Rep. Joe Wilson: “Fort Jackson Five” Removed From Active Duty

Erick Stakelbeck
CBN News
3/1/2010

South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson told McClatchy newspapers on Friday that five Muslim soldiers who have been under investigation at Fort Jackson have been removed from active duty. This is yet another interesting development in what has become an increasingly head-scratching case with still unanswered questions.

CBN News first broke the news back on February 18th…that an investigation of five Muslim soldiers in the 09 Lima translator program was underway at the South Carolina military post over food poisoning allegations…

…Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said the soldiers’ laptops had been seized and were being analyzed. Congressional officials with knowledge of the case said cell phones and Arabic writings had been confiscated as well.

Wilson said the soldiers were discharged because of unrelated incidents of minor theft…

…Contrary to some previous accounts, however, Wilson said that all five military trainees were U.S. citizens from northern Virginia…

Read the entire article at The Christian Broadcasting Network.

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