View Full Version : Another shooting - soldier dies in shooting at Army recruiting center
ThaBigP
06-01-2009, 08:31 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524139,00.html
jrumann59
06-01-2009, 08:42 PM
Too bad we can't use the same strategy at local Jihadi Recruiter in Baghdad and Afghanistan
MetalHead
06-01-2009, 09:27 PM
Oh,another practicioner of the religion of peace....
Jon88
06-01-2009, 09:33 PM
That got him half a dozen beatings and probably the death penalty.
bbgun
06-01-2009, 10:16 PM
Lefty bloggers were no doubt too busy blaming Bill O’Reilly for the murder of Dr. Tiller to notice.
sbark
06-01-2009, 11:35 PM
Has Obama come out on this?.........he sure was quick on the Tiller......I'm sure he "inherited" this problem also......
Suden Jihad syndrome........converted to Islam in prison......
Shooter Identified as Black Muslim (Abdul Mohammad) in fatal drive by in shooting of Army Recruiter (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262451/posts)
Live KARK ^ (http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=226222) | 01 JUN 09 | dcbryan1
Posted on Monday, June 01, 2009 5:09:27 PM by DCBryan1 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~dcbryan1/)
Shooter identified himself as a muslim, Mr. Abdul Mohammad, formerly Mr. Bledsoe. previously of Memphis and Nashville.
Recently converted to Islam while in Prison. Breaking live on LRPD press conference.
(Excerpt) Read more at arkansasmatters.com (http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=226222)
masomenos
06-02-2009, 12:37 AM
Lefty bloggers were no doubt too busy blaming Bill O’Reilly for the murder of Dr. Tiller to notice.
Did anyone actually blame O'Reilly? Granted, I haven't looked around, but the only person I remember bringing up the issue was you, in the Tiller thread.
bbgun
06-02-2009, 12:48 AM
Did anyone actually blame O'Reilly? Granted, I haven't looked around, but the only person I remember bringing up the issue was you, in the Tiller thread.
Andrew Sullivan, Daily Kos, Salon, LGF, etc.
masomenos
06-02-2009, 01:01 AM
Andrew Sullivan, Daily Kos, Salon, LGF, etc.
Ridiculous. Not surprising though.
burmafrd
06-02-2009, 07:14 AM
8 posts in this thread vs 100 in the Tiller thread.
zrinkill
06-02-2009, 07:26 AM
8 posts in this thread vs 100 in the Tiller thread.
Of course ...... in Suspect and Benny's eyes, there are no victims here.
jimnabby
06-02-2009, 02:17 PM
8 posts in this thread vs 100 in the Tiller thread.
Wow, an abortion-related thread gets more posts here than a non-abortion-related thread? Shocking.
What's controversial here? A bad guy shot two soldiers. We all agree this is a Bad Thing, don't we? I guess the only controversy is that some people are in this thread claiming that other people don't think it's a Bad Thing. Those other people would seem to be (wisely) ignoring such outrageous smears.
burmafrd
06-02-2009, 02:22 PM
A MUSLIM shot 2 soldiers because he hates the US military.
jimmy, if you think that is not a big story then I guess you really do not care at all.
bbgun
06-02-2009, 03:07 PM
Let's see: As of 4:00 PM EDT, there's still no statement on the White House website about the death of a US soldier by a Muslim terrorist. Contrast that to the speed with which the Obama administration had something to say about the Tiller murder. Oh, and his buddies in the MSM? Similarly disinterested. Doesn't fit the "narrative," you see.
Yeagermeister
06-02-2009, 03:27 PM
Muslim convert pleads not guilty to murder in shooting at Little Rock recruiting center
By Noah Trister, Associated Press
Originally published 12:58 p.m., June 2, 2009
Updated 12:58 p.m., June 2, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Muslim convert who already was under federal investigation pleaded not guilty today in what police called a likely “political and religious” attack that killed a young soldier at a military recruiting center.
Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, pleaded not guilty today in Little Rock, Ark.
Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, pleaded not guilty today in Little Rock, Ark.
Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock, was charged in Monday’s death of Pvt. William Long, 23, of Conway outside an Army-Navy Career Center in a west Little Rock shopping center. He pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge and was ordered held without bail.
A prosecutor said Muhammad admitted shooting Long and another soldier “because of what they had done to Muslims in the past.”
An FBI-led joint terrorism task force based in the southern United States has been investigating Muhammad since he returned to the United States from Yemen, a law enforcement official said. The suspect had been arrested and jailed in Yemen at some point for using a Somali passport, the official said. The time of that arrest was not immediately clear.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was not authorized to discuss the investigation.
An FBI spokesman in Little Rock did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Harris said no decision has been made on whether to pursue federal charges against Muhammad. “We’re consulting with a lot of people on what, if any, charges can be filed against him,” Harris said.
Both Arkansas and federal court systems permit executions for capital crimes.
Long and Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, Ark., had recently completed basic training and had never seen combat. Ezeagwula was hospitalized in stable condition.
Police Chief Stuart Thomas said Muhammad, previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, was a convert to Islam and was not part of any broader scheme to attack the American military.
Interviews with police show he “probably had political and religious motives for the attack,” the chief said.
“We believe that it’s associated with his disagreement over the military operations,” Thomas said.
Police Sgt. Cassandra Davis said today it wasn’t known when Muhammad began planning the attack.
Deputy Prosecutor Scott Duncan said Muhammad told investigators that “he would have killed more soldiers had they been in the parking lot.” Long and Ezeagwula were targeted as they stood outside the recruiting center smoking cigarettes.
Muhammad did not speak during the brief hearing before Little Rock Dist. Judge Alice Lightle.
John Rehrauer, spokesman for the Pulaski County jail, said the department was handling Muhammad as it does other high-profile cases.
“He is in some protective custody, in a higher-security unit in a cell by himself,” Rehrauer said.
He said he didn’t know of any threats against Muhammad and said jailers did not believe he was in any greater danger than previous high-profile people handled at the prison.
The two soldiers had recently completed basic training and had volunteered for a program to recruit others to the military, said Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis of the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion, which oversees the Little Rock office.
“They can show the example: ‘Here’s where I was, and here is where I am,’” Artis said.
A police report said Muhammad told investigators he observed two soldiers in uniform, drove up to the recruiting center and began shooting.
“He saw them standing there and drove up and shot them,” Lt. Terry Hastings told The Associated Press. “That’s what he said.”
Police arrested Muhammad along a highway moments after the shootings. Police said an assault rifle and other weapons were found in his vehicle.
In addition to the capital murder count, Muhammad is accused of committing 16 counts of a terroristic act. Thomas said most additional counts resulted from the gunfire occurring near other people.
The suspect’s father, Melvin Bledsoe of Memphis, Tenn., hung up on a reporter who called Monday night about his son’s arrest.
Associated Press writers Chuck Bartels and Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock and Devlin Barrett in Washington contributed to this report.
Let's see: As of 4:00 PM EDT, there's still no statement on the White House website about the death of a US soldier by a Muslim terrorist.
From the article:
Interviews with police show Muhammad "probably had political and religious motives for the attack," Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.
Muhammad was not part of any terrorist group, nor was his attack part of a larger conspiracy, according to Thomas.
"We believe that it's associated with his disagreement over the military operations," the police chief said.
bbgun
06-02-2009, 03:37 PM
From the article:
Um, I never said he was aligned with a formal terrorist oufit, but he most certainly is a domestic "terrorist" by any common sense or conventional definition of the term.
Um, I never said he was aligned with a formal terrorist oufit, but he most certainly is a domestic "terrorist" by any common sense or conventional definition of the term.
Yea, I'm just saying if it was part of an organized effort you may have heard something from the White House on this.
zrinkill
06-02-2009, 03:40 PM
Yea, I'm just saying if it was part of an organized effort you may have heard something from the White House on this.
Was the guy who killed that Doctor part of an organized effort?
Was the guy who killed that Doctor part of an organized effort?
Nope. That's also a socially charged issue. Not sure that many Americans are at odds over this issue... innocent soldiers got killed by a crazy guy.
At the same time I haven't even been following that Tiller story because it's a completely not interesting to me, so I'm with you there.
zrinkill
06-02-2009, 03:44 PM
Nope. That's also a socially charged issue. At the same time I haven't even been following that story because it's a complete non-story to me, so I'm with you there.
The killing of a Soldier is a socially charged issue to me ..... and should be for anyone ..... but I understand what you are saying.
I think we all do ..... just seems wrong to most of us.
bbgun
06-02-2009, 03:44 PM
You needn't conspire with others to be deemed a "terrorist." All that matters is your motivation and your deed.
CowboyFan74
06-02-2009, 04:36 PM
Skip the trial and hang him on the White House lawn...
MetalHead
06-02-2009, 05:55 PM
Skip the trial and hang him on the White House lawn...
I'd up the ante by impaling him on the White House fence...but that would be cruel and unusual...just like opening fire at two unsuspecting service men IN UNIFORM,killing one,wounding the other,and pleaing not guilty.
Only in America.
Jon88
06-02-2009, 05:56 PM
I'd up the ante by impaling him on the White House fence...but that would be cruel and unusual...just like opening fire at two unsuspecting service men IN UNIFORM,killing one,wounding the other,and pleaing not guilty.
Only in America.
He would be beaten to death anywhere else. But we live in 2009 here.
I can assure you he's gotten his share of punishment already, though.
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