{"id":9888,"date":"2011-03-03T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2014-09-14T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T11:08:23","slug":"two-usaf-airmen-killed-in-frankfurt-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/two-usaf-airmen-killed-in-frankfurt-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Two USAF Airmen Killed in Frankfurt Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple news sources reported on the attack in Frankfurt, Germany, that killed two US Air Force airmen and seriously wounded two more.\u00a0 Said\u00a0President Obama<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I’m saddened and I am outraged by this attack that took the lives of two Americans and wounded two others.\u00a0 I think the American people are united in expressing our gratitude for the service of those who were lost.\u00a0 I want everybody to understand that we will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous act took place and in working with German authorities to ensure that all of the perpetrators are brought to justice.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Airmen were reportedly USAF Security Forces in transit from Lakenheath, England, to either Iraq or Afghanistan.\u00a0 US military members routinely travel on a combination of military and commercial air to their destinations, and may have been in transition between the two when they were on the military bus at the commercial airport.\u00a0 It is a cruel tragedy they came under attack before even entering the war zone.<\/p>\n

Though there are many details yet to be confirmed, some sites reported that the shooter was a young German-born Kosovar<\/a> and “devout Muslim<\/a>” named Arid Uka.\u00a0 The attacker reportedly shouted “Allah akbar” during the attack, which may or may not have been preceded by some kind of argument.\u00a0 He has apparently admitted his actions, saying he acted alone; authorities in Germany are saying he appears to have been motivated by Islamic extremism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) made a qualified\u00a0comment about the appearance of terrorism<\/a> in the attack, which would have interesting implications in the strikingly similar attack at Fort Hood, which was roundly decried as ‘not terrorism.’\u00a0 The Christian Science Monitor<\/em> wonders aloud if the ‘success’ of the Fort Hood attack has inspired a wave of “simpler” terrorist actions<\/a> against what were once called “soft” targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Multiple news sources reported on the attack in Frankfurt, Germany, that killed two US Air Force airmen and seriously wounded two more.\u00a0 Said\u00a0President Obama: “I’m saddened and I am outraged by this attack that took the lives of two Americans and wounded two others.\u00a0 I think the American people are united in expressing our gratitude for the service of those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58,134,1873,1548,97,1545,1544,52,44,755,2,1431,43,1543,1546],"class_list":["post-9888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-afghanistan","tag-air-force","tag-allahu-akbar","tag-arid-uka","tag-fort-hood","tag-frankfurt","tag-german","tag-iraq","tag-islam","tag-lakenheath","tag-military","tag-nidal-malik-hasan","tag-obama","tag-patrick-meehan","tag-security-forces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}