Posted on 10/04/2005 4:11:44 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
NORMAN, Okla. -- The general manager of a Norman feed store said Tuesday that Joel Henry Hinrichs III had inquired about purchasing a significant amount of ammonium nitrate, the primary ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Dustin Ellison, the general manager of Ellison Feed & Seed on Porter Avenue, said that a man matching Hinrichs' description had come into the store days before he blew himself up on OU's campus. Ellison said the man asked about ammonium nitrate, but couldn't offer a reason why he needed it.
After the bombing, Ellison said he thought nothing of it. However, when he saw Hinrichs' photo, it triggered his memory.
To this point, authorities still suggest Hinrichs' only motive for blowing himself up was suicide. The FBI released a statement Tuesday evening saying that "there is no known link between Hinrichs and any terrorist or extremist organization(s) or activities."
The release also indicated that the FBI believes there is "no known current threat posed by any additional explosive materials."
Ellison noted that his store doesn't carry ammonium nitrate any longer after recent legislation required new paperwork for stores to sell the product.
Stay tuned to Eyewitness News 5 for further details.
They are saying they will have "more details" at 10 tonight. I'll watch to see what they might have.
Maybe the NYT and the WP will run banner healines tomorrow?
Naah!
"Maybe he wanted the AN to make his suicide bombing more effective."
Or, maybe a little of that, a little of this, a little diesel fuel and voila, truck bomb, act II in Oklahoma.
You're welcome. I just ask in return that you help keep the story bumped and ping your friends since MSM=MIA.
More like, turned back over so no one would notice.
The rumor that he had Jihadist materials was only footed by WND... hardly a reliable source for the past year, at least.
"More like, turned back over so no one would notice."
Why? That's what I've always wondered. So the economy wouldn't tank?
Ping to some of you who might be interested in this item. It's becoming more and more evident that this kid was not that tragic 'individual suicide' that the University President is so anxious to proclaim.
Certainly gives a whole new meaning to Boomer Sooner.
This came from freeper digitalbrownshirt's blog: Hinrichs bombshells
Local Oklahoma City CBS affiliate News 9 had a report on Joel Hinrichs this afternoon that said he had a Pakastani room mate. They didn't want to name him yet, but it appeared that they're going to actually cover the story, so President Boren better come up with a new story soon. They also said that Hinrichs tried to buy ammonium nitrate from a feed store a few days before his death. That's the same fertilizer that was used by Timothy McVeigh when he blew up the Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City. In additon the report said that their sources had seen Joel Hinrichs at the Islamic center that is located just a block from his home.
I'll post a link to the story as soon as it's posted on their website. Hopefully tonight.
Just a suicide my ***.
Let us not jump to conclusions. Depressed people often try to find an outlet for their depression by getting a hobby.
Oklahoma is known as being a state with a large Agricultural base. Hinrichs most likely had decided to take up farming and was laying in some supplies. He was also reputed to be unhappy with his major. I think it is not unreasonable to think he was switching from Engineering to Agriculture. OU does have its Aggies, does it not?
If you look at it with the calm rational eyes of Boren we might conclude that Hinrichs choose the open space by the stadium to commit suicide because it reminded him of his frustration of being taken away from his love of farming by the demands of his ME studies. Ok. We can remove the sarcasm tag now.
FYI re the best kept secret of the MSM this past week.
That would be a good first guess. Plus, their fear of mass panic and possibly reprisals.
"How many people were killed in OKC, 140?"
168
The media silence is DEAFENING! sending this on to Drudge, LGF, and others... you should too
Sooner Boomer? Yes, I know. Poor taste.
When someone is looking a AN, they thinking beyond just killing themselves.
Good for News 9! Is that KOCO? If so, kudoes to them for not knuckling under and burying this story, in fact for aggressively following up on it.
"beyond just killing themselves."
Maybe he was deeply nihilist, and fascinated with becoming "pink mist?"
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