(New York Post) Daniel Pipes - The news that two Muslim military personnel had been arrested on suspicion of aiding al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay (with another three Muslim servicemen under watch) seemed to prompt much surprise. It should not have. At least six prior cases of Islamist servicemen have come to light. Islamists who despise America have penetrated U.S. prisons, law enforcement, and armed forces. Executive-branch insistence on "terrorism" being the enemy, rather than militant Islam, permits this Islamist penetration. The U.S. government should consider breaking off contact with organizations like the Islamic Society of North America and the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Council that place Islamists in government jobs, working instead with anti-Islamist Muslim groups such as the Islamic Supreme Council of America for Sunni Muslims and the American Muslim Congress for Shi'ites.
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