Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Not getting much coverage

Army recruiter killed in Ark.; Muslim convert held

One Army recruiter died and another was injured when a Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot the soldiers in Little Rock, police say.
Carlos Bledsoe, 24, of Little Rock, who was known as Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, was arrested on I-630 shortly after the soldiers were shot outside a recruiting office about 10:30 a.m. CT, police said. An assault rifle was recovered.
"This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular, and that's why he did what he did," Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said in a phone interview with USA TODAY. "He has converted to (Islam) here in the past few years. To be honest, we're not completely clear on what he was upset about. He had never been in the military."
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has a photo of police searching the suspect's pickup.

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