Posted on 06/01/2009 9:12:17 PM PDT by kristinn
The suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of one soldier and the critical injury of another at a Little Rock, Ark., Army recruiting booth today was under investigation by the FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force since his return from Yemen, ABC News has learned.
The investigation was in its preliminary stages, authorities said, and was based on the suspect's travel to Yemen and his arrest there for using a Somali passport.
The suspect, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24, had changed his name from Carlos Leon Bledsoe after converting to the Muslim faith.
Law enforcement sources said he offered no resistance when Little Rock police arrested him today.
It was not known what path Muhammad, a U.S. citizen who is a recent convert to Islam, had followed to radicalization.
"At this point it appears that he specifically targeted military personnel, but there doesn't appear to be a wider conspiracy or, at this point in time, any indication that he's a part of a larger group or a conspiracy to go further," Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.
But, Muhammad's travels overseas have sparked a major international investigation. Officials say it is too early to know for certain if he indeed acted alone.
According to sources, the suspect advised them that he was going to kill as many Army personnel as possible. At the time of the shooting, the subject had approximately 200 rounds of ammunition available, police said.
According to a police report, Muhammad told police he saw two uniformed U.S. soldiers in front of the recruiting office before he shot and killed Pvt. William Long, 23, and wounded Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, while they were taking a break outside the U.S. Army recruiting station where they both worked.
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Obama has probably reinstituted the Gorelick Doctorine.
I got damn near strip searched at a military airport, I was in uniform and not flying. I was treated like a terrorist, and I was just doing my job. It is a crazy backwards time we are living in.
One military recruiter is killed, another wounded in a drive by shooting in Arkansas. Suspect is arrested and is a Muslim convert.
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Agreed. I bring up him working for the father who owns/runs the 2 tour companies - a fact not revealed in the article - just to indicate the open hand the perp had to scout & plot jihadi attacks.
This also extends to the opportunity he had to bring other jihadis into the family business for the same purposes.
And the article does quotes sources who said "...the suspect advised them that he was going to kill as many Army personnel as possible."
This would indicate that whether or there were people who would act with him in attacking US targets, there were people who knew and tolerated his plans to do so.
whether or there were people = whether or NOT there were people
wonder how many more are out there
This story is already buried. Her comments will stand unchallenged in the media.
Thanks for sharing your insights, dear Kim4VRWC’s!
I agree Smokin’ Joe.
The 'larger group' the good sheriff will soon be welcoming to his town (now that he has gaffed the admission of being unaware) are the muslims soon to invade the US thru the 'invasion world' border of choice. Their plan is to leave more dead bodies even than the previous halfwit-in-chief, Clinton. Arkansas will eventually get it....but perhaps not this century.
At least there is some coverage but it is not balanced. The propaganda machines of the mainstream media dedicated far more coverage to the murders of Dr. Tiller and Stephen Johns (Holocaust Museum security guard) than it has for Pvt. William Long (Little Rock recruiting office). I think all three stories merit national coverage, perhaps equally but certainly an attack by a moslem terrorist recently turned in Yemen on the U.S. Armed Forces should merit the most coverage. I would be satisfied with equal coverage ...
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