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3/23/2003 02:51:00 AM | Timothy

Bigots
Instapundit, king of the bloggers, provides a link to this blogger post by dixie flatline:
As of 6:48pm central time, Fox is reporting that the attack on the 101st HQ in Kuwait may have been carried out by a US soldier who is now unaccounted for. If this story proves true, I offer ten-to-one odds that this soldier is a Muslim. Any takers, email me. As of 7:36pm CT, Fox is reporting that they've caught the soldier, who has been shot in the leg during his capture. Any takers?
UPDATE--8:01, Fox is reporting the captured soldier is a Muslim American. I'm angry right now, and I may regret these words. But, I think it is entirely reasonable for Americans to suspect the loyalty of American Muslims.. There is substantial evidence that their allegiances lie not with their country, but with their god.
When an American soldier, trusted, respected, takes three grenades and attempts to murder his leaders while they plan and execute a war to secure American interests, suspicion is justified. You can call me a bigot, or a racist, or an ignorant fool. But you can't call me wrong. Not when Muslim FBI agents refuse to follow orders, not when American soldiers of the Muslim faith attempt to execute their commanding officers during wartime. What has this disgusting, vile faith wrought?
Oliver Willis responds (and it is sad that there are such sentiments to respond to). The comments on Willis' site also note that no one says we should round up all Irish Catholics because some belong to the I.R.A. or that we should suspect all Christians because some bomb abortion clinics out of religious conviction. I'm shocked by these reports, but 'shocked' is the operative word. I hope, but I am not sure, that only a few bigots will have expected this and use one incident to declare that their suspicions about a group of people are confirmed.

Atrios also links to a CBS report:
(CBS) An American Muslim soldier is among three people being questioned in connection with a grenade and small-arms attack that injured at least 10 U.S. soldiers at Camp Pennsylvania in northern Kuwait, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassman. Strassmann said three grenades were rolled into three officers' tents at the camp. When officers ran from the tents, they were hit by small arms fire. George Heath, spokesman at Fort Campbell, home base of the 101st, said 10 people were wounded, six seriously. Strassman said three suspects were being held for questioning: two Kuwaitis who served as translators and an American soldier described as a black Muslim.



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