An abortion doctor is killed, Obama is ‘outraged’ and AG Eric Holder dispatches the US Marshals to protect abortion providers.
A United States soldier is killed and another wounded by a homegrown terrorist Muslim convert, and the only sound coming from Washington so far is silence.
From the New York Times:
A 23-year-old man upset about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan opened fire from his truck at two soldiers standing outside a military recruiting station here on Monday morning, killing one private and wounding another, the police said.
The gunman, identified by the police as Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad of Little Rock, fled the scene and was arrested minutes later a short distance from the recruiting station, in a bustling suburban shopping center. The police confiscated a Russian-made SKS semiautomatic rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and a handgun from his black pickup truck.
The two privates, who were both from Arkansas, were in Little Rock as part of a recruiting program that typically uses soldiers recently out of basic training to promote the Army in their home regions, Army officials said.
“They were serving their country,” said Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, commander of the Oklahoma City recruiting battalion, which includes Arkansas. “They were just standing outside, just taking a five-minute break, just minding their own business — and this happens.”
The dead soldier was identified as Pvt. William A. Long, 23, of Conway, about 30 miles north of Little Rock. The other victim, Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, was in stable condition at Baptist Medical Center, Chief Stuart Thomas of the Little Rock Police Department said.
In a lengthy interview with the police, Mr. Muhammad said he was angry about the killing of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, Chief Thomas said. Previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, Mr. Muhammad told investigators that he had converted to Islam as a teenager, Chief Thomas said.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of Pvt. Long and Pvt. Ezeagwula, and we wish Pvt. Ezeagwula a quick and full recovery.
More from:
CNN: Suspect arrested in Arkansas recruiting center shooting
Michelle Malkin: And now this: Shooting at military recruiting center; 1 dead, 1 wounded; suspect is anti-military Muslim convert
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-Cnation
We need to find out where this suspect converted to Islam and see if it has been teaching extreme beliefs and if it has, to put it out of business and see if it is part of a larger network that would, in fact, be Muslim fifth columnists inside the United States. Who paid his way to Yemen to study with Islamic jihadists there? If and when he goes to jail, would he be allowed to be with other inmates in Moslem groups inside prison? Too many inmates convert to Islam inside prison then take their extreme beliefs into the community once out of prison and cause trouble. Is it possible to monitor these groups inside prison to make sure they are not breeding terror cells?
Why?
I am following two stories of murder, this one and the shooting of the abortion doctor.
It is interesting that only one of these stories involves attacks on the religion of the shooter! Why does the media have no problem blaming the religion of the doctors shooter for that violence, but there is no reference to blaming Islam for the shooting of the soldiers?
What further makes this interesting is that the man who shot the doctor has not claimed at this time that he did it for religious reasons, but the man who shot the soldiers has clearly stated he did it due to his religion.
I find this interesting and a sad commentary on the media.
It’s almost as though there’s some sort of mass psychosis out there, that we’ve (as in Americans in general, not specifically you or I) tried so hard in the years since 9/11 to prove we were ‘above’ condemning all muslims, that now we find it impossible and completely unacceptable to condemn any. There’s something really, really wrong with us as a nation, and I think the media has played no small part in getting us to this point.
-Cnation