Posted on 10/02/2005 3:46:04 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
A University of Oklahoma student died in an explosion Saturday night near a stadium packed with 84,000 people. Although the investigation is not complete, the medical examiner believes Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, of Colorado Springs, Colo., perished in the blast, said Salvador Hernandez, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma .
Hinrichs died about 8 p.m. when an explosive detonated near the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
According to the university’s Web site, Hinrichs was a junior in the college of engineering.
There were no reports of any other injuries and university officials have said the spectators at the game were in no danger at any time.
Initially, police believed there were two explosives -- the one that detonated and another that didn't -- but a later search found no other device.
University President David Boren said a police bomb squad did detonate an item found at the blast site to ensure that it was not an explosive.
Well.. at least I remembered it was BROWN. *chuckle* My point was.......they covered it up and ignored it. :)
So everyone who kills someone gay or kills someone who works at an abortion clinic is a rightwing christian fanatic and is part of Pat Robertson's conspiracy?
No it is perfectly natural. OU is a left wing liberal school especially made for left wing liberal students from Colorado Springs. On top of that, they have a decent engineering school. Not outstanding, but decent.
Well, Islam is the king of all mental illnesses.
The only legal way to get something done is by the ballot.
Nominate candidates that are Pro-America and Pro-Defense who will adopt a plank that outlaws this brand of Islam.
Who will declare it a cult of death for what it is. If Iran goes nuclear, kiss your grandchildrens' a$$e$ good-bye.
Shame on the MSM for burying these facts.
Political correctness here in the USA is tantamount to Rome's barbarians at their gates.
A kid who blows himself up knowing full well that the first suspicion will be terrorism, is a terrorist in my book.
You think they could keep that quiet?
You remember that beast who gunned down 14 schoolgirls in Quebec years ago? His real Muslim name was kept concealed for years. His father was Muslim , from Algeria I think
Excellent point!
MSM is very concerned... Daschle is concerned as well...
Perhaps they had concerns that that was the case and wanted to keep things tamped down. Can't panic the sheeple, ya know. I wonder what his "issues" were.
Well, I doubt he was actually identified....
More like, reassembled.
Thinking 'outside the box', maybe it wasn't HIS backpack/bomb. Maybe he saw one of the backpacks, picked up, and BOOM. Wrong place at the wrong time and curious.
Ref: Two Middle Eastern looking dudes seen running away from the scene.
/Whoa, had to adjust my tinfoil hat after that thought.
For all we know he may have wanted to cause an explosion near the KU buses as a prank. From what I read he exploded near where the KU buses were parked. It could be that he was one of those weird kids I knew in school that thought it would be great fun to blow up the other teams buses as a prank. Alcohol and dynamite dont mix.
Hmmm.. just what I was thinking
Hate to differ with you, but some of the most conservative kids in the country come from Colorado Springs. Now if you were speaking of Boulder I would probably agree ...
Very interesting take on things. That should be sorted out when they look back to see where he supposedly assembled he bomb. If they can't attach him to a bombmaking workshop then you might have something.
I agree with you and I have been on the other thread too. It seems like some aren't interested in any fact which discounts terrorism. It's like they WANT it to be terrorism. I hope it is not, but I am not really comforted by the image of a lone loony blowing things up, either. In fact lone loonies might even be scarier on occasion.
It's possible, maybe he was a victom, but at least we know it wasn't an Islmofascist suicide bombing like we had expected http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495393/posts
Ah, some of those people want EVERYTHING to be terrorism. They could find a link to my neighbor's cat tearing up my flowerbed.
That may be the most brilliant explanation of this situation I have seen.
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