Poison plot

Five arrested over army poison plot

• From correspondents in South Carolina
• From: NewsCore
• February 19, 2010 1:39PM

FIVE men have been arrested amid a probe into food poisoning at Fort Jackson US military base.

Sources told Fox News 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 said.

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 US.

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 was taking the allegations “extremely seriously,” Mr Grey said, adding there was "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.

It was allegedly undertaken by US Army major Nidal Malik Hasan, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, who was serving as a psychiatrist.

He has been charged and a prosecution is ongoing.

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Alexander Münch said...

midnight rider said...

===" Nothing to see here folks, move along."===

If this story had any validity, I don't think it would still be this vague this long after Christmas!

But! - If there is 1% of truth in it, I want to see heads rolling on the ground !!!

Alex.
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