A convicted Muslim American terrorist who killed a U.S. army soldier two years ago has admitted he also fired ten bullets at a rabbi’s home in Arkansas, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act.
Abdulhakim Muhammad said he shot at the home of Little Rock Reform leader Eugene (Gene) Levy before he carried out his deadly attack on army soldiers in June 2009, killing one and wounding a second. An Arkansas court this week sentenced him to a lifetime term in prison plus 180 years in prison for the use of a firearm in the crimes. Additional charges may be filed by federal officials if they decide he was an enemy of the country.
Muhammad admitted in a letter dated November 2009 that he planned to attack Jewish organizations across the United States as well as army recruitment centers. He had bought rifles, a revolver, ammunition and materials to make firebombs.
Levy was not at home when the shots were fired, and his wife said she did not even know about the gunfire until FBI agents arrived at the home to investigate.
In the hand-written letter, Muhammad said that after he fired at Levy’s home, he drove to Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee with the intent of shooting at a Jewish community center, but he canceled his plan because “there were too many children around.”
He continued driving until he reached a recruitment center in Kentucky, but it was closed, and he returned to Little Rock and then drove again to Nashville, where he unsuccessfully firebombed a rabbi’s home. The Molotov cocktail blew out before landing.
Muhammad finally carried out his terrorist attack when he returned to Little Rock, where he shot at two uninformed soldiers outside a recruitment center.
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This is an important message for the three weeks. This terrorist hates all Jews, without any regard to whether they’re secular, Reform, Conservative, Modern Orthodox, Chasidish, Litvish, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, etc. He hates us all!
To counteract this horrible man, we must love all Jews–Jews of all observance levels, hashkafos, backgrounds, and beliefs.
B”H for the failure of so many of his attempts!!