FOX NEWS.com: "SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOR 'SUSPICIOUS' BACKPACK IS MARINE CORPS RESERVIST" (SNIPPET: "An Ethiopian-born man..." SNIPPET: "Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist lance corporal who is a muslim..." SNIPPET: "Melaku, a naturalized U.S. citizen..." SNIPPET: "According to the Leesburg Police Department, a person with the same name and date of birth was arrested last month for allegedly breaking into vehicles. Twenty-seven vehicles were damaged during the break-ins, according to police.") (June 17, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com - Blog - CRIME SCENE
Posted at 01:01 PM ET, 06/23/2011
[This post has been updated.]
By Allison Klein | 01:01 PM ET, 06/23/2011
“Marine reservist charged in D.C.-area military shootings”
By Allison Klein
SNIPPET: “A 22-year-old Alexandria man has been charged with shooting at military buildings in the D.C. region last fall, and federal officials said in court papers that he videotaped himself shouting “Allah Akbar” after he fired shots at the U.S. Marine Corps museum in October.
Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Reservist, was taken into custody Friday under suspicious circumstances at Arlington National Cemetery. He had been carrying a backpack that held plastic baggies with ammonium nitrate, a material that can be used to make a bomb, as well as a notebook that included references to Osama bin Laden and “The Path to Jihad.””
SNIPPET: “”Alright next time this video turns on, I will be shooting,” Melaku said on the video, court papers say. “That’s what they get. That’s my target. that’s the military building. It’s going to be attacked.””