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5 MUSLIM SOLDIERS INVESTIGATED OVER FT. JACKSON POISONING
The New York Post reported that five Muslim soldiers are being investigated in a probe about the food poisoning of U.S. soldiers stationed at the Fort Jackson military base.
According to the report, the poisoning may have been more widespread than the five soldiers known to be poisoned. Sources claimed the men plotted to poison the food supply on the South Carolina military base. CBN News reports that the 5 men were actually arrested in December 2009. (See article below.)
Conducting Talk Show interviews on this topic is terrorist-turned-Christian Walid Shoebat, who offers keen insights into the mind of Islamic soldiers.
Walid shares with your audience details regarding what is referred to in the Army as “Lima 09,” the Army translation program and how subtle differences and nuances make all the difference in the world when translating Arabic into English and how vitally important it is to have loyal American military translators.
CBN News reported that the five arrested men were Islamic and cited a source who said they may have been in contact with five Washington, DC Muslims, who were arrested in December after authorities uncovered their plans to travel to Pakistan to wage jihad against the U.S.
Also available for interviews is Keith Davies is the Director of the Forum for Middle Eastern Understanding (FFMU) and the Walid Shoebat Foundation
ABOUT WALID SHOEBAT…
Born in Bethlehem, Walid's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler.
As a young man, he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel.
After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the U.S, he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities.
In 1993, Walid studied the Bible to challenge to convert his wife to Islam. Six months later, after intense study, he realized that everything he had been taught about Jews was a lie. Convinced he was on the side of evil, he became an advocate for his former enemy.
Driven by a deep passion to heal his own soul, and to bring the truth about the Jews, Israel and the threat of fundamentalist Islam to the world, Walid shed his former life and his work as a software engineer and set out to tirelessly bring the cause against the evil of Islamic Fundamentalist to tens of millions of people throughout the world: churches, synagogues, civic groups, government leaders and media.
Walid is the author of several bestselling books including “Why I Left Jihad,” “Why We Want To Kill You” and “God’s War on Terror.” Walid is an American citizen and lives in the USA with his wife and children, under this assumed name. Walid has spoken all over America and the world including Chile, Mexico, Canada, UK, and South Africa. He has appeared on national television also all over the world including CNN, CNN International, FOX News, ITN, RTE, NBC, CBS, The 700, ABC and ABC Australia. He has also been featured on BBC radio 4, 5 and the largest radio audience on the BBC World Service reaching 180 million people.
Walid has the unique insight so as people can now fully understand the issue of terrorism from the perspective of someone who was once a terrorist. Walid Shoebat has given lectures at Harvard Law School and Columbia University, and has also spoken at Oxford University UK, National Constitution Center, Capitol Hill, UCLA, USC, University of Georgia, Washington University, Penn State, and San Diego State University.
ABOUT KEITH DAVIES…
Keith Davies is the Director of the Forum for Middle Eastern Understanding (FFMU) and the Walid Shoebat Foundation, Keith is a public speaker on the topic of terrorism, its roots and how to stop it. During his lectures he uncovers much of the sectarian teaching used to recruit an ongoing stream of terrorists. Keith has worked for six years promoting Mr. Shoebat and through his efforts promoting Walid, Kamal and other FFMU speakers, these vital messages have reached tens of millions of people based on standardized media audience ranking.
REFERENCE ARTICLES:
THE NEW YORK POST
Arab 'plot' eyed at SC Army base
By DAREH GREGORIAN
Last Updated: 9:57 AM, February 19, 2010
Posted: 3:50 AM, February 19, 2010
Several soldiers assigned to an Arabic-translation unit at a South Carolina Army base are being investigated for plotting to poison the food supply there, it was reported last night.
The Army is taking "extremely seriously" allegations that the soldiers were planning to poison the Fort Jackson food supply, the Army's Criminal Investigation Division spokesman, Chris Grey, told Fox News.
The investigation has been under way for the past two months, but "there is no credible information to support the allegations," Grey said.
WLTX-TV in South Carolina reported that several soldiers were detained shortly before Christmas.
Their current status is unclear and an Army spokesman said no arrests have been made.
Citing sources, Fox said the suspects are Muslim and part of a translation program called "09 Lima," made up of noncitizens for whom Arabic is their first language.
The investigation was launched roughly a month after deranged Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan gunned down 12 soldiers and one civilian at Fort Hood, Texas.
dareh.gregorian@nypost.com
CBN NEWS/ Feb. 19, 2010
Update: Five Muslim Soldiers Arrested at Fort Jackson in South Carolina
CBN News has learned exclusively that five Muslim soldiers at Fort Jackson in South Carolina were arrested just before Christmas. It is unclear whether the men are still in custody. The five were part of the Arabic Translation program at the base.
Patrick Jones, the Deputy Public Affairs Officer for Fort Jackson, confirmed for CBN News yesterday afternoon that an investigation was ongoing .
Prior to this posting, CBN News learned that these details were also confirmed by a government official with knowlegde of the investigation.
The men are suspected of trying to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson.
A source with intimate knowledge of the investigation, which is ongoing, told CBN News investigators suspect the "Fort Jackson Five" may have been in contact with the group of five Washington, DC area Muslims that traveled to Pakistan to wage jihad against U.S. troops in December. That group was arrested by Pakistani authorities, also just before Christmas.
Coming as it does on the heels of November's Fort Hood jihadist massacre, this news could have major implications.
Stay tuned to this blog for more details.
Original story: http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2010/02/18/update-five-muslim-soldiers-arrested-at-fort-jackson-in.aspx
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CBN NEWS/ Feb. 19, 2010
Army CID keeps an eye on 09 Lima
Last night my friend Erick Stakelbeck reported that some soldiers at Fort Jackson, SC are under investigation for trying to poison the food supply at the base. Chris Gray, the public affairs officer for the US Army's Criminal Investigative Division confirmed yesterday afternoon that these soldiers were a part of a fairly new Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) called "09 Lima."
Every soldier in the Army carries an MOS. I was 11 Bravo, which is the designator for an infantryman.
The 09 Lima school is centered at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and it's a special school that falls under the "Civilian Acquired Skills program" This program is put in place for people who already have a skill or profession and want to do that job in the military. X-ray technicians, firefighters, or even journalists like me could enlist under such a program.
What makes the 09 Lima program stand out is that it is specifically geared towards non-US citizens who bring to the table one very in-demand skill - the ability to speak fluent Arabic, Dari, Pashto, or some other needed language. But these recruits also have a handicap - their grasp of the English language is not sufficient to allow them to make it through basic training. So the 09 Lima program puts them through a sort of pre-basic basic, where they learn American culture, Army culture and work on their English language skills. Once they finish the course, they are then able to enter normal basic training. It' is a very small program, with something less than forty recruits in each class.
Here's the interesting part. According to Lt. Col. Frank Demith, these recruits are offered an "expedited citizenship program, once they serve one day of honorable active duty."
Military service has always been a way for non-citizen US residents to obtain citizenship, and thousands have performed honorably in service to our country before it actually became their country.
though the Army must certainly have a thorough vetting process in place to try and avoid a scenario like that described by Erick Stakelbeck's recent blog, in the case of the 09 Lima program, the ability to receive "expedited American citizenship" must present a tempting opportunity for jihadi extremists with ulterior motives.
In this case, however, the military is obviously keeping a sharp eye on things to keep anything like that from happening. Whatever happened with the "Fort Jackson Five" - and the details are very sketchy at this point - it appears that the Army's Criminal Investigation Division was on the ball.
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