Daniel Seth Franey is reportedly an Army deserter and supporter of Islamic extremism. He was charged in February for weapons violations after concerned members of the public reported his ideological statements and intimations about killing American soldiers. He’s now pled guilty to those weapons charges and faces 10 years in prison.

While most news reports don’t mention his religion, he apparently went by the name Abu Dawuud and called members of a local mosque “brothers.”

Franey was not charged with terrorism, and it seems some locals might have thought his faculties weren’t as sharp as they could have been.

Franey is at least the sixth member of the US military to advocate violence against his comrades related to his Islamic faith.  The others were:

• Soldier attempted to join ISIS (Hasan Edmonds, arrested 2015)
• Fort Hood attack thwarted, PFC Abdo, two life sentences (2011)
• Shots fired at Pentagon, other military bldgs (Marine Reservist Yonathan Melaku, 2010)
• Fort Hood massacre kills 14 (Army Maj Hasan, 2009)
• Fragging in Kuwait by Army Sgt Hasan Akbar (2003) (death sentence on appeal)

Thirteen civilians or veterans similarly planned to attack or did attack US troops, motivated by their Islamic faith:

• Advocated terrorism (Mohamed Jalloh, 2016)
• Tried to join ISIS (Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, convicted on terrorism charges, 2016)
• Fort Riley attempted car-bombing (John Booker, 2015)
• Chattanooga recruiting center attack (Mohammad Abdulazeez, 2015)
• Execution-style attack thwarted (Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 2015)
• Pipe bomb attack thwarted (Jose Pimentel, 2011)
• Remote control airplane Pentagon attack thwarted (Rezwan Ferdaus, 2011)
• Seattle recruiting station attack thwarted (2011)
• Frankfurt airport attack kills 2 US Airmen (Arid Uka, 2011, life sentence)
• Baltimore recruiting center bomb thwarted (Antonio Martinez, 2010, 25-year sentence)
• Quantico attack by Raleigh jihadists thwarted (6 multi-decade prison sentences, 2009)
• Arkansas recruiting station attack by Abdulhakim Muhammad (2009, life without parole)
• Fort Dix attack thwarted (2007) (6 convictions, 4 life sentences)

Michael “Mikey” Weinstein claims Christians in the US military are a national security threat — so much so that Christians shouldn’t be allowed to serve in the military. Yet every single attempt or plan to kill US troops by these troops or veterans was conducted by a Muslim — including at least one Muslim that Mikey Weinstein interacted with before he was arrested. Kind of makes you wonder if Weinstein is concerned with “national security”… or just Christians.

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