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June 02, 2009
Terrorist Attack on OBAMA'S Watch and SILENCE from Obama About it!
Just after 5:00 this evening, Little Rock Police say Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, also known as Carlos Bledsoe, will be charged with capital murder and 15 counts of terroristic acts after a shooting at an Army/Navy recruitment center on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock.
Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas says Muhammad intentionally targeted military personnel.
23-year-old Private William Long, of Conway, died as a result of his injuries.
18-year-old Private Second Class Quinton Ezeagwula, of Jacksonville, was also shot. Chief Thomas says he is in stable condition and will recover.
Police say Muhammad opened fire because of his religious beliefs. He was a recent convert to Islam.
"We have no indication that the suspect did act alone and of his own accord, and it's our belief he acted with a specific intent to target military personnel and did so unilaterally and did so with intent today and today only," Thomas said.
“He has a disagreement with military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Thomas said.
Police say Muhammad had never met his victims.
"On behalf of the U.S. Army, our condolences go out to the families, especially the family of Private Long. Any loss of life is tragic," said Captain Matthew Feehan, commander of the recruiting center.
The military revealed information about what the victims were doing at the center. Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, Commander of the Oklahoma recruiting battalion, which has command over the Little Rock recruiting station, says the soldiers were enlisted men, not officers, and that they did not work as recruiters. Lt. Col. Artis says they were part of a recruiting program called "hometown recruiting assistance."
He says recruiters use these soldiers to tell their stories to talk to potential recruits, and that it is a volunteer position they do while they are visiting or based back in their home region." Lt. Col. Artis says he does not know who the suspect was, and says it's not clear if the man was in the military or not. The two men were in the HRAP program before they were to be deployed. Seven other recruiters were at the center at the time of the shooting. No one else was hurt.
According to Captain Feehan, Long enlisted January 9, 2009 and had completed basic and advanced initial training at Fort Benning in Georgia. He has a brother in the Army stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas. Feehan said Ezeagwula enlisted in October 2008 and had just completed basic and advanced training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.
After the suspect's vehicle was stopped, the Little Rock Bomb Squad was called in over concern about some bags found inside. The scene was closed off and traffic along the I-30 entrance ramp from I-630 was backed up for some time. The vehicle was finally towed away just before one o'clock. No explosives were found in the vehicle, however police recovered three weapons, including the murder weapon, an SKS semi-automatic rifle. They also recovered a .22-caliber rifle and a pistol.
The shooting happened just after 10:15 at the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road, not far from the Reservoir Road intersection.
Hastings says the gunshots were fired from a black SUV that sped off. Police say about ten to twelve rounds were fired.
Crime scene tape had a large area of the shopping center roped off, from an old Blockbuster video store a few stores down to a Honey Baked Ham store.
A witness to the shooting told KARK 4 they were sitting at a nearby traffic light when they heard the gunfire and saw a vehicle speed away from the scene. Another witness saw it all happen from an apartment complex across the street.
Around two o'clock Monday afternoon, police and bomb squad officers searched Muhammad's apartment off Napa Valley Drive in the Bristol Park complex.
The FBI and ATF assisted in the investigation. Police say Muhammad has only lived in the area for a few months and has no local criminal record. He has previously lived in Memphis and Nashville.
Recruiter Shooting Suspect Under FBI Investigation (Traveled to Yemen on Somali Passport)
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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Arkansas recruiting center jihadist killer studied jihad in Yemen
I have learned from a well-placed source that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who killed one soldier and wounded another at a a Little Rock military recruiting center today, and who faces charges of terrorism as well as first-degree murder, has recently returned from Yemen, where he studied jihad with an Islamic scholar there.
Apparently the Islamic scholar under whom this American convert to Islam studied was yet another misunderstander of Islam's true, peaceful teachings.
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Wild Thing's comment........
Is Obama as outraged about the murder of a US military recruiter by a radical black Muslim as he was about the abortionist? Not a chance. Nothing about THIS TERRORIST ATTACK! Yesterday, Obama issued a sharply worded statement condemning the shooting of late-term abortionist George Tiller within hours, and Obama's Justice Department folowed that up and ordered U.S. Marshalls to deploy at abortion clinincs to give them protection.
Seven hours after the attack on the recruiting center, the same length of time it took Obama to issue a statement on the Tiller murder, there was NO statement from the commander-in-chief of the slain and wounded servicemen.
One of Obama's core constituencies is radical abortion supporters, not Americans in uniform. The contrast in his reactions to the two murderous attacks is chilling for those who support our fellow Americans in our armed forces.
This is a terrorism attack on our military on our soil but yet the CIC ...the president says nothing. Disgusting!!
And this happens right before Obama the Muslim goes to the Middle East to apologize some more.
This guy went to study in Yemen, Home of bin Laden and terrorism and little else to study there other than jihad. That makes it more serious.
The victims:
23-year-old Private William Long, of Conway, died as a result of his injuries.
18-year-old Private Quinton Ezeagwula, of Jacksonville, was also shot. Chief Thomas says he is in stable condition and will recover.
We have no Commander in Chief! We have NO President. We are stuck with a bowing to the Saudi Prince, Muslim raised, Kenya POS, Ameriica and Military hater as an occupier in our Oval Office. Put their by ACORN and a bunch of dead people's votes and kool-aid drinking lefties wanting handouts.
The silence from the White House is SICKENING. This is a real slap to America's men and women serving in the armed forces, as Barack Obama has ignored the fatal shooting attack. Obama does not care about the military, never has, never will. He does not know the difference between a private and a general
First post on this:
Shooting at U.S. Army Navy Career Center Little Rock
....Thank you Tom for the information.
Tom
US Army Aviation
Vietnam 1966-68
US Army Special Forces
1970-72
Posted by Wild Thing at June 2, 2009 05:55 AM
Comments
I agree whole-heartedly with your comments Chrissie. What a cowardly little man he is.
Posted by: James M at June 2, 2009 07:07 AM
Where are all these "MODERATE" moslems. Obama wants to appeal to the moderate moslems of the world. Looking for a moderate moslem is like looking for an honest politician in Washington D.C. its a study in futility because none exist.
Posted by: Mark at June 2, 2009 08:28 AM
Yes, let's import more muzzies into this country. Let's bring Gitmo into the U.S. Obama wants to turn our prisons into "terrorist training camps".
Bob A.
Posted by: Bob A at June 2, 2009 08:32 AM
Isn't multiculturalism grand?
In a sane society, the Nation of Islam and other such groups would be up in front of a House Un-American Activities Committee.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 2, 2009 10:54 AM
I fear more of these type of attacks are going to take place as Muslims recruit criminals from our prisons.
Posted by: BobF at June 2, 2009 11:21 AM
Our president is a muslim, a racist and a Marxist.
He is anti-American. His purpose right now seems to be to destroy traditional American values and that includes the military. Under pressure he may make some half hearted statement of sympathy for the two young soldiers. He will more likely feel more attachment to his muslim terrorist brother.
Posted by: TomR at June 2, 2009 11:31 AM
What a freeking fruitcake!! Just look at his face...he is an extreme looser. All Mooselimbs are loosers. Dear G_d, when are we decent people going to get a break?
Posted by: SSgt Steve, USMC at June 2, 2009 01:20 PM
Of course the chosen one is not going to say anything about this (except maybe another pitch for more gun control) obama hates the military, after all we're killing his taliban brethren in Afghanistan and we've all but wiped them out in Iraq. The U.S. Military is making the world safer, deposing tyrrany and terrorism, and making it so that liberty can flourish. The messiah can't stand that.
Posted by: JohnE PFC U.S. Army at June 2, 2009 02:05 PM
James M., thank you he is so awful.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:07 AM
Mark, your so right..."its a study in
futility because none exist"
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:08 AM
Bob A., good point that is just what is
going on.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:11 AM
Curmudgeon,good point!!!
It sure is a mixed up, upside down world.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:14 AM
BobF., I think you are right,they know
we have a weak leader who sides with
Islam.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:17 AM
Tom, I agree he feels more of an attachment
to anyone that is Muslim. This is all so sad
what happened to these soldiers.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:20 AM
SSgt Steve, USMC, my prayer
too "Dear G_d, when are we decent people going to get a break"
AMEN and DITTO
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:22 AM
JohnE PFC U.S. Army, thank God for all of you
I just pray that Obama will be ignored by
our military like go get lost Obama and let
them do their awesome things they do.
Obama does not deserve to be in the presence
of our military.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 3, 2009 12:25 AM
In my family of outspoken folks there was a common saying. Silence gives consent. Obama approves of shooting up Recruiting Offices and of killing American Servicement. His silence says so.
Posted by: horace at June 3, 2009 10:38 AM
