European authorities say Frankfurt murder of American soldiers an act of Islamic terrorism, Obama says too soon to tell ...

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3/3/11, "Frankfurt Airport Shooting an Act of Islamic Terror, European Officials Say," ABC News

• "Suspect, 21, Accused of Killing Two U.S. Servicemen in Germany; Shouted 'Allahu Akbar' During Attack"

"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...is 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...was among those arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, on terrorism charges in July 2009.

While airport security in Germany has been heightened following the shooting, the U.S. will also examine

• whether security for troops in transit is satisfactory, officials said....

The service members who were attacked were members of a Security Forces team assigned to RAF Lakenheath in Great Britain. They were being transported to Ramstein Airbase and were en route to Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom, according to a statement posted on the Ramstein Air Force Base website.

Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., said at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing today that the shooting looks like it could be a terrorist attack. Meehan said he was briefed by his staff, who are continuing to collect information."...

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(Obama holding out hope the killer was Presbyterian.) ed.


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