Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say

[Igel]

14. Doesn't that rather imply that to be on the streets in DC

is to be a "potential victim"?

And couldn't "that person shouldn't have ever been there" apply to any innocent victim in a way that basically avoids saying that there's a murderer but, ya know, let's not talk about that person.

Why would somebody shoot a guardsman any more than anybody else unless they swallowed some 'background noise' about fighting fascists and resisting the occupation? I mean, that kind of talk never hurt anybody, not really.

Have to wonder about the early "allahu akbar" claim, though. It's dropped out of the reporting--is that because it's false or impolitic?