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?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. perma link |
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