Soldier Gunned Down At Military Recruiting Center

[KnightofChrist]

I couldn't help but wonder will this news of a antiwar protester murdering a solider be as important to the Media and the Left as the murder of Dr. George Tiller?


[url="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98I6F4G0&show_article=1"]Arkansas Cops: Islamic Convert Had ‘Political and Religious Motives’ for Shooting Soldiers[/url]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - 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.

The accused shooter's father, Melvin Bledsoe of Memphis, Tenn., hung up on a reporter who called about his son's arrest Monday night.

Witnesses told police that a man inside a black vehicle pulled up outside the recruiting center and opened fire about 10:30 a.m. Long fell onto the sidewalk outside the center while Ezeagwula was able to crawl toward its door.

Police said Muhammad's vehicle was stopped on Interstate 630 a short time later and the suspect was taken into custody. Police Lt. Terry Hastings said the suspect surrendered without incident. Police found an assault rifle and other weapons in the vehicle.

Jim Richardson, the manager at a drug store around the corner from the Army-Navy center, said people at the store didn't realize anything was amiss until hearing sirens outside.

"Nobody heard any gunshots," Richardson said.

Steven Johnson, an 18-year-old recruit, was on his way to take a qualifying test when he found police cars at the center. By early afternoon, Johnson was waiting patiently outside the yellow police tape.

"I'm going to check and see if they're all right," he said.

Edited June 2, 2009 by KnightofChrist

[Resurrexi]

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua lueat ei. Requiescat in pace.

[saintwannabe 777]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1880634' date='Jun 1 2009, 09:22 PM']Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua lueat ei. Requiescat in pace.[/quote]

Eterno Riposo Don a loro O Signor, splendisse la luce perpetua, riposo in pace. Amen.

[dominicansoul]

[quote]I couldn't help but wonder will this news of a antiwar protester murdering a soldier be as important to the Media and the Left as the murder of Dr. George Tiller?[/quote]

[CatherineM]

It's important to me. The kids fresh from basic often go hang out at the recruiters. My son did.

[Hassan]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1880642' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:30 PM']It's important to me. The kids fresh from basic often go hang out at the recruiters. My son did.[/quote]


Many of them are given some sort of recruiting duty anyway, in the Marines anyway.


I havn't seen a lot of attention given to Tiller in the media, but accecpting your premiss I doubt it. Tiller had been a public figure via figures like O'Rielly for quite some time. The guy shot was not. The two can't be compared as a test case.

[Didymus]

Unfortunately for some, his death cannot help advance those who would see the pro-life movement fail...

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Hassan' post='1880651' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:38 PM']Many of them are given some sort of recruiting duty anyway, in the Marines anyway.


I havn't seen a lot of attention given to Tiller in the media, but accecpting your premiss I doubt it. Tiller had been a public figure via figures like O'Rielly for quite some time. The guy shot was not. The two can't be compared as a test case.[/quote]

The media has focused on the Tiller case fully since it has happened. It still is on the front page of CNN.com, CBSnews.com, ABCnews.com, News.Yahoo.com, MSNBC.msn.com, News.Google.com.

Also it was the fact that Tiller was a abortion doctor that made his death newsworthy, had it been some no name abortionist it would have received the same level of stories.

Thus your objection, is meaningless.

[Hassan]

[quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1880665' date='Jun 1 2009, 09:49 PM']Also it was the fact that Tiller was a abortion doctor that made his death newsworthy, had it been some no name abortionist it would have received the same level of stories.

Thus your objection, is meaningless.[/quote]


what?

[KnightofChrist]

You basically made the statement that William Long was a nobody, but Dr. Tiller was a somebody. Making Tiller's murder of more importance to the Media, than the murder of Mr Long.

It was not His 'famous' status that caused the Media to be so concerned of his murder it was that he was a abortionist. Had Dr. Tiller not had the 'famous' status before his murder it would have been just as newsworthy to the media because he was a abortionist.

[Hassan]

[quote name='KnightofChrist' post='1880731' date='Jun 1 2009, 11:09 PM']You basically made the statement that William Long was a nobody, but Dr. Tiller was a somebody. Making Tiller's murder of more importance to the Media, than the murder of Mr Long.[/quote]

I wouldn't say more important, but his previous presence in the media adds several dynamics to it. Not only the fact that he was better known but that well known conservative pundints used provocative language concerning him, and now it seems a member of the "religious right" took matters into his own hands. You have several things in this story that makes it a good canidate for a larger ammount of media coverage.

[quote]It was not His 'famous' status that caused the Media to be so concerned of his murder it was that he was a abortionist. Had Dr. Tiller not had the 'famous' status before his murder it would have been just as newsworthy to the media because he was a abortionist.[/quote]

Guessing isin't a fact. If you want to run a scientific test to look at the validity of your hypothesis I suppose you could.

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Hassan' post='1880736' date='Jun 1 2009, 11:14 PM']I wouldn't say more important, but his previous presence in the media adds several dynamics to it. Not only the fact that he was better known but that well known conservative pundints used provocative language concerning him, and now it seems a member of the "religious right" took matters into his own hands. You have several things in this story that makes it a good canidate for a larger ammount of media coverage.[/quote]

Amazing how fast you pick up your liberal talking points, FoxNews and Rush are behind this a? HA! Talk about a "guessing game."

Clearly from the articles written it was his status as a abortionist, and how his murder effects the Abortion debate that made this newsworthy to the media. Of course because of their Liberal bias they are going to go off and try to blame Fox News, Talk Radio, the Religious Right, and Pro-Lifers. But they would have done this with or without the popular status of Dr. Tiller, and that is the point. Why? Because they always do when something happens of this nature, if the victim is famous or not.

PS: I'm not going to debate this in Open Mic anymore...

Edited June 2, 2009 by KnightofChrist

[dominicansoul]

the assassin was a muslim extremist...

from yemen...

i wonder if obama llama will address this murder when he meets with the muslims...?

or will he apologize for having our military in their countries?

[StColette]

I really don't see the logical point in comparing the death of the young man to the death of Tiller. What point is it serving? Who cares if it doesn't get as much media attention. It is still a tragedy and one we should be mourning. Not complaining about who's getting more media coverage. Do you honestly think that young person's parents care if he gets more media coverage? No, what his parents care about is that his life was taken, not that his death is getting press coverage.

[dominicansoul]

[quote name='StColette' post='1881073' date='Jun 2 2009, 08:50 AM']I really don't see the logical point in comparing the death of the young man to the death of Tiller. What point is it serving? Who cares if it doesn't get as much media attention. It is still a tragedy and one we should be mourning. Not complaining about who's getting more media coverage. Do you honestly think that young person's parents care if he gets more media coverage? No, what his parents care about is that his death was taken, not that his life is getting press coverage.[/quote]
i believe kofc's point was pointing out the fact that the mass media will demonize the person (and the whole pro-life movement,) who killed tiller because of his association with abortion, and ignore what was initially thought to be a war-protester killing soldiers....

today we know that this is not the case. he's a muslim extremist who hails from yemen of all places...

you misjudged kofc, in no way, shape or form was he trying to belittle the loss in both cases... nor was he complaining of the "who gets more media coverage?" he was just pointing out a sad fact that the mass media are nothing but propagandists who influence a great many people, (even easily influenced Catholics) on seeing things their way...