Via the New York Times, actually:
A man whose office is near the site of the shooting said it was an area where buses load arriving passengers. Speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his business, he said witnesses told him that the gunman first talked to the military personnel to find out who they were and then opened fire, shouting “God is great” in Arabic.
I’m sure the BO administration will urge us not to jump to the conclusion that this was Islamic terrorism, just like at Ft Hood—unlike the immediate reaction of “right wing extremism” in AZ…
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMay God provide comfort and peace for the families of our Airmen,may the two who were wounded heal quickly, and may those who were senselessly killed today rest in peace.
Horrible. How am I not surprised?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLet's place bets on how quickly we're told this isn't terrorism or about Islam.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTo paraphrase Edwin Starr....
Saving Muslims in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan, Somalia, Kuwait, huh, yeah.
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAdding insult to injury, Westboro Baptist Church members can protest at the funerals.
You know, America is not at war. The DoD is at war. America is at the mall.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWe'll see. News reports indicate the suspect is from northern Kosovo, mostly a Serb region (and the most unsettled in Kosovo), and the Serbs are the party in the Kosovo conflict that most blame Americans and NATO. The Albanian Muslim's aren't, as a rule, into Islamic extremism and are mostly grateful to the U.S. There's even a statue of Bill Clinton in Pristina. I don't know enough to tell if the suspect is Serb or Albanian by his name.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse@BeCzar: Fair enough. Still, that whole "Allahu Akbar" thing seems a dead giveaway.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMy son is a US Air Force Security Forces airman and just recently returned from Afghanistan. On his way to Afghanistan and on his way home, he stopped in Germany. I felt anxious each time. How sad that I had to worry that much about his safety in Germany. I just can't get over the fact that liberal Europe has allowed radical Islam to flourish there.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI just read that this little terrorist coward worked at the airport.
Meanwhile, Hillary is concerned that an airstrike over Libya will make others think we are after their oil (she got all pop-eyed when she said this... for emphasis).
I hereby nominate Bolton for President 2012 (with Alan West as VP). Either that or General Petraeus for President and Ryan/Christie/Jindal for VP to freak out the domestic spenders on the economy. Someone needs to put the fear into these terrorist nations and the martyrs of the "peaceful religion," and our current administration is not doing it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe Religion of Peace strikes again.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI wonder why the Times didn't actually print "Allahu Akbar" but the English translation. Looks less Muslim in English, I guess.
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