My Way - News: "SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. National Guardsman in Washington state has been charged with trying to pass military secrets to the Islamic militant group al Qaeda after being caught in a sting operation, military officials said on Thursday.
Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman, was slated for deployment to Iraq this summer from Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, where his unit is based.
Anderson was arrested on Thursday for 'aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to give information to the al Qaeda terrorist network,' according to Lt. Col. Stephen Barger, a spokesman at Fort Lewis.
Anderson was to be mobilized as part of a rotation of U.S. troops in the Iraq occupation force.
Local media said Anderson was 26 and a converted Muslim who grew up in Everett, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University in 2002."
Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman, was slated for deployment to Iraq this summer from Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, where his unit is based.
Anderson was arrested on Thursday for 'aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to give information to the al Qaeda terrorist network,' according to Lt. Col. Stephen Barger, a spokesman at Fort Lewis.
Anderson was to be mobilized as part of a rotation of U.S. troops in the Iraq occupation force.
Local media said Anderson was 26 and a converted Muslim who grew up in Everett, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University in 2002."
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