Domestic Terrorism Reminder

And just to remind everyone that while the shooting murder of George Tiller in church was a prime example of domestic terrorism, yesterday's shooting murder of Pvt. William Long outside a Little Rock Army recruiter's office also most certainly qualifies as domestic terrorism as well.

An Arkansas man was arrested Monday in connection with a shooting at a Little Rock military recruiting center that killed one soldier and wounded another, authorities said.

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad -- a 24-year-old Little Rock resident formerly known as Carlos Bledsoe -- faces a first-degree murder charge and 15 counts of engaging in a terrorist act, Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas said. The terrorist counts stem from the shots fired at an occupied building.

While authorities continued to investigate a motive, Thomas said Muhammad is a Muslim convert and, based on preliminary interviews with him, investigators believe there were "political and religious motives" in the shooting.

Military officials initially believed the shooting was a random act, but Thomas said police believe the shooter acted alone "with the specific purpose of targeting military personnel."

Make no mistake, this is just as vile and horrific as Tiller's murder on Sunday. It was done with the intention of keeping people out of military recruitment centers the same way Tiller's murder was done with the intention of keeping women out of abortion clinics. It was done for a political motive. That makes it terrorism.

Neither murder is justifiable in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Both the extreme Left and the extreme Right have crazies, and they both kill people. There are "Wingnuts" on the Left, too...and they are pretty insane.

Domestic terrorism is still a problem in this country. Extremism on both sides is evident this week.