Army's False Accusations Ruined Our Lives, Say Muslim Soldiers

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Army's False Accusations Ruined Our Lives, Say Muslim Soldiers

First Posted: 05/13/11 05:19 PM ET Updated: 05/13/11 07:39 PM ET

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Five Muslims who joined the Army to work as military translators say their lives and careers were ruined after they were falsely accused of trying to poison their fellow soldiers. In an interview for ABC News, two of the men say an Army investigation into the matter has cast a stigma on their lives, preventing them from gaining citizenship and employment.

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Imho it only shows one thing: the idea "America" is first of all an IDEA, NOT a daily reality. And we depend as much on foreigners coming to the US to try to live the American dream to try to make it come true as we depend on US citizens to try to live up to the US Constituti­ons and its ideals.
 
Where Muslims terrorists show Muslims can be worse than the average American, these five men have shown that Muslims can actually also be BETTER than the average American. Beatriz09: Wow ... this is unbelievable.
 
Imho it only shows one thing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Beatriz09/muslims-army_n_861845_88210554.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER Bmori 49 Fans 33 minutes ago (8:31 PM) Excellentl­y written! FF Bmori: Excellently written! FF http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Bmori/muslims-army_n_861845_88211523.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it CessnaDriverI72 320 Fans 13 minutes ago (8:51 PM) VERY well said! CessnaDriverI72: VERY well said! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CessnaDriverI72/muslims-army_n_861845_88213246.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER geoffrey s Another Progressive from Texas ... 221 Fans Follow 46 minutes ago (8:19 PM) I'm not sure which is worse - that the army treated them as guilty until proven innocent, that the investigat­ions have spread to the FBI or that someone, somewhere in the Army felt it was OK to protect those who treated innocent men so monstrousl­y. geoffrey_s: I'm not sure which is worse - that the army http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/geoffrey_s/muslims-army_n_861845_88210435.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it Busterman 49 Fans 53 minutes ago (8:11 PM) Sounds like a lawsuit with a big cash settlement­. They can move back to their home countries and be rich for the rest of their lives. Busterman: Sounds like a lawsuit with a big cash settlement. They http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Busterman/muslims-army_n_861845_88209789.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it VirginiaJeff Waiting for the "Jennifer Government" movie 1473 Fans 6 minutes ago (8:58 PM)  
 
This is their home country. VirginiaJeff:  
 
This is their home country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/VirginiaJeff/muslims-army_n_861845_88213810.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it commentsareus 75 Fans 60 minutes ago (8:04 PM) christian broadcasti­ng network... say no more.. commentsareus: christian broadcasting network... say no more.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/commentsareus/muslims-army_n_861845_88209129.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER Galong Sacrifice, the future has its price. 215 Fans 1 hour ago (7:55 PM) As if America doesn't have enough enemies (most of whom we created), now we're ostracizin­g potential friends... amazing American exceptiona­lism. Galong: As if America doesn't have enough enemies (most of whom http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Galong/muslims-army_n_861845_88208187.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER TruEngineHearing 195 Fans 1 hour ago (7:46 PM) Absolutely appalling, and now with the FBI sticking it to them I can't see how they can get out of this nightmare without a major interventi­on by somebody with clout and a vivid sense of fairness and justice. TruEngineHearing: Absolutely appalling, and now with the FBI sticking it to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/TruEngineHearing/muslims-army_n_861845_88207323.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it NemoGirl 104 Fans 1 hour ago (8:02 PM) I absolutely agree with you. At least HuffPo is bringing awareness to this issue.

I wish these men the best of luck. NemoGirl: I absolutely agree with you. At least HuffPo is bringing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/NemoGirl/muslims-army_n_861845_88208915.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it SoutheastBeast 498 Fans 2 hours ago (7:21 PM) I can't say I am surprised by this. We have elected members of Congress who advocate expelling all Muslims and Arabs from the United States. We have an entire news station dedicated to sowing hatred against Arabs and Muslims. Why should any of us be surprised that this sort of thing happens? And I am sure this isn't an isolated case. SoutheastBeast: I can't say I am surprised by this. We have http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SoutheastBeast/muslims-army_n_861845_88204821.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it Beatriz09 1070 Fans 44 minutes ago (8:21 PM) Exactly ... Beatriz09: Exactly ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Beatriz09/muslims-army_n_861845_88210609.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER Doug Sandlin "We See The World Not As It Is, But As We Are" 461 Fans 2 hours ago (7:16 PM) Stories like this show why standing up against anti-Musli­m prejudice is so important. Doug_Sandlin: Stories like this show why standing up against anti-Muslim prejudice http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Doug_Sandlin/muslims-army_n_861845_88204346.htmlHistory | Permalink  | Share it     new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… PHOTO GALLERIES Will The World End On May 21? (TWEETS) 12 Times The World Didn't (Or Won't) End Jews Who Tweet: Our Picks Muslim Voices On Twitter FOLLOW US Connect with your friends Check out stories you might like,
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