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2003-09-23 Fifth Column

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Posted by Frank G 2003-09-23 3:27:11 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like Gitmo's going to git mo' inmates.

Posted by Katz 2003-9-23 3:28:39 PM|| 2003-9-23 3:28:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 WaPo has more:
An Air Force airman who worked as a translator at the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi is being held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, spokesman Maj. Michael Shavers said.

Al-Halabi worked as an Arabic language translator at the prison camp for al-Qaida and Taliban suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Shavers said. The Air Force enlisted man knew the Muslim chaplain at the prison arrested earlier this month, but it's unclear if the two arrests are linked, Shavers said.

Al-Halabi is charged with nine counts related to espionage, three counts of aiding the enemy, 11 counts of disobeying a lawful order, and nine counts of making a false official statement. The charges were brought against him at Vandenberg, Shavers said.

Al-Halabi was based at Travis Air Force Base in California and assigned to a logistics unit there, Shavers said.

Pentagon officials said an investigation into possible security breaches at Guantanamo Bay continues

Posted by Frank G 2003-9-23 3:40:08 PM|| 2003-9-23 3:40:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Vandenberg is on the CA coast north of Santa Barbara, and about as isolated from Gitmo and Arabs as he can get....interrogation time!

Posted by Frank G 2003-9-23 3:41:59 PM|| 2003-9-23 3:41:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd guess the breaches are the result of a concerted assault. I wonder if they have any leads on the controllers for these two...

Posted by Fred 2003-9-23 3:44:08 PM|| 2003-9-23 3:44:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anyone seeing a connection between American Mulims and terrorists? Anyone want to bet that this is NOT that last case to come out of Gitmo? Where are the Muslim-American organizations? Why no denouncement of this activity? Note military courts HATE traitors. If they go to trial, they are gone FORVEVER.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-23 3:50:36 PM|| 2003-9-23 3:50:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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