And now this: Shooting at military recruiting center; 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspect is anti-military Muslim convert
Scroll down for updates…meet the Muslim domestic terrorist suspect, Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad…Where is Obama’s denunciation of the attack?
Holy crap: A shooting at an Arkansas Army recruiting center has left one recruiter dead and one wounded. Pray for the families, please:
One Army recruiter was killed Monday and a second was wounded in a shooting at a recruiting office, and a suspect was arrested, police said.
Police Lt. Terry Hastings said the recruiter was shot when a man in a black SUV opened fire on the office in west Little Rock at about 10:30 a.m.
The vehicle was stopped on Interstate 630 a short time later and a suspect was taken into custody. Hastings said the suspect pulled over and surrendered without incident.
Police said they found an assault rifle in the vehicle.
Hastings said he did not know whether the recruiting office was specifically targeted or was randomly chosen.
I wonder if the Justice Department will send marshals to beef up protection at recruiting centers — especially given the past targeting of military centers on campuses and elsewhere across the country.
Too early to say anything about suspect, motives, etc. But these facts are worth bearing in mind:
Flashback: Special report: Tracing the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters
Flashback: The continuing war on recruiters that the Left doesn’t want to talk about
Flashback: Bastards: Vandals strike at Berkeley Marine recruiting center again
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President Obama issued a statement yesterday after Tiller’s murder: “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.”
I hope he will be just as vociferous in condemning heinous acts of violence against our military recruiters.
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Meet Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad:
The shooting of two young soldiers, one fatally, outside the Army recruiting station on Rodney Parham about 10 a.m. this morning, has taken on a much broader dimension.
At an afternoon news conference, police said the man who’s suspected in the shooting did not know the victims but shot them because of “ideological reasons.” The suspect was described as a convert to Islam who specifically targeted soldiers for the attack.Police Chief Stuart Thomas said he didn’t appear to be part of a larger conspiracy and appeared to have acted alone.
“He has a disagreement with military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Thomas said.
Federal agencies are on the case.
The suspect, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24, lived on Mara Lynn Drive. He was formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe and apparently moved to Little Rock from Memphis two to three months ago. He also had lived in Nashville, Tenn. recently.
Police identified the dead soldier as Pvt. William Long, 24, of Conway. Wounded was Pvt. Quentin Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville. He’s in serious condition, but isn’t believed to have life-threatening wounds.
ABC News says Muhammad traveled to Yemen using a Somali passport.
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11pm Eastern update: No condemnation from the White House yet.
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June 2, 12:47pm Eastern: Still no condemnation.
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I hope we are given all the details about the shooter.
…and I mean all….
OK, that tears it…
We need to shut down the NYT, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Those hate-mongers caused this. They just wind up their brain-dead robots and send them out to kill.
sarc/off
If you ever wonder why we trolls love Michelle Malkin, it’s because it’s the best damn trainwreck on the internet period.
This is the result of left wing terrorism brought about by left wing hate sites such as Daily Kos, Huffpo, DU, MoveOn, Firedoglake, SadlyNo and left wing cable haters like Kieth Olbermann , Chris Matthews and Jack Cafferty and others. It’s time something was done about these people. Isn’t that the way the drill goes via the lefty template?
I’m sure the media will in frenzied manner present Medea Benjamin, Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink, A.N.S.W.E.R., and the rest of the antiwar movement in the United States as indiviudally and collectively responsible for this shooting.
/sarc
individually
/clumsy fingers
Umm…wrong thread?
And whether it’s on the wrong thread or the right thread…could somebody translate that post into English?
It’s leftardese . I believe it’s equivalent to a discourse from Professor Irwin Corey.
granite–sorry I don’t speak nor understand liberalese.
RSS said:
Oh my goodness. Please God be with the families of these dead and wounded. My heart aches that there are people here in our country who hate our military so much. I have a good idea as were to start the blame for this.
L
OMG! Wonder if this is a left winger? First a right winger killing an abortion doctor, now a left winger killing a recruiter?
Insanity reigns in Amerika.
oops – that wasn’t preview!
- What I believe the troll is saying is that MM is trying to score political points with this?
I gave up trying to make sense of liberal blathering – hurts my head.
Something in a language never before heard in this world. The only thing I understood was that it called itself a troll. Right on.
Okay, if the guy who shoots the abortion doctor is a domestic terrorist, what does that make the recruiter murderer, in Leftese?
Heh!
I don’t remember whether it was The Smothers Brothers Show or Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In that I used to catch The Professor on.
Fixed that for you butt-wad.
As for this thread, liberals are calling it a late term abortion of a likely conservative. Nada to see here.
As I said on another thread… these are shots heard around the world. It has begun.
Good grief.
Prayers go out to the families of both the dead and injured recruiters.
To the left the Tiller murderer= terrorist…and a creature who murders a member of our military=hero.
There has been more violence perpetrated against the military, their families and Veterans then all the rest of the special interest groups combined. I do not see any yellow belly of a liberal de-crying these actions. No wait, they are all inclusive and just want everyone to love each other. Except for when it has to do with anything in the military and then they are so very brave.
Our domestic enemy socialist loons have similarly thinking allies.
As I said above, I hope we get the full background information on the shooter.
It would be best for all if we just wait until the facts become known. There’s no use jumping to conclusions, as far as motive or political affiliation. The only bright spot is that whoever committed this murder will not be tried in a state court. This is now a Federal crime, and as such, the penalties are more severe. But the most appropriate punishment would be for the perpetrator be confined to barracks with the victim’s fellow recruiters in attendance. Whatever’s left of him can then be prosecuted in court.
Waiting for Obama to issue the following statement:
“I am shocked and outraged by the murder of this Army recruiter as he served his county this morning.”
“However profound our differences as Americans over issues such as military recruiting, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.”
How long should I wait?
I am afraid the Civil War has begun.
Red State – I *get* what you are attempting to articulate. However, you’re missing the point that MM’s post is A) Providing the information and B) rightfully wondering if THIS murder in cold blood will be granted the same attention the Tiller murder is getting.
And I’ll give you three guesses (counting in Biden terms) whether it will or it won’t.
But I wouldn’t expect a Troll to understand.
This is so sad no one deserves to go to work, kiss their loved ones goodbye in the morning, and not return in the evening. No one knows what the pressure is really like, they just get to see spin of recruiters in the media.
God Bless, all my prayers
And by Civil War, I mean the shooting kind of war, not the verbal sparring that the talking heads think is a “war.”
In our local liberal rag, The Portland Press Herald, all of the liberals are having a conniption and claiming that all right to life people are capable of and therefore to blame for Tiller’s death.
Somehow, I don’t think they’ll be screaming that all anti-war, anti-military people are capable of or responsible for this tragic killing.
Very sad. Both situations.
Hey Red State – TONS of MM posters have expressed horror and sadness concerning the murder of Tiller.. and ROUNDLY condemned it…
It is very TELLING that rather than condemn this murder of a Recruiter, all you can do is attempt a snide swipe at MM. Very telling…….
You may well be correct.
I won’t hold my breath.
Dr. Savage (Weiner) is right. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Lock and Load.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA……
Thanks for the laugh, Michelle. I feel better already.
You were joking, weren’t you…?
Another gutless act!!!! I have no words to express my sadness at these events.
And to RSS — KMA, buddy. My best friend is a recruiter and an OEF vet, and he’s worth at least a thousand malcontent, collectivist crybabies who think that soldiers and the unborn are expendable in the war on American culture.
I hope that this punk shooter burns along with Dr. Tiller’s.
There’s no justification for shooting the abortion doctor, but isn’t abortion a “heinous act of violence” too?
Sorry to say but, you sound just like the nuts on Kos blaming O’Reilly for Tillers death!
Hey I think you missed the point..
/sarc off
Umm…Rags is well able to defend himself….
But, could it be that you missed the “sarc/off” at the end of his post?
I lived in Little Rock for a couple of years after college. When I saw the location on the map, I used to drive past that place frequently.
I’ll say a prayer for the victims.
Maybe I can help. I understand liberal.
Translation:
I blame conservatives.
My mistake I did not see that at the end. My apologies!
Hate crime.
On behalf of Rags, I will say, no sweat.
Deserves a rim shot!!
For what it’s worth, until I hear otherwise, I’m going to assume it was a random act, or was directed at an individual there.
But if the perp has the same tendencies as the nutcase who shot Dr. Tiller, it’s very concerning, and I’d expect a strong condemnation from the WH.
Of course, the Little Rock police/news(?) was extremely mum about the “sexual assault” part of the murder of news anchor Anne Pressly, which seemed like PC reporting to avoid creating a potentially racially-charged story the week before the 2008 election..
NOTHING on the home page of the NYTs. But of course, there is another story about Tiller’s murderer.
That’s way more important than some peon military recruiting dude, right?
/sarcasm
IF this is some left anti military moron, i hope he has a king size jar of vaseline, he’ll need it, and after that he’ll get the blue juice express train. federal murder of a federal employee is way different than murder of joe shmoe. the only comparison is killing a cop.
Obviously it was one of those pro-life nutjobs, right?
Thanks, Granite. Appreciate you having my back.
Just doodled over to Kos.
No mention of the Recruiting Station Shooting.
Not one word.
I sent the following letters to my Senators here. I urge you to do the same. Feel free to use or modify mine.
Some reporting that the victim killed was a recruit, just back from Basic.
What a tragedy…regardless of who the victim.
I notice the only mainstream site carrying this is Fox. What a shocker that it’s not getting any press and there’s no outrage.
Of course not – it doesn’t fit the meme.
My prayers for the young soldier who died and the young soldier who was wounded and their families. It’s one thing to lose someone in combat; it’s something else entirely to lose someone who is just helping the recruiters in their hometown. I’m just sorry the suspect didn’t resist the police.
The clips for my rifle have been loaded for a while. I think it’s time to load the rifle. (Before anyone starts the “clips vs. magazine” nitpick, the rifle in question is a Mosin-Nagant M38 that uses stripper clips.)
Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force. ACORN is a criminal enterprise. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!
ECS
CPT, Armor
US Army (Ret.)
Actually CNN has it now, but it’s not the Top Story like Tiller was when it happened.. I guess that’s why they don’t have a slogan that resembles “Fair & Balanced”..
surely you JEST!
LMAO! Everytime I post something on Kos they delete it!
Does it not say a lot about who Kos-type people think the real defenders of our freedoms are…?
Immeasurable emoting over the shooting of a man who killed tens of thousands of human beings, and became rich in the process.
Nothing for a young man who stepped up to defend our values, our very right to exist, virtually assuring himself of near-poverty while he serves.
I always have loaded mags ready.. You just never know when the loony leftist zombies are going to come out swinging their dainty little arms..
It will be interesting to find out who this shooter was at the recruitment center..
Here is the typical Kos Logic
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the same people (0 / 0)
who will be soft peddling this story are the ones who were going nuts over Bill Ayers because he was a “domestic terrorist” when the Weather Underground took great pains to do only property damage and did not kill anyone in their bomb attacks.
Let’s bust them up in little pieces so they can’t hold us hostage like this.
by RustyCannon on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 12:23:28 PM PDT
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So in your book it’s ok to do just property damage to others property while trying to make a point? Actually someone did die while they built his bombs.
by xler8bmw on Mon Jun 01, 2009 at 12:26:30 PM PDT
I’m waiting for Obama’s drivel statement too.. Where’s that? He had one on the abortion killing..
Going to the daily Kos & trying to reason with that crowd is like handing out condoms in a gay bar.. Most of them will just think they are balloons, & blow them up..
He would have, but it would have taken time away from his basketball workout.
I’m a commenter at HuffPoo. They’re the same way.
Or perhaps from another $24,000 date with his wife.
At our taxpayer’s expense — you know, those of us who actually PAY taxes.
You might want to start paying attention to sarc tags.
Amazing to see how all of the lefty blogs are all over this!
/sarc
Scorecard:
HuffPoo — 13 links on front page to “Tiller”; 0 for the slain recruiter
DailyKooks — 14 links for “Tiller” in search bar; 0 for the slain recruiter
DUmmies — 12 links on front page for “Tiller”; 1 for the slain recruiter. In the last one, the commenters figure that this is someone from the military who was “lied to” and came back to exact revenge — or the parent of a child who was “tricked” into joining the military.
My head hurts…
To the deceased recruit, thank you for your service, no matter how brief. I am sorry your dream was interrupted way to early. RIP.
Of course…that is the old “freedom of speech” thing they scream about so much on the street corners. Just not for conservatives. The Constitution does not apply to us.
Or his golf game. I hear he went golfing on Memorial Day while the rest of the nation paid honor to our fallen soldiers. What a jerk.
Well, one sort of has to be an “American” to care about Memorial Day,…no?
Who the hell knows what he is?
Or finishing putting the final nail in General Motors coffin.
It’s all about priorities you know.
Why hasn’t Drudge linked this yet? He was Johnny on the Spot with bold red headlines for Tiller’s murder, this should be the same.
Oh, I think LOTS of us know JUST what he is.
I’d expound, but…
I’ve already earned my place on Nappy Jan’s DHS enemies list.
Good point!
Agreed.
Perhaps this is an appropriate place/time to ask:
Anybody heard anything about David Kellerman’s death since April 22?
…Anything…?
Oh well, Rags…we are all on that list. I am a very proud member of the conservative radical antiabortion party or CRAP.
Anyone seen any Fox News TV coverage on this?
I agree. Let’s not act like liberals and use emotion to guide our actions. Personally, I want to see what the motive(s) were, first, and who this guy is.
Several hours later, and no word from Barry. It’s almost like he doesn’t care about someone in the military being killed in a drive by shooting.
Secondly, it’s interesting how the left side of the Internet is ignoring this story. With Tiller, both sides were commenting. This issue? Only the right.
Almost?
Gee. I wonder where the OUTRAGE is here. It has been much more than the 13 nonoseconds it took for some moonbat to blame Tiller’s murder on O’Reilly and I don’t even like O’Reilly.
Two kids fresh out of basic training gunned down in front of a Recruiting Station. To hell with the US Marshalls defending the stations I suggest arming the poor sitting ducks in these leased military installations with rules of engagement that allows them to defend themselves when threatened. This will allow them to not only defend themselves from domestic enemies.
I am very suspicious of the lack of details available on the shooter and also want to know everything about him/her as well as their personal history. Amazing how the killing of a mass murdering abortionist is called terrorism and this incident is barely mentioned.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
Well, well…here’s abcnews.com’s take on it…
“It is unclear if the recruiting office was specifically targeted”.
Of course, the headline news was on another abortion doctor who fears for his life. That’s more important that two people shot and one already dead.
Boomer #86: I find the lack of details available a bit odd also. With the way the news media is today, that automatically makes me wonder what they are hiding.
They’re still questionning the killer in the recruiting situation. More information should come out shortly.
It looks like this could have been a drive-by shooting, by the way, because they were shot in front of the building. For all we know, the killer was rejected by the military and decided to take it out on the recruiting office.
Translation.
RSS simply said: I am a dumbass. refering to himself.
You also get a rim shot!!
On the nose.
I could easily be wrong, BUT…
two young troops were shot. That SEEMS pretty intentional.
The reporting on the guy arrested is that he is an African-American, and that police scrambled the bomb squad when suspicious parcels were found in his car. No explosives, however.
EMPHASIS: that is INSUFFICIENT DATA on which to conclude ANYTHING.
According to the Little Rock news the suspect is a black Muslim who coverted to Islam a while back. He changed his name to Muhammad something or other. They believed he operated alone.
Interesting….
As I said above, I’d like to know everything about this guy…everything.
BINGO!
Why am I not surprised?
‘Course, since I was very prudent, circumspect, cautious, almost cryptic with my comments; I guess I don’t get a cigar….
BOB, you got a link to that info? I’m not seeing that on the news sites that I’ve followed the story on.
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0609/627959.html
Thanks
Well, hell…