He would also, we found use anti-Semitic rhetoric. He would harrass a Jewish soldier within our platoon.
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Editor’s comment – Where in the bloody hell is the rest of the media on this story? Why are we not hearing about this on any other network, or on-line news outlet, except for Fox? If he had been harrassing a black soldier or a gay soldier, it’d be on every nightly newscast and a headliner at the NY Times, Washington Post, HuffPo, CNN, and MSNBC. But he was just harrassing a Jew. Nothing to see here. Move on, move on…
…Baldwin said a report of suspicious activity was reported on Tuesday. An investigation was initiated and on Wednesday Abdo was arrested on a warrant from the Fort Campbell provost marshall’s office charging him with possession of obsecene material and being AWOL.
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During the investigation, suspicious material was found in Abdo’s hotel room that led investigators to believe there was a credible threat to military personnel. Baldwin said he expects federal charges to be filed.
When asked if Abdo resisted during his arrest, Baldwin said “Given the response that we provided, he didn’t really have a choice. He was taken down rather quickly, without incident.”
Baldwin said they believe Abdo acted alone and that they are not aware of any additional threats to the people in the region. He added that if gun store clerk Greg Ebert hadn’t alerted authorities to the suspicious behavior the press conference called Thursday might have had a very different subject matter.
Ebert said the man arrived at Guns Galore LLC by taxi Tuesday and bought 6 pounds of smokeless gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol, paying about $250. Ebert said he became concerned when the man asked questions indicating he didn’t know much about the items.
“(We) felt uncomfortable with his overall demeanor and the fact he didn’t know what the hell he was buying,” Ebert said. “I thought it prudent to contact the local authorities, which I did.”
The Army said Abdo had a bomb in his backpack, explosives materials in his motel room and had bought a uniform from a surplus store with Fort Hood unit patches.
CNN is reporting that Adbo was arrested with a weapons cache in his room. And that he had purchased “three boxes of 12-gauge ammunition and a magazine for a pistol” at a local gun store. The gun store owner reported him as a “suspicious individual.”
NBC News’ Pete Williams learned the solider was said to have been overheard making threatening statements to attack an Army post, possibly Ft. Hood.
UPDATE!!
Associated Press confirms suspect is Muslim
(AP)Police say an AWOL Muslim soldier from Fort Campbell, Ky., who had been granted conscientious objector status has been arrested in Texas on a child pornography charge.
UPDATE!!
Police now confirm suspect planned “to kill people”
(CBS) When police questioned Abdo at his motel, he made references to a plan to kill or injure people…
