Obama refuses to call attack on U.S. servicemen “terrorism”

While German authorities have declared Wednesday’s attack on a group of U.S. airmen outside the airport in Frankfurt as a clear act of terrorism, the Obama administration is not yet ready to characterize it as such.

Witnesses reported hearing the gunman shout “Allah Akbar” before opening fire on an Air Force bus in front of the airport.

The man German police say is responsible for the shooting is Arid Uka, 21, a Muslim who apparently worked at the airport. He has reportedly confessed to the shooting which left two airmen dead and two others wounded.

One of those killed in the attack was Old Dominion University student, Airman 1st Class Zachary R. Cuddeback of Stanardsville, Va. He was attached to the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

The Air Force has identified the other fatality as Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden of Williamston, S.C.

German prosecutor, Rainer Griesbaum told reporters that Uka from Kosovo said carried out the shooting “as revenge for the American mission in Afghanistan.”

All of the airmen on the bus were headed to Afghanistan.

The only reason there were not more casualties was because Uka’s pistol jammed, as he pointed it at the head of another airman. He then dropped the pistol and ran inside the airport where he was quickly taken into custody.

While President Obama has said he was "saddened and outraged" by the shooting, he has failed to mention that the attack was carried out by a man who appears to be a radical Muslim.

Of course, it was months before the administration would admit that the Fort Hood shooting was indeed an act of “terrorism.” That attack, allegedly carried out by Major Nidal Hassan left 13 people dead and another 32 wounded, witnesses also reported hearing the gunmen scream "Allah Akbar" before opening fire.

Watch the video at left of U.S State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley dodging the question as to why the administration will not call the atatck on U.S. airmen an act of terrorism:

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