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Army Investigates Alleged Attempt by Soldiers to Poison Food at Fort Jackson

2010-02-19

The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that soldiers were attempting to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

The ongoing probe began two months ago, Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, told Fox News.

The Army is taking the allegations "extremely seriously," Grey said, but so far, "there is no credible information to support the allegations."

The suspects were part of a Arabic translation program called "09 Lima" and use Arabic as their first language, two sources told Fox News. Another military source said they were Muslim.

Grey would not confirm or deny the sources' information.

Posted by:Fred

#23 I've learnt things from you, M. Murcek, if that helps you calibrate. :-) And mods can get testy, too -- I myself been known to use strong language around here on occasion. So take the impugning as a moment that has passed, but we remain in this foxhole together, committed to the same goal, okay?

Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-19 23:17

#22 Glad to read, not so sure I add value when I comment, but thanks. Peace...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-02-19 16:45

#21 Peace, then - you're a valued regular here. ;-)

Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 16:43

#20 Understood, lotp, you are right. I stand corrected...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-02-19 16:42

#19 sigh.

No, not a threat to ban you. As Fred has stated, we don't like to ban people. Redact comments, yes - but very seldom ban.

And no, your kneepad comment didn't struck a nerve, at least with me. I did find it gratuitously coarse.

On the other hand TW's very polite request for some basic civility in and around rigorous debate shouldn't be quite such an imposition as you seem to take it. And yes, such a request is extended to whomever you're carrying a grudge about, as well.

Every so often things spin coarser and coarser, or more and more personal, or closer and closer to overtly breaking the few rules that exist here.

When that happens the mods' job is to nudge things a tad bit back on course. The mods have published several such requests and reminders in the last few weeks.

Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 16:38

#18 ooh, I'm worried. Anywhere I'm banned from, I'll go. Rantburg is a useful read. But not so useful I need permission to read it. Must have struck a nerve...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-02-19 16:23

#17 No, Murcek, it isn't.

And TW wasn't asking - she was warning.

Me, too - to you and to others.

Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 15:51

#16 Yeah, TW, said knee pad wearer has personally impugned me in the past for sayig bad things about his Pentagon idols, so necessary it is...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-02-19 15:40

#15 Really, M. Murcek, was that necessary?

Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-19 15:05

#14 Army chow?

How could they tell?

Posted by: mojo 2010-02-19 13:46

#13 Careful, too much talk about the Pentagon's diversity stance might make at least one knee pad wearer around here wet his pants...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-02-19 12:04

#12 Yup - that's the problem here. It's beginning to look like the Muslim translator program is maintained as a deliberate security gap, not just a result of nonfeasance.
"If they hired Arab Jews to translate Arabic, there would be bloodshed. Arabs would never accept it." Who the hell cares what the Arabs think about translation programs? Who's in charge up there anyway?

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-19 09:52

#11 Yup - that's the problem here.

Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 08:22

#10 When you/we witnessed that 86 page "piece of crap" report on the Ft.Hood incident, do you really think that we will hear the 'truth' on this one?

Posted by: Tom-Pa 2010-02-19 08:21

#9 Blogger Donald Sensing's last active duty assignment was as public affairs officer for the Army CID Command.

His take is that it's extremely unlikely there is anything to this story.

I met Sensing a couple years ago. He's a straight up guy. Until there's something a lot more concrete than the vague 'somebody told me privately' allegation I'm going to take this one with a tablespoon of salt ....

Doesn't mean we don't have huge problems in the translater program. Just that this one is a rumor about unspecific allegations made by unnamed sources.

Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 07:22

#8 Let's not be too serious.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-02-19 04:30

#7 #4 Re diversity---please click on the link in my earlier post, Besoeker. Posted by: g(r)omgoru

I have come to expect nothing less from Mueller's bureau and the DOJ g(r)om.

"There's already tension between the Hebrew and Arabic desks," an FBI source said. "If they hired Arab Jews to translate Arabic, there would be bloodshed. Arabs would never accept it."
Glick notes that Mueller has pandered to Muslim groups, even ones that support Hamas and other terrorist groups. He's also mandated Muslim-sensitivity training for agents.

Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-19 03:49

#6 Ooops. Never mind.

Posted by: Icerigger 2010-02-19 03:40

#5 One wonders if even Fox will cover this one. Haven't heard anything so far...

Posted by: Icerigger 2010-02-19 03:39

#4 Re diversity---please click on the link in my earlier post, Besoeker.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-02-19 03:23

#3 As great a tragedy as this was, it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well,

Gen. George Casey, Chief of Staff of the Army, Nov 8, 2009

Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-19 03:20

#2 And they say stupidity is not a crime!

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-02-19 03:19

#1 Arabic translation == Muslims.

Another article here.

Posted by: gorb 2010-02-19 00:30

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