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| Topic Started: Nov 7 2009, 03:26 PM (63 Views) | |
| xray | Nov 7 2009, 03:26 PM Post #1 |
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Muslim Population in the Military Raises Difficult Issues Saturday , November 07, 2009 Wall Street Journal By Yochi J. Dreazen The deadly rampage at Fort Hood is forcing Pentagon officials to confront difficult questions about the military's growing Muslim population. The military has worked hard to recruit more Muslims since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the number of Muslim troops, while still small, has been increasing. There were 3,409 Muslims in the active-duty military as of April 2008, according to Pentagon statistics. Military personnel don't have to disclose their religions, and many officials believe the actual number of Muslim soldiers may be at least 10,000 higher than the Pentagon statistics. For instance, the military "Officer Record Brief" of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings, said he had "no religious preference" and didn't identify him as a Muslim. Even now, Muslim soldiers remain fairly rare in some parts of the military. At West Point, Army officials said there were just 24 Muslim cadets out of a total student body of 4,400. The Muslim cadets worship in an interfaith center on the bucolic New York campus, but don't have a dedicated mosque. The push to boost Muslim representation has proven to be a double-edged sword for the military, which desperately needs the Muslim soldiers for their language skills and cultural knowledge, but also worries that a small percentage of those soldiers might harbor extremist ideologies or choose to turn their guns on their fellow soldiers. In one of the military's most notorious cases of fratricide since Vietnam, Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, a convert to Islam, rolled a grenade into a tent filled with other soldiers in April 2003. The attack killed two officers and wounded 14 others. During his court-martial, prosecution witnesses testified Sgt. Akbar had committed the attack because he believed the U.S. military would kill Muslim civilians during the coming invasion. Sgt. Akbar was later sentenced to death. Muslim soldiers also face challenges stemming from their dual identities as adherents of the Islamic faith and as members of the U.S. military. In Iraq and Afghanistan, Muslims serving in the U.S. military often use fake last names to avoid being singled out by insurgents as traitors and to prevent reprisals against their families elsewhere in the world. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yes, a double edged sword. Personally, I would not want any devout Muslims in the Army of Canada or the U.S.A. when we are at war with Muslim countries. |
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| ReallyOrnery | Nov 9 2009, 02:05 AM Post #2 |
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xray: Isn't diversity wonderful? "Our diversity makes us strong," at least that is what the federal government keeps telling us -- and the government would never lie to us. RO |
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| xray | Nov 9 2009, 11:40 AM Post #3 |
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Another news item on this story ____________________________________________________________ Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Nov. 9 2009 WASHINGTON – The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. The posting Monday on the Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, who was a spiritual leader at two mosques where three 9/11 hijackers worshipped, said American Muslims who condemned the attacks on the Texas military base last week are hypocrites who have committed treason against their religion. Two U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press the Web site was Al Awlaki's. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence collection. Anwar said the only way a Muslim can justify serving in the U.S. military is if he intends to "follow in the footsteps of men like Nidal." |
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| Beancounter | Nov 9 2009, 03:35 PM Post #4 |
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Barack Obama: "America is NOT at war with Islam." In case he did not notice: Islam is at war with America! |
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| xray | Nov 9 2009, 05:52 PM Post #5 |
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I think you got that right! |
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| Bruce | Nov 10 2009, 09:44 PM Post #6 |
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If the US army takes in neo nazi skin heads, why are they making such a big fuss over Muslim's. |
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| ReallyOrnery | Nov 12 2009, 02:25 AM Post #7 |
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Beancounter: The religion of Mohammed is not at war with America. Indeed, ninety percent of the adherents of that religion have no quarrel with the US concerning anything. Yet you would condemn them all for the conduct of a relative few. Why is that? RO |
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| Sweets | Nov 12 2009, 08:13 AM Post #8 |
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When some invader bombs the shit out of your country how are you suppose to act Beano -- Islam is at war with Israeli America -- and I cant say I blame them. Don't bother replying --- with your baggage one knows whats coming same old kosher shit only softer -- aye er eh? |
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| Beancounter | Nov 13 2009, 03:39 AM Post #9 |
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Quote: "Don't bother replying." I gave up arguing with the 3 year old mentality four decades ago. |
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| tsiyr | Nov 14 2009, 10:25 PM Post #10 |
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Oh brother. Don't you know when a guy goes i the army, he gets a shave lookin just like those skinheads. So ya really cannot tell the difference tween and twixt anyway. :-) And they are not out to kill their own then, cuz they cannot tell then, one from the other anyways. Or so tis what I heard anyways. :-) |
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