By FITSNews || Five Muslim soldiers were detained at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. before Christmas – reportedly in connection with an attempt to poison the food supply at the basic training facility.
One website, CBN.com, is reporting that the five soldiers had been in contact with a group of Muslim extremists in Washington, D.C. Those individuals were recently arrested by Pakistani authorities after relocating to that country to “wage jihad” against U.S. soldiers stationed overseas.
No soldiers were poisoned at Fort Jackson, officials at the base say, and the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division has been on the case for at least two months.
FOX News is reporting that the suspects were part of a Arabic translation program called “09 Lima” and used Arabic as their first language.
Founded in 1917, more than 45,000 soldiers receive basic training at Fort Jackson each year – making it the largest Army training facility in America.
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