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| | Islamic chaplain is charged as spy - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | An Army Islamic chaplain, who counseled al Qaeda prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base, has been charged with espionage, aiding the enemy and spying, The Washington Times has learned. |
 | | The Army may also charge him later with the more serious charge of treason, which under the Uniform Code of Military Justice could be punished by a maximum sentence of life. |
 | | Capt. Yee, 35, was a command chaplain for I Corps at Fort Lewis, Wash. The Army dispatched him to Cuba to attend to the spiritual needs of a growing number of captured al Qaeda and members of the Taliban, a hard-line Islamic group ousted from power in Afghanistan. |
| www.washtimes.com /national/20030919-105619-9614r.htm (610 words) |
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