http://www.investigativeproject.org/2649/islamic-radicalism-suspected-in-us-airmen-shooting
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“Islamic Radicalism Suspected in U.S. Airmen Shooting”
by IPT News • Mar 3, 2011 at 12:41 pm
SNIPPET: “The shooter who killed two United States military personnel in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday may have been motivated by Islamic radicalism, according to German prosecutors and an American military official.
“The circumstances raise suspicion that the attack had an Islamic motivation,” the federal prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe, Germany, said in a statement on Thursday.
“I don’t know if he’s tied to a group,” an American military official said on the condition of anonymity. “But there is enough information at this point to indicate that he identifies with Islamist terrorist ideology.”
German federal prosecutors said Wednesday that it appears the suspect, Arif Uka from Kosovo, acted alone and was radicalized over the last few weeks. Uka was expected to make a court appearance Thursday. Germany’s federal prosecutor is working with Frankfurt and federal police and American authorities.
Boris Rhein, interior minister of the German state of Hesse, said Uka told interrogators his aim was to kill American troops. Uka opened fire after ensuring that the servicemen were American military personnel, Rhein said Thursday.
Previous reports say he boarded a bus filled with U.S. Air Force personnel, asked who they were and shouted “Allahu Akhbar” before opening fire.”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,748769,00.html
03/03/2011
“Fatal Shooting at Frankfurt Airport
German Investigators Suspect Islamist Motives behind Attack”
By Matthias Gebauer and Yassin Musharbash
SNIPPET: “Suspicious Facebook Page
German authorities have found a profile on the social networking site Facebook which they believe could belong to the alleged perpetrator. On the Facebook page, the young man makes little attempt to conceal his Islamist beliefs.
As the motto of his Facebook page, Arid U. has selected a saying by the Muslim conqueror Khalid bin Al Walid, a contemporary of the Prophet Muhammad: “May the eyes of the cowards never sleep.” Among the websites that the man lists as his favorites are some that have clear Islamist leanings, including one called “Rule of Islam.” On his Facebook “wall,” he has linked to a jihadist fighting song, and one of the comments on a friend’s posting refers to “these miserable kuffar (infidels).” The last entry is dated Monday evening.”
SNIPPET: “Man May Have Belonged to a Terror Group”