So far no Marines. And I suspect if one was suspected of being a collaborator he or she would suicide themselves.

[PogySailor]

Schumer blasted the Pentagon for failing to keep extremist clerics out of the military and allowing these groups to continue to sanction Muslim chaplains.

While I agree with Schumer on this point, I bet that he and Hillary! would have been fighting for the microphone to attack the military for "discriminating against Muslims" if they had kicked them all out right after 9/11.

[bart99]

I think you are right....... this was strategic and we are continuing to build a case and put pressure on Syria.

Once again, the administration doing some quite action in pursuing terrorism - people or countries harboring safe haven. Syria should be getting a bit more nervous. Wonder when they will BEGIN to fess up without a direct conflict.

[kattracks]

You're welcome. :o)

[Imal]

5 YANKS PROBED IN 'SPY' RING AT GITMO

Wow, probing at Gitmo? I didn't realize the space aliens were conducting operations there.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Schumer blasted the Pentagon for failing to keep extremist clerics out of the military and allowing these groups to continue to sanction Muslim chaplains.

I cannot help but wonder if Schumer and his Democrat minions are not somehow responsible indirectly for this with their constant support of political correctness.

[BnBlFlag]

"Yanks"?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

5 YANKS PROBED IN 'SPY' RING

As a loyal fan of the Bronx Bombers, I am shocked and outraged that five of our pinstripers would be accused of disloyalty to the red, white and blue.

I can assure you that Jeter, Giambi, Williams, Boone and Johnson are true blue sons of America. For that matter . . .

What? They're not talking about the New York Yankees? They've arrested some US soldiers at Gitmo? Never mind.

[jocon307]

"Are the only Arab speakers we have Muslim? I think not."

No, there are certainly Christians, and even Jews, who are native Arab speakers. My best friend in Jr. High was a Jewish gal whose family had fled Iraq in the 1950s. She was born here, but even she spoke Arabic since her mother never really mastered English. Her older brothers were completely bi-lingual. I imagine there are plenty of people like this in the US. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands. People who are well aware of the threat of Islamic jihad.

What our stupid federal gov't should have done was issue a nation-wide call for volunteers with these skills. I say stupid because this article has shaken my faith in the Feds like it hasn't been shook since 9/11. I thought Bush and the Military, at least, knew what they were doing. Now, I am really not sure.

Charles Schumer seems to be the ONLY person in gov't who's got a clue as to the true fact that there are Muslim terrorists who really, really, would like to kill another 3,000 or 3,000,000 of us just for being Americans. Good for him for getting it, but how sad is it that he is the only one?

Hah, I am almost agreeing with the left now, although not in a way they'd like. Maybe we should turn over control of Iraq to the UN, sooner rather than later, so we can move our troops into Syria, etc.

But we are really going to have to change our approach stateside, or we are totally screwed. Missile defense won't protect us against a 5th column of jihadists. I swear to God, they've got to at least STOP immigration from Muslim nations NOW. And control both borders, and the Canadian one seems to be the worse one for Muslim terrorists to come through.

How are we going to get the Feds to do this?

[Cvengr]

No need to worry, Marines don't suicide themselves,...they make sure the other poor bastard dies for his country.