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| Feds: Soldier Tried to Give Info to Al Qaeda |
| 2004-02-12 |
| Hot off the AP wire: A National Guardsman stationed at Fort Lewis was arrested Thursday and charged by the Army with trying to provide information to the Al Qaeda terrorist network, a federal law enforcement official confirmed. [The accused] is a tank crew member from the National Guard’s 81st Armor Brigade, a 4,000-member unit set to depart for Iraq for a one-year deployment. As Mr. Drudge likes to say, developing . . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 Reuters ID's him as "Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman" From HeraldNet dated 2/7/2004 "Spc. Ryan Anderson will participate in the mobilization of the 81st Armor Brigade, which has not been mobilized since World War II. ...3,500 Washington National Guard soldiers ... will be going to Iraq for at least a year. Anderson is a military historian, graduating from WSU in 2002 with a degree in military history with an emphasis on the Middle East. Converting to the Muslim faith five years ago, he said the tour of duty will be an interesting experience." His tour of duty is already more interesting that he could have imagined. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-2-12 11:23:49 PM |
| #2 The BBC is reporting he is a muslim convert. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-2-12 8:25:25 PM |
| #1 Dare I ask his name? Perhaps he can blame it on "citizen" Michael Moore. It will be interesting to see what his motives were. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-12 6:08:51 PM |