Atheist whistle blower Army Specialist Jeremy Hall has become the target of despicable threats by Dominionist Christians in his own unit.
This from Jason Leopold at Truthout.org;
Friday 21 September 2007
An Army specialist stationed in Iraq said he has been repeatedly threatened by other US soldiers after word spread that he sued the secretary of defense and an Army major this week for allegedly retaliating against the soldier when he convened a meeting of atheists...
This is completely out of control
Jeremy Hall, 22, who is on active duty at Combat Operations Base Speicher, Iraq, sent an urgent email message to Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, whose organization is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Pentagon. The email said a fellow soldier has threatened to "beat his ass," called him an "atheist ass pirate" and "a faggot" and enlisted a "lynch mob" of other soldiers to intimidate Hall ...
This is beyond outrageous.
Last week Troutfishing's posted a must read diary on this sordid affair. MRFF Lawsuit Alleges Mandatory Christianity in US Military
But now we are talking about a brave whistle blower's life.
Weinstein said he has been in contact with supporters of his foundation who have reported the posting of messages on military and civilian-based blogs, such as military.com, apparently threatening Hall with "fragging," a term used by the military in which an unpopular soldier could be killed by intentional friendly fire during combat.
We need to make sure that these criminals who are threatening Jeremy understand that we will not allow this to go any further.
Please help put a spotlight this abuse of human rights and of the US Constitution.
If something happens to Jeremy Hall in Iraq there will be HELL to pay.
Let's do what we can to help Jeremy.
Call your congresscritter or, better yet, support the Military Religious Freedom Foundation which has become the main contender in the fight against the takeover of the Pentagon by the totalitarian theocrats Dominionist Christians.
We need to reverse what has happened in the US Armed Forces in the last few years thanks to the green light given by the Bush/Cheney administration.
This cannot go on.
UPDATE: For those of you who do not trust Jason Leopold, I have talked to Mikey Weinstein on the phone to confirm his version and Mikey is Jeremy's attorney.
UPDATE II; Jeremy's unit is the 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley Kansas; http://www.riley.army.mil/
Perhaps we can start putting pressure there.
Or with the Society of the 1st Infantry Division that does publish e-mails; http://www.bigredone.org/
The Big Red One needs to become fully aware of this injustice.
UPDATE III; We can send an email like this one to the editor of the Fort Riley Post;
To: afznpomr@riley.army.mil
Please forward to;
Major General Robert E. Durbin
Commanding General
1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley
Specialist Jeremy Hall with the 1st Infantry Division is in Iraq under your command.
His life has been threatened since he has become a whistle blower about the climate of religious intolerance that exists in the US Armed Forces today.
I find this intolerable and I expect that you will do everything possible to protect his life immediately.
Sincerely,
Name
Address
I think if many of us do this, it might have an impact with the people who can do the most to protect Jeremy right away.
We should get the word out far and wide.