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Screening Islamic Clergy
With a Muslim army chaplain imprisoned in a Navy brig as an alleged terrorist spy, the military must rethink how it recruits and screens Islamic clergy, according to a key Senate ally of the administrationâs counterterrorism policies.
"Iâm gratified that military authorities have taken action to investigate what may be an alarming breach of security in our armed services, and I strongly recommend that the Pentagon review its policies in regard to the recruitment of clerics," says Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), chairman of a subcommittee on terrorism and homeland security.
| That's one member of Congress who's not brain dead. Any others? |
Following news that the chaplain and an Islamic Air Force noncommissioned officer are locked up on military bases as suspected terrorist spies, Kyl announced that his subcommittee, which has held two groundbreaking hearings on Saudi-funded Wahhabi support activity in the United States, is to investigate Islamist subversion within the U.S. military and prisons.
Before now, investigating a religion would have been to hot to touch. We have a window of opportunity now.
| Watch who comes out of the woodwork to try and close it... |
"As was outlined in a previous subcommittee hearing, Saudi Arabia is at the âepicenterâ of terrorist funding," Kyl says. "We now need to conduct a thorough examination of groups such as the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Council and the Graduate School for Islamic Social Studies, which provide Muslim clerics to the U.S. military and are also funded generously by the Saudi government."
Everywhere you turn, thereâs the Saudis and their money. Funny how that works, ainât it?
| Talk to the Shias and the Sufis. We can take our business elsewhere... |
Kyl told reporters that the suspected terrorist penetrations of the military "long preceded the current administration," an apparent reference to the Clinton administration, which established the current Saudi-backed chaplain-screening program that approved the alleged spy.
Oh, really? First time that little nugget of information turned up. Anyone know what the policy was before?
| I don't think we could beat the Clintoons up too much over that, though. The Soddies were the smiling face of friendship in the Middle East until 15 of 19 of them took starring roles in the attacks on us. They've been at war with us for 30 or 40 years, and we've only just noticed it in the past two. |
Posted by: Steve 2003-09-26 |
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