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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I think most islamic fascists who were converted are either racists or they were converted into the cult the same as anyone else is converted into a cult.
Obama and his minions are also incompatible with a civilized society
They only want to protect baby-killers, not our troops.
There is some irony in there, somewhere, considering the attitude the Leftists have traditionally held toward the fine and honorable men and women of our armed forces.
Now, tell me the FBI, fed/guv doesn’t know EXACTLY where the kenyan is fromm.
LOL!!
With 3 I had the blessing of an epidural - but w/5 I didn’t.
I was just contemplating all the hoopla over this waterboarding business, and then thought about the regular “torture” women go through all the time.
My bet is that labor and delivery is worse than waterboarding.
But I also read that marines go through something similar during their training - so if a marine wants to correct me on that one, I’m willing to lend an ear :)
yes I have - thank you!
There has already been an announcement that President Obama,the most pro-abortion president in our history,has ordered more security to be provided for abortion clinics.Obama 'outraged' at abortion doctor murder
Your one sentence makes more sense than this whole article. Of course he's part of a larger group.
The mass media will instead focus on the murder of the abortion doctor who kills babies for a fee.
I’m sure Mike Hendricks has written a column saying all muslims have blood on their hands for this.
I didn't see CBS this morning, but ABC had a pretty good and in-depth story that actually used the words domestic terrorism. Pierre Thomas described all the details that I've seen in the print reports and quoted "FBI Sources" as saying that there was an international search for any possible co-conspirators going on. To my surprise, ABC treated the story as an actual story. I was shocked.
NBC, on the other hand, didn't mention it until very late in the first half hour. They gave it probably a 30 or 40 word, very cursory "highlight". They never used the word terrorism. The very next words out of Meridith's mouth were, "President Obama travels to Egypt today to reach out to the Muslim world". Unbelievable. The irony apparently was lost on Meredith. The then cut to Brian Williams at the White House doing a 5 minute tease about his two, one-hour prime-time propaganda pieces specials on Obama. Again, unbelievable.
Or after events, either.
“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.”
My guess is that this happened in a ‘correctional institution’.
Do you have a source on this? I wondered about that and I hope official policy is always to let them be armed...duh.
Unless you are in a hostile environment, or on watch, most of the military does not carry a weapon during the course of a normal work day.
I have never carried a weapon as part of normal work.
OK...thanks for that info and for your service. It does help a lot to know.
Bledsoe uses Somali Passport to go to Yemen.
0bama uses Indonesian Passport to go to Pakistan (1981).
Birds of a Feather. Peas in a Pod. Same-Same.
"Reporter" fails to report that a Melvin Bledsoe is listed as the operator (and possible owner) of Twin City Tours:
Twin City ToursThe twincitytours.com webpage links to a mirror site (same format, menus, visuals & services) for bluescitytours.com that operates from nearby Memphis. And wouldn't you know a Melvin Bledsoe is found to be the owner of Blues City Tours:Melvin Bledsoe
925 S. University (inside Little Rock Hilton Hotel)
Little Rock, AR 72204
501-748-4794
501-686-2030 (24 Hours)
twincitytours@aol.com
www.twincitytours.com
Full Service,
Guide Service
Receptive Service Operator
Others, like Blues City Tours, are now tacking on a fuel surcharge of $2 for individual tour tickets and $25 for charters."If you rented a bus last week, it was $225. This week, it's $250," said Melvin Bledsoe, who has owned the tour company for 20 years.
(So much for poverty making American blacks convert to Muslim radicalism.)
Did this domestic jihadi scout out military targets while taking on these tours? The article says the perp spoke of targeting the US military to persons who never reported it. Who else is employed by these 2 tour companies?
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