Police in Louisiana have tied John Muhammad to a September 21 murder in Baton Rouge. The rifle was used to shoot a shopkeeper in the head, and witnesses place Malvo at the scene, stealing the woman's purse. So far, the rifle has been linked to murders in four states.
I'll say it again: a Muslim, yes. But not a terrorist, except in the broadest possible sense of the word. Sullivan has called his choice of the DC area "no accident," [his archives are broken, so no link] implying that Muhammad chose the nation's capital as a terrorist target. But before then, he was killing people just to rob them, and--given reports of the 10 million dollar extortion attempt--the DC killings were just robbery writ large.
The man is a murderous criminal jackass. That's all. Calling him an Islamic terrorist gives him credit for a sense of purpose that he doesn't possess.
