Five individuals were arrested amid a probe into food poisoning at Fort Jackson U.S. military base, Fox News reported on Thursday (EST).

Sources told Fox the five men were detained in December over allegations that they attempted to poison the food supply at the South Carolina base.

They were all part of the base's Arabic translation training program, referred to in the Army as "Lima 09".

"Each of them uses Arabic as his first language," one source told Fox News.

In an earlier report, before the arrests emerged, a military source told Fox News the suspects were Muslims.

CBN News reported that the five arrested men were Islamic and cited a source who said they may have been in contact with five Washington, DC Muslims, who were arrested in December after authorities uncovered their plans to travel to Pakistan to wage jihad against the U.S.

However, it was unclear whether the men were still in custody.

An ongoing probe into the alleged Fort Jackson plot began two months ago, the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division spokesman Chris Grey 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation told Fox News they were "aware" of the Fort Jackson investigation, however they said the inquiry would be carried out by the Army's CID.

The investigation has surfaced in the wake of a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas last November, which killed 12 people and wounded 31 others.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fi...z0fxmxEVfl

BS! Islam is a peaceful religion!

(02-19-2010 08:37 AM)Rebel Wrote:  BS! Islam is a peaceful religion!

I sure hope they arrest those far right tea party-ers who are probably responsible for this.

I'm surprised anyone mentioned they were Muslims....we don't want to be politically incorrect, do we...

(02-19-2010 09:13 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I'm surprised anyone mentioned they were Muslims....we don't want to be politically incorrect, do we...

You have a point. We only want to trash Christians in this country. Kinda like the Netherlands. Seems to be working out for them. /sarcasm.

Since I'm at the MEPS station in Raleigh, I meet up with recruiters everyday from the USCG and USMC because one of the liasons was at tactical coxswain C school with me. They all joke that they let anyone and everyone into the Army these days.

(02-20-2010 01:08 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  Since I'm at the MEPS station in Raleigh, I meet up with recruiters everyday from the USCG and USMC because one of the liasons was at tactical coxswain C school with me. They all joke that they let anyone and everyone into the Army these days.

Inter-branch jokes will never go away. Get used to it, puddle pirate.

But thats not what we should be focused on. Rather its the Christians in the military that are to be feared:

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/re.../19357441. Chick looks like a dyke

EDIT: to remove the period and fix the link. ----Rebel

(02-20-2010 01:09 AM)Rebel Wrote:  

(02-20-2010 01:08 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  Since I'm at the MEPS station in Raleigh, I meet up with recruiters everyday from the USCG and USMC because one of the liasons was at tactical coxswain C school with me. They all joke that they let anyone and everyone into the Army these days.

Inter-branch jokes will never go away. Get used to it, puddle pirate.

Well it's better than being called a squid. Ain't that right T-Monay.

I was a Squid once upon a time..

Cute, this makes me boiling mad. What to happen to these f_ucktards? Its during wartime..