Marine arrested near Pentagon implicated in shootings

Yonathan Melaku who was arrested near the Pentagon last week is currently suspected of the shootings at the Pentagon and Marine Corps Museum last year according to the Associated Press/Stars & Stripes;

The shootings last year did not injure anyone. The Marine Corps museum was targeted twice. Two windows were shot out at the Pentagon, and a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., outside Washington was also targeted.

At the time, FBI officials suspected that the shooter had some sort of gripe against the Marine Corps. Authorities said the shootings were done with the same gun.

Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in the eastern District of Virginia, declined comment except to say that Melaku remains under investigation following last week’s incident. An FBI spokesman also declined comment Wednesday.

So I guess this what Mark Potok, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Department of Homeland Security were talking about two years ago when they said that veterans are susceptible to terrorist activities committed by the right’s hate groups. Since the Black Panthers are considered to be right wing, I guess al Qaeda is, too.

Category: SPLC, Terror War