Posted on 12/15/2014 9:19:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With the hostage situation resolved — hopefully with no innocent lives lost (reports just coming in) — and the release of the name of the hostage taker, Iranian-born Islamic cleric Man Monis aka Shiekh Haron, this seems to be yet another case of what I termed here at PJ Media several weeks ago as “Known Wolf Syndrome.”
In that article, following two separate terror attacks in Canada in which the suspects were already well-known to authorities, I noted that in the U.S. too, in many of the domestic terrorism cases the culprits have already been identified to law enforcement as problems. In the present case, not only was the suspect well-known, but he was out on bail on murder charges related to the stabbing and setting on fire of his ex-wife, with whom he was in a heated custody dispute.
Monis came to Australia in 1996 from Iran and his immigration status was that of political refugee. He has since had other well-known run-ins with law enforcement. In 2009, he sent a series of hate messages, which he deemed as “flowers of advice,” to the families of Australian military members who had been killed in action. He likened their deaths to the deaths of Hitler’s soldiers, as well as to families of Australian victims of international terrorism attacks. He was given 300 hours of community service.
In another case, Monis was charged with 50 counts of sexual assault, where it was claimed that he lured victims in and assaulted them claiming it was a “spiritual healing technique.”
We’ll undoubtedly learn more in the days to come about the intentions and motives of the suspect in the case. The evidence at hand clearly indicates that Monis was another example of the two-faced Islamic cleric. In this case, Monis claimed that he was “an Australian who wanted a safe future for our country” (HT: Stewart Bell) while simultaneously — and openly — hating the very country that gave him refuge.
Yet again, we have a case in the West in which a domestic terrorist was well-known to law enforcement authorities and yet action sufficient to prevent the tragedy at hand was never taken despite the opportunity to do so (in this instance, he was out on bail).
Nonetheless, this will be yet another case where so-called terrorism “experts” will be trotted out by the media and political officials to claim that Monis was a case of “lone wolf syndrome.” Or that his actions were entirely unpredictable, and the government will need more money for terrorism programs that won’t work, and for outreach to the very extremists who continue to murder, rape, and maim innocents.
We’ve already seen the Islamic grievance machine rolled out. Leaders of the Australian Muslim community, including the “Grand Mufti” of Australia, are denouncing “acts of violence.” Yet these same leaders, including the Grand Mufti, were openly attacking the government just a few months ago when stronger anti-terrorism laws were being considered.
As I pointed out in my previous article, this situation was entirely preventable. Any deaths are on the hands of authorities who, like their counterparts throughout the West, are unable or unwilling to take the necessary action to protect the public for fear of political correctness.
the SOB should have been put of “service” many moons.....ago.
with a criminal record like his...why he was not confined for the duration of his stinking life...can only be attributed to BLEEDING HEARTISM.
He was the Australian version of Maj. Nidal Hasan. The warning signs were there, yet political correctness tied the hands of the police.
He was given an inch and took hostages.
I’d say on the rating of nutcases....he was pushing a nine out of ten. Yet no one wanted to do anything serious with him.
“Police allege the first time the woman was indecently assaulted when she met Manteghi at his business on Station Street.
Detectives says when they met again about a week later Manteghi indecently and sexually assaulted the woman under the guise of a spiritual healing technique.”
She went back for more?????
HE was out on bail for murdering his wife. How much would you bet that the judge set his bail low because he was a Muslim?
Now it should be the “known illegal wolf pack theory”....
There’s an annual contest at Bond University, Australia, calling for the most appropriate definition of a popular term.
This year’s chosen term was “Political Correctness”.
The winning student wrote:
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by mainstream media which holds forth the premise that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end.”
“Updated 14 Apr 2014, 3:32amMon 14 Apr 2014, 3:32am
A self-proclaimed Muslim sheikh has been refused bail after being charged with sexually assaulting a woman while posing as a “spiritual healer”.
Refused bail in April. Cannot find out how he got out.
That at least two of the hostages were killed, and others seriously injured, can also be blamed on BLEEDING HEARTISM. My understanding of the situation is that the police had one or more snipers in position, but failed to take the perp out despite several occasions on which he was clearly visible through the window. The Sidney police frankly bent over too far backward to resolve the standoff peaceably. If the snipers had been under orders to take the first clear shot, all the hostages might well have walked away.
I’d have been happy to have seen the snipers take out the punk !
If someone won *this year* using that definition, they plagiarized. I’ve seen that quip used for several years now, by any number of different pundits and conservative personalities.
I can’t help but see Westerners as the Etruscans of old, grown too fat to care about anything except their own pleasures.. Will we wake up in time to drive back the Muslim threat, as Martel did, or will we live in denial long enough for the sleeper cells in our midsts to over come us?
My thoughts are that, here in America, we aren’t really paying attention to the problem but once we are involved, we will do something about it in as brutal a fashion as needed. Unless, of course, the liberals in the government can de-fang us before the coming Muslim surge.
Why was his refugee claim not rejected and him sent back to Iran? Looks like the only reason he was “persecuted” (or whatever) in Iran is that he held Islamic religious beliefs too extreme even for that bastion of Islamic tolerance.
A pack of lone wolves is still a pack. Liberals would rather die, or rather their friends and neighbors die, than admit how dangerous Islam is to western societies.
The Aussies have had Bali...MH17...and now this.There’s surely a high price to be paid for even being a *small* civilized nation.
Once there was a place that didn’t fear being called Racist. The west is killing themselves trying to Look Politically Correct.
I have a friend who moved to Australia and got permanent residence status. The vetting and application process was very strict and it was not at all a done deal that it would pass.
And these Islamic A-holes sail right through.
Yes,. that’s the whole point of political correctness,...sociological suicide.
fear does bad things to a man, and bad things to a Nation and society!
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