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Arkansas: Jury sees jihadi’s confession videos, prosecution rests

Posted on July 22, 2011 by creeping

via UPDATE Jury sees confession videos, prosecution rests in Muhammad case | Arkansas News.

By Rob Moritz Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK — The prosecution rested its capital murder case against Abdulhakim Muhammad today after a second day of testimony in which the jury saw two videotaped confessions in which the convert to Islam admitted shooting two Army soldiers outside a military recruiting center.

Pvt. Andrew Long died in a hail of gunfire in the June 2009 attack and Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula of Jacksonville was wounded. Prosecutor Larry Jegley showed jurors an assault rifle found in Muhammad’s vehicle when he was arrested shortly after the shootings. Witnesses testified Thursday that bullets and fragments taken from the slain soldier were fired from the weapon.
Muhammad could face the death penalty if convicted.

Sixteen witnesses testified Wednesday and Thursday as the prosecution painted Muhammad as a deliberate and calculating killer who had planned the shootings for sometime because he was upset with the U.S. military.

Muhammad’s defense attorneys contend their client suffers from a mental disease or defect. A psychiatrist who has interviewed Muhammad several times, is expected to testify when the defense begins presenting its case today.

In the videotaped confessions played for the jury Thursday, Muhammad was calm and matter-of-fact in telling investigators he shot the two soldiers after watching an online video about Muslims being raped and killed by U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, and he defended his actions, insisting he was not a terrorist or a member of any terrorist group.

“I’m a Muslim who is angry … angry at what is going on,” he said in videotaped interviews with authorities, adding that his intention was to kill soldiers and that he “had no intention of killing innocent people.”

In the videos, Muhammad also said he did not plan the attacks.

“I just made up my mind to retaliate,” he said, adding he also said he dislikes Jews because they are anti-Muslim.

The confessions were made just hours after the shootings. One of the confessions was to Little Rock police detectives and the other to an FBI agent.

In the taped interview with the FBI, Muhammad is informed by the agent that Long’s mother was sitting in her car in the parking lot outside the recruiting center when the shootings occurred.

As Muhammad replies on the video that he was not aware she was there, he shouted in the courtroom “I object” and appeared to point in the direction of Janet Long, who was sitting in the courtroom.

“I didn’t know she was there,” he added before being calmed and quieted by his lawyers.
Circuit Judge Herbert Wright warned Muhammed there would be consequences if he spoke out in court again. During jury selection Monday, Muhammad spoke out when a prospective juror asked the deputy prosecutor a question.

The jury also saw photographs of the fatal gunshot wounds Long suffered, and Dr. Charles Kokes, the state medical examiner, testified that the 23-year-old was shot four times.

“In my opinion these wounds were non-survivable under any circumstances,” Kokes said.
Long’s father, Daris, a ex-Marine, was stone-faced with his arm’s folded across his chest as the photographs were shown to the jury. Another family member sitting next to him wept and buried his head in his hands. Janet Long, the soldier’s mother, who had been in the courtroom during earlier testimony, left before that portion of the proceeding.

Also today, a crime scene investigator who searched Muhammad’s west Little Rock apartment after his arrest testified she found a small safe containing Muhammad’s birth certificate, instructions for obtaining visas in Saudi Arabia and his will, in which he indicated he wanted to be buried in a Muslim country.

Investigator Reagan Block also said she found a duffle bag filled with hacksaws, hacksaw blades, spray paint, ammunition, and part of a gun barrel that had been sawed-off.
In the safe, Block said she found Muhammad’s birth certificate, a marriage license, instructions for getting visas in Saudia Arabia, and his last will and testament, which indicated he wanted to buried in a Muslim ceremony.

During his questioning of Block and Little Rock homicide detective Tommy Hudson, Deputy Prosecutor John Johnson suggested Muhammad had been planning the shooting for sometime. He noted that the recruiting center was located in an area not normally traveled by someone who lived in the area when Muhammad lived.

“You would have to actually be looking for the recruiting station,” Hudson said.
Also, testimony revealed that Muhammad had lied to authorities when he said he saw the online video the night before he shot the two soldiers.

Hudson testified that Muhammad actually drove to Kentucky two days before the shooting looking for a soldier mentioned in the online video who had pleaded guilty to crimes against Muslims. Muhammad also drove to Nashville and threw a homemade bomb at a house once owned by a Rabbi.

More from witnesses and the other shooting victim:

LITTLE ROCK — The mother of a slain Army private matter-of-factly told a jury Wednesday that she was sitting in her car in the parking lot when her son was killed just outside a recruiting center here.

When a prosecutor asked how many children she had, Janet Long stoicly responded: “We had three. We now have two.”

But she became emotional when handed her son’s dog tags.

The scene unfolded in the first day of testimony in the capital murder trial of Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, a Memphis native accused in the slaying of Pvt. William A. Long.

Muhammad is charged with capital murder, attempted capital murder and multiple counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm from a vehicle. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

In letters written to The Commercial Appeal last year, Muhammad admitted to the crime and claimed it was retaliation for what he perceived as U.S. mistreatment of Muslims. Muhammad’s attorneys argue he is not guilty because he suffers from a mental disorder.

In court Wednesday, Long took a deep breath before giving jurors her account of the June 2009 shooting.

“I was looking for Andy’s face in the crowd,” she said, hoping it wasn’t her son who was shot.

Long said she tried to get to her son as someone performed CPR on him, but a recruiter led her into the office. It wasn’t until she was in a small room at the hospital where a doctor and nurse were waiting that she knew for certain he was dead.

Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, who was injured in the attack, also testified for the prosecution. He saw the tinted window of a black SUV roll down and heard the driver talking but couldn’t make out what he said. Then he heard gunfire.

Long and Ezeagwula had been outside only 10 minutes on a smoke break when the shooting started, he said. When he saw Long collapse on the sidewalk, he tried to run but was hit himself. He crawled inside the recruiting center.

Today, Ezeagwula walks with a slight limp and still has shrapnel in his head.

Army Sgt. Michael Nettles saw the smoke and immediately hit the floor. Sgt. Bob Easterwood knew it was only a month away from the Fourth of July holiday and thought the two privates who’d gone outside to smoke were setting off firecrackers. Then he saw Ezeagwula crawl inside.

Easterwood ran out to check on Long. He called out his name to see if he’d speak or blink his eyes.

“He wasn’t responsive at all,” Easterwood said.

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