Jihad Watch broke the story that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who shot one soldier and wounded another at an Arkansas military recruiting station yesterday, studied jihad in Yemen. Here is more exclusive information from a well-placed source:
Carlos Leon “Corey” Bledsoe, who changed his name to Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad after he converted to Islam, is from Memphis, Tennessee. He was a student at Tennessee State University — a business major. After becoming a Muslim in 2004 at the age of 19, he quit college and embarked upon a path that ultimately led him to Yemen, and Little Rock.
Meanwhile, note the lack of coverage of this shooting in the mainstream media. CNN just covered a candlelight vigil for the murdered abortionist George Tiller. Will there be a vigil for William Long, the soldier murdered by this jihadist in Little Rock? Why should William Long’s family suffer alone?
Finally, it is not clear at this point that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad had “sudden jihad syndrome,” as some anti-jihad bloggers are calling this. Note that this ABC story says, “Officials say it is too early to know for certain if he indeed acted alone.” And his sojourn in Yemen does make it entirely possible that this was not “sudden jihad,” but carefully premeditated jihad.