Army Prosecutor Says Soldier Arrested in Wash. State Was Trying to Help al-Qaida
09-02-2004 10:01 AM
By MELANTHIA MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer
FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- Sgt. Ryan Anderson was clear about his intentions in cell-phone text messages, e-mails and meetings with undercover agents he believed to be members of the al-Qaida terrorist network, an Army prosecutor said Thursday.
"It shows that he's trying to do all that he can, that the information he has, he's willing to share it with al-Qaida," Maj. Melvin Jenks said in his closing argument at Anderson's court-martial.
Anderson, a tank crewman whose 81st Armor Brigade unit is now in Iraq, is accused of trying to show terrorists how best to attack the M1A1 Abrams, the Army's primary battle tank, and kill the soldiers inside.
"The overwhelming evidence has shown you that the accused betrayed our country," Jenks said.
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