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| Pentagon probes its Muslim school choice |
| 2003-09-30 |
| A school the Pentagon relied on to train Muslim military chaplains is under investigation for possible ties to al-Qaida, ABC News reported Tuesday. Just when they thought it couldn’t get worse.. For the last six years, the Pentagon used an unaccredited school in Leesburg, Va., to train and certify most of its 13 Muslim chaplains. Unaccredited? I had to attend accredited schools to get my CCAF degree, but these guys get to be officers? But in the last 18 months, the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences also has been part of a federal investigation into possible financial ties to al-Qaida, ABC reported. I wonder if the FBI told the military? One of the chaplains mentioned in correspondence between the Pentagon and the school is Army Capt. James Yee, who was arrested by military authorities last week over possible security breaches at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. In an April 2000 letter obtained by ABC, the school’s executive dean, Ahmed Alwani, wrote to the office of the Army’s Chief of Chaplains saying while Yee was never a student at the school, the academic qualifications he had earned elsewhere were the equivalent of courses offered at the facility. "Yes, we just transferred his credits from Jihadi University in Damascus." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 A school the Pentagon relied on to train Muslim military chaplains is under investigation for possible ties to al-Qaida, ABC News reported Tuesday. Wouldn't have been better to probe the school before commissioning chaplains into teh military? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-30 8:26:24 PM |
| #4 It is too early to see the breadth and depth of the damage to Gitmo by all the recent revelations of the duplicity of the RoP™. However, this mess may be a blessing in disguise because it shows everyone what kind of people we are up against. So let the truth will out, and it, in a colvoluted way, will make us free. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-30 4:21:40 PM |
| #3 2 for you and 1 for Fred. But never fear, the Steve Front for Beer and Call for Pizza will return! |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-30 4:10:01 PM |
| #2 Another Boomer U alumnus... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-30 4:00:47 PM |
| #1 Heh Heh - 2 today! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-30 3:58:19 PM |