Maj. Gen. John Custer
FORT HUACHUCA -- Many parts of the Muslim world are deteriorating
because of a disease called terrorism, said an Army general who spent
the better part of the past four years in and out of the world's hot
spots.
"Look, there is a tremendous downside in the Middle East. Iraq could
very, very easily become the Angola of 1975, a surrogate battlefield
where Sunnis fight Shi'a," Maj. Gen. John Custer said.
Angola's civil war pitted one side being supported by the then Soviet
Union and Cuba and the other by the United States and South Africa.
With Shi'a funded and equipped by Iran, it could cause Syria, Egypt
and Saudi Arabia to see Sunnis as downtrodden in Iraq. And if Iran
steps in and funds other Shi'a groups in other Sunni majority nations
such as Saudi Arabia, it will become an explosive issue in the region,
said Custer, who recently returned to Fort Huachuca as the
Intelligence Center commander after a four-year stint as the director
of intelligence for the U.S. Central Command.
Like a cancer, terrorism is spreading throughout the Muslim world
attacking the body politic, he said.
"Pakistan is falling apart, Lebanon might very well explode in the
next couple of months. We've got 'Hamastan', which is what I call Gaza
right now because Hamas is in charge of it, and whether or not Hamas
takes over the West Bank from Fatah is a question," Custer said during
a Tuesday interview in his office on the southern Arizona Army post.
"Pakistan is a nuclear nation to start with. There is an old adage,
the United States is a nation with an army, and Pakistan is an army
with a nation. In Pakistan, it's the army that works, it makes the
nation work. The Pakistan army chief of staff is the president, so
everything revolves around the army in Pakistan," the general said.
The Taliban and al-Qaida are again growing in strength in tribal
areas, especially in the border region Pakistan shares with
Afghanistan. The agreements between the Pakistani government and
tribal leaders are falling apart.
"They (insurgents) are certainly challenging the (Pakistani) army. In
the past (several) days we've had multiple bombings, killing 20 or 40
soldiers. It's a response to the (government's) raids on the Red
Mosque (which was under the control of supporters of the Taliban and
al-Qaida). Pakistan is in a very, very difficult situation," the
general said.
The world, he added, is in danger as insidious terrorism finds more
conduits through which to spread.
A cure, an 'opportunity'
The cure to terrorism is having an intelligence community that can
bring to bear medicines in the form of having the best information of
where, when and how to surgically attack.
The Intelligence Center is critical in training those who will fight
terrorists, as is Custer's firsthand knowledge of what is happening
around the globe.
"I think it's an incredible opportunity," he said of his new job.
"After spending four years in Central Command and being the recipient
of the product we produce here (on Fort Huachuca), where we build the
intelligence officer, the doctrine and the process, and then be able
to come back and introduce back into the classrooms what I saw as
successful in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in the Horn of Africa, in Central
Asia is a wonderful opportunity."
Custer finds it hard to resist that he can talk to soldiers training
at the Intelligence Center who have been in the Army just 60 days, and
then go a short distance and meet with officers going through a
pre-command course and who are headed to a brigade command in the next
few months. And, he said, there is the ability to work with warrant
officers and noncommissioned officers.
CPT Raphael Vasquez.
Pfc. Grandy served America at a pivotal time in our nation's history,
and was always eager to accomplish his assigned mission," said Cpt.
Raphael Vasquez, Grandy's company commander.
Grandy joined the Army in Aug. 2006. He completed Basic Combat
Training at Ft. Jackson, S.C., in Oct. 2006. He then attended
specialized training at Ft. Gordon, Ga.. and the Basic Airborne Course
at Ft. Benning, Ga. in 2007.
Grandy's awards and decorations include: the Army Achievement Medal,
the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism
Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Parachutist's Badge.
Grandy is survived by his mother and father, Theresa and Alfred Grandy
of Wake Forest, N.C., and a sister, Alisha Grandy of Wake Forest, N.C.
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