On Deadline - USATODAY.com [expanded by...: AP: Marine reservist linked to museum, recruiting center shootings

On Deadline - USATODAY.com [expanded by feedex.net] On Deadline - USATODAY.com AP: Marine reservist linked to museum, recruiting center shootings 23 Jun 2011, 12:12 am A Marine reservist detained Friday during a security scare near the Pentagon has been linked to the shootings last year at the Marine Corps museum in Quantico, Va., and several D.C.-area military recruitment stations, officials have told the Associated Press. Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, Va., is being held on unrelated larceny charges. One official said ballistics evidence appears to link Melaku to the shootings. Both officials spoke to AP under condition that they not be identified. Melaku was detained Friday after being spotted carrying a suspicious backpack near the Pentagon containing what initially was feared to be bomb-making material. Authorities later said the suspicious items were not explosive. Melaku also had a notebook that contained the words "Al-Qaida" and "Taliban Rules" written inside. The context of those words was not immediately clear, AP writes. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor . For publication consideration in the newspaper, sendto . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to . You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.