Another bit-o-trivia:
Recall that Yee’s clerical training was in Damascus:
SEPTEMBER 20, 2003 : (SC : ARMY CAPT. YEE IS BEING HELD AT NAVY BRIG & CHARGED WITH SEDITION, ESPIONAGE, AIDING THE ENEMY, SPYING & FAILING TO OBEY GENERAL ORDER) Military officials ... confirmed that a Muslim chaplain who was counseling al Qaeda prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base has been detained since Sept. 10 after being found in possession of classified documents. The Washington Times first reported .... that Army Capt. James. J. Yee is being held at the Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, S.C., charged with sedition, espionage, aiding the enemy, spying and failing to obey a general order. The Pentagon could not be reached yesterday and the CIA refused to comment on the detention of Capt. Yee. Guantanamo, the lone U.S. presence in communist Cuba, serves as the holding site for 650 men from more than three dozen countries who are accused of being linked to the Muslim al Qaeda or Afghanistan’s former Taliban regime. As a chaplain, Capt. Yee had unfettered access to the accused members of terrorist groups held at the base. The military has prided itself on its promotion of Muslim chaplains, and now claims to have 17 on active duty. Capt. Yee has been among the many noted in revered tones by both reporters and the government. - “Military confirms Muslim chaplain had secret papers ,” Washington Times , by Steve Miller, September 21, 2003
No one curious as to why Syria would want a mole at Gitmo?
MARCH 28, 2003 (FLORIDA : AL ARIAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATION, TBCJP, REPORTS THAT THE FBI RAIDED THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ISLAMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, WHICH ENDORSES MUSLIM CHAPLAINS FOR THE DOD)...on March 20th, federal authorities raided over 16 Muslim institutions and homes of prominent Muslim leaders. The name of Dr. Al-Arian appeared on the search warrants of these raids. The reasons for Dr. Al-Arian’s name or the raids have absolutely nothing to do with the September 11th attacks or with security. Dr. Al-Arian had never even heard of 11 of these organizations. On the other hand, one of these organizations, namely the Fiqh Council of North America, is the highest Muslim religious authority in the US. It’s concerned only with religious opinions, which are considered very moderate. The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Studies (GSISS) which was also raided, is the official certified school for endorsing Muslim chaplains by the Defense department. Of the 13 Muslim chaplains in the different military branches, 9 were graduates of this school. - From a March 28, 2003 statement by the Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace, a group supporting Dr. Al Arian , found by Freeper browardchad on academicfreespeech.com
Wasn’t al Arian of Palestinian Islamic Jihad?
Doesn’t PIJ have a physical and very public office in Damascus as does Hamas?
Yes.
It’s always the same group of people behind whatever they currently call themselves.