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  • Suspect in GI killing claims al-Qaida ties (Little Rock Recruiter PVT LONG Murder)

    01/22/2010 9:26:33 AM PST · by DCBryan1 · 4 replies · 472+ views
    Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be needed) ^ | 22 JAN 10 | JOHN LYNCH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
    Suspect in GI killing claims al-Qaida ties Letter to judge seeks plea shift to guilty JOHN LYNCH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The Memphis man accused in a deadly attack at a Little Rock military recruiting office claims in a recent letter to the presiding judge in the case that he wants to plead guilty to capital murder and that he is a member of a Yemen-based affiliate of al-Qaida. Defense attorney Claiborne Ferguson called the letter by 24-year-old Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad “inappropriate,” saying the writing complicates Muhammad’s defense. “I feel like I’m the only one with Mr. Muhammad’s best interests at heart,”...
  • Family praises slain GI, calling him soldier, hero (Pvt Willam Long, terrorist victim in AR)

    06/09/2009 6:12:43 AM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 21 replies · 1,518+ views
    ARDEMGAZ (requires subscription) ^ | 09 JUN 09 | BY SAMANTHA FRIEDMAN
    The day before he died, U.S. Army Pvt. William Andrew “Andy” Long floated the Buffalo River with his sister, Vanessa Rice. If he had his way, she said, the pair would have gone skydiving. “I’m so blessed to have had that day with Andy,” Rice tearfully told guests at her brother’s funeral Monday at Harlan Park Baptist Church in Conway. “My brother meant the world to me. Andy loved to be outdoors, to travel, and he couldn’t wait to get to Korea to serve his country.” The service was followed by a burial with full military honors Monday at the...