Soldier Guilty of Trying to Aid al- Qaida

[Nambe]

The Associated Press

A soldier accused of trying to give al-Qaida information about U.S. troops, including methods for killing soldiers, was found guilty Thursday on all five counts of trying to help the terrorist network.

The verdict in Spc. Ryan G. Anderson's court-martial, which began Monday, was announced late Thursday afternoon.

Anderson, a tank crewman whose 81st Armor Brigade unit is now in Iraq, was accused of trying to give terrorists information about U.S. soldiers' strength and tactics. The terrorists he though he was meeting with were actually undercover federal agents, prosecutors said.

A military spokesman has said the charges amount to attempted treason. ..

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Is there such a thing as "attempted treason" in the law?

just wondering.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. GREAT timing!

That's a big enough story to bump the Bush speech and convention, and since he was in a sting operation, he didn't harm anyone, so it's not gloating over someone's injury to point this out.

Dumb kid, though.

:)

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[PsychoDad]

3. I think they all may be....

"The terrorists he though he was meeting with were actually undercover federal agents, prosecutors said."

I wouldn't be suprised if all of Al Qaida weren't federal agents..
:silly:

[riverwalker]

4. attempted treason

must be worse than successful treason, otherwise Dubya wouldn't be on stage tonight.

[struggle4progress]

5. Simultaneously: Marine reservist found guilty of prisoner abuse

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine reservist was found guilty yesterday of dereliction of duty and the abuse of prisoners last year at a makeshift detention camp in Iraq, but cleared of assaulting a 52-year-old Iraqi man who later died there.

Marine Sgt. Gary Pittman, 40, a federal prison guard in New York in his civilian life, was acquitted of the most serious charge, of karate-kicking Nagem Hatab, 52, in the chest shortly before the Iraqi was found dead in a dusty yard at the facility known as Camp Whitehorse.

An autopsy found that Hatab had six broken ribs, several deep bruises, and apparently died from suffocation caused by a broken bone in his throat.

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