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Shooting suspect 'radicalized' in jail
Washington Times ^ | June 5, 2009 | Jon Gambrell

Posted on 06/05/2009 10:30:47 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | The man accused of fatally shooting a soldier outside a recruiting center begged for FBI agents to free him from a Yemeni jail where he was "radicalized" by Islamic terrorists, his lawyer told Associated Press on Thursday.

Lawyer Jim Hensley described Abdulhakim Muhammad as an impressionable youth driven to public service in an impoverished Middle Eastern country. But teachings by "hardened" terrorists in Yemen and experiences with Afghan child refugees who were missing limbs drove him to become someone his parents didn't recognize, Mr. Hensley said.

"Here comes the FBI, who may be able to help this guy or save his life, and then they leave and then he's got to go back in with these hardened terrorists. He's got to survive, how do you live with that?" Mr. Hensley said. "He absolutely feels that the FBI and anyone else associated with the United States government left him to the wolves, that's for certain."

The FBI office in Nashville, Tenn., referred calls to a spokesman in Memphis, who was not in his office Thursday. Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley did not immediately respond to a call for comment.

Mr. Muhammad has pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge in the death Monday of Army Pvt. William Long. Another soldier, Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula, was wounded in the attack. Mr. Hensley said his client stood by his plea and said Mr. Muhammad wanted to hold a news conference or issue a statement to "explain himself."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: americanjihad; arkansas; columbuscell; crime; islamicsupremacist; littlerockcell; nashvillecell; notmyfault; poorbaby; terrorist; wot
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~

After 3 days, he issued a half-hearted statement.
Compared to his statement on the Tiller killing, this one might as well have been commenting on a traffic violation.

He called it a “senseless act of violence”, thereby completely ignoring and covering up the motives of the shooter.


21 posted on 06/05/2009 11:26:39 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: codercpc

Probably should be State Dep’t? Perhaps the FBI was given permission to interview / interrogate a number of US nationals being held in Yemeni prisons as part of the WOT activities?


22 posted on 06/05/2009 11:54:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: codercpc

FBI, No
CIA, No
Try the embassy....


23 posted on 06/05/2009 11:54:27 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: Jet Jaguar
he was "radicalized" by Islamic terrorists

Yep... no personal responsibility whatsoever...

24 posted on 06/05/2009 12:03:22 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: mathurine

“The wretch makes me retch.”

Agreed.


25 posted on 06/05/2009 12:22:09 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Is it me or does the term “radicalized” convey a sense of victimhood? I won’t use it.


26 posted on 06/05/2009 12:35:21 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
He had been arrested in the US too... for a traffic violation which led to the discovery of weapons in his car, including a sawed-off shotgun.

These reports that he was radicalized in Yemen "just recently" are just a smokescreen emanating from his lawyer, who knows by now this guy's trail leads right back to the Columbus, Ohio cell. The fact is, this murderer would not have been in Yemen attending the same 'school' attended by Johnny Taliban if he wasn't already a fully radicalized recruit.

27 posted on 06/05/2009 1:04:13 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SJackson; knighthawk

ping


28 posted on 06/05/2009 2:47:51 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: John123

Question is who made him stupid?


29 posted on 06/05/2009 3:28:57 PM PDT by colonialhk (Harry and Nancy are our best moron liars)
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To: Jet Jaguar

awwwww... poor baby.... cry me a river.


30 posted on 06/05/2009 4:31:23 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Secure Arkansas organized a rally in rememberance of the first terrorist attack since 9/11. Pvt. William Long was killed and Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula was wounded by Carlos Leon (aka Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad). Channel 11 was the only TV crew out there with a camera, and the AR Dem Gazette sent a reporter and a photographer. The event had several speakers who did a wonderful job. Video footage of them will be uploaded soon. However, the most shocking part of the event was when a muslim fanatic crashed the event. The fanatic drove by and yelled at us, then parked in the parking lot and stood out with a homemade sign yelling anti-American and later anti-Semetic comments. Had this been a ceremony for Tiller, this would have been the top story for both local and national media. Since it isn't a top story, it's up to you to send this to as many people as possible. In case youtube deletes the video or the account, here are multiple links to see and share the video footage.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5241670/13834448

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=527151208796

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqopnIAnmAw

http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv115/KeepArkansasLegal/?action=view&current=Jihadistcrashesmemorial.flv

http://keeparkansaslegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/jihadist-crashes-shooting-site.html

31 posted on 06/05/2009 10:04:33 PM PDT by pulaskibush (Thou shalt tax/steal from Peter to help Paul/Pablo is not in the Bible!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I just knew it was our fault.


32 posted on 06/06/2009 3:44:18 AM PDT by hershey
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To: Jet Jaguar
OK. Let's go with this fiction that Yemen "radicalized" an innocent American citizen.

Their mind-control techniques are obviously very well advanced, and the results of those techniques are being targeted against the US military.

Sounds like a good reason to bomb Yemen flat.

33 posted on 06/08/2009 6:08:19 PM PDT by Costumed Vigilante
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