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INCITEMENT WATCH: PROBE MUSLIMS IN MILITARY

Brad Hamilton, New York Post, 7/25/04 http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28021.htm

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INCITEMENT WATCH: PROBE MUSLIMS IN MILITARY

Brad Hamilton, New York Post, 7/25/04 http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28021.htm

A Republican running for Congress in Westchester says Muslims in the U.S. military should be investigated immediately for possible terror ties.

Richard Hoffman, a 33-year-old longshot to unseat four-term incumbent Rep. Nita Lowey, cited four examples of trouble involving Muslims, including the recent disappearance of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who went missing in Iraq and then turned up in Beirut .

"One or two, it's a coincidence, but over and over again, we're starting to see a pattern," said Hoffman.

Hoffman, who's running a distant second in the 18th Congressional District, which covers Westchester plus part of the Bronx and Rockland County , said Arabs in the armed forces could be working to undermine national security.

"We want to make sure that these people aren't infiltrating the military as some kind of sleeper cell," he said.

But his controversial comments have received a thumbs-down - from his own party. "I have never heard anyone call for such a thing," said Bo Harmon, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

"It's certainly not something the party would pursue or support." His stance got an even worse review from Lowey's camp. "Mr. Hoffman's comments demonstrate that he is clearly unfit for office," said Lowey's spokesman Howard Wolfson.