Islamic terrorist goes off with jihad against US airmen on a bus in Germany

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ABC News:

Authorities in Europe are calling the shooting at a Frankfurt, Germany, airport that claimed the lives of two U.S. servicemen an act of Islamic terrorism, though U.S. investigators said it is too soon to tell.

The suspected gunman, 21-year-old Arid Uka, who was captured immediately after Wednesday's shooting, admitted to the deadly attack and said he acted alone, German Interior Minister Boris Rhein said today, according to a report by The Associated Press. Uka, an ethnic Albanian from Kosovo who was described as a long-time resident of Germany, had been apparently radicalized over the last few weeks, Rhein said.

Uka allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. airmen in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, killing two and wounding two others before his gun jammed, officials said.

The U.S. has launched an FBI-led investigation into the shooting and officials told ABC News it is too soon to determine whether the attack was an act of terror and if the suspect acted alone. However, a senior U.S. intelligence official told ABC News the attack was likely terror-related.

Uka is another "dot in the matrix" of a rising threat of fundamentalist terror originating in the Balkans, the official said. Another man from Uka's home town in Kosovo that was among those arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, on terrorism charges in July 2009.

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I don't know what officials said it was too soon to determine whether this was an act of terror, but whoever made the statement seems at best overly cautious. Is there any reasonable doubt when a gunman yells "Allahu Akbar" and starts shooting at others who have no weapon on them that he is an Islamic terrorist. The only real doubt about this guy is whether he was lying about acting alone. That will probably be the main focus of the investigation.

The administration is making the same mistake it made in the underpants bomber case and the Fort Hood shooting in not immediately grasping that these are acts of Islamic terrorist. Suggesting they don't know makes them look less intelligent than someone in that position should be.
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