Recruiting Center Gunman Had 'Political and Religious Motives'

Hmm. Let's see. Religious motive, eh? His name was Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad.

I wonder what religion that could be? Curiously, the story doesn't mention a religion.

A man with "political and religious motives" killed a soldier just out of basic training and wounded another Monday in a targeted attack on a military recruiting center, police said. The shootings were not believed to be part of a broader scheme.

The soldiers completed basic training within the past two weeks and were not regular recruiters, said Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis of the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion, which oversees the Little Rock office.

William Long, 24, of Conway, died, and Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, was wounded and in stable condition, Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.

Both men were from nearby hometowns and volunteered to work at the recruiting center to attract other locals to the military. "They can show the example, 'Here's where I was, and here is where I am,'" Artis said.

Police arrested Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, along a crosstown interstate moments after the shootings at the Army-Navy Career Center in a shopping center in west Little Rock.

Muhammad acted alone, the police chief said, and based on an interview with officers, the suspect "probably had political and religious motives for the attack." He lived in an apartment just 1.5 miles from the recruiting center. A search warrant had been obtained for the apartment.

Thomas said Muhammad, previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, would be charged with first-degree murder, plus 15 counts of committing a terroristic act. Thomas said those counts result from the gunfire occurring near other people.

Interestingly, the leftwing blogosphere is silent.

I wonder why? Perhaps their strident anti-military stance help motivate this monster?

Oh wait, we can't assign blame, right?

Funny, but 24 hours ago they tried and convicted Bill O'Reilly, among others, in the shooting of the Kansas abortion doctor.

Tonight? Nothing.

The president, also quick to react to the Kansas shooting yesterday, apparently has no comment.