Posted on 10/05/2005 10:22:17 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
NORMAN, Okla. -- The Pakistani roommate of a man authorities said died when he detonated an explosive device outside a crowded football stadium was led in handcuffs from a party shortly after Saturday's explosion, the head of an Islamic student group said.
Fazal M. Cheema, a finance major, shared a university-owned apartment with Joel Hinrichs III, 21, who died Saturday when a device attached to his body exploded as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall.
Cheema and three other Muslim students were led in handcuffs from a party by police after the blast, Ashraf Hussein, president of the Muslim Student Association, said Tuesday. They later were released.
Cheema is "a really, really nice guy," Hussein said.
OU President David Boren said authorities continue to believe that Hinrichs did not try to get into the stadium and that he acted alone. He said Hinrichs' roommate, along with his acquaintances, were questioned by federal authorities.
"All the people who lived in that building, all the people that lived in the building surrounding it, all the people who knew him well or were living in proximity to him ... have been questioned; none of those people have been held by law enforcement," Boren said.
The FBI said in a statement Tuesday that there is no current threat posed by additional explosive materials, that there is no known threat from anyone else related to the incident and that there is no known link between Hinrichs and any terrorist or extremist organization or activities.
Hinrichs' father, Joel Hinrichs Jr., said the FBI re-interviewed him Tuesday at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo. The father told investigators his son was skeptical of ideology.
"Joe would have become a Muslim fanatic when pigs fly," the father side.
Meanwhile, Norman feed store operator Dustin Ellison said Hinrichs attempted to purchase ammonium nitrate a few days before the explosion.
Ellison, whose family operates Ellison Feed and Seed, said the store no longer carries the product because of new federal guidelines regarding its sale. Ammonium nitrate can be used to build bombs and was a key ingredient in the 1995 attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Hinrichs' father said the FBI told him the bomb his son had was made of hydrogen peroxide. He said the FBI told him more high-density hydrogen peroxide was found in the apartment.
What if Henrich had converted to Islam,he and his room mate planned an attack at the game. Henrich either got cold feet or his roomie failed to show up to do his part in the bombing. Maybe Henrich's bomb went off accidently. Several things could have gone wrong.
I didnt learn of the bombers identity until late Saturday night. Assuming that the roommate is innocent, why would he know that his roommate was the bomber or even that there had a been a bombing in the hour or so after the explosion?
On the Threat Matrix thread this morning I read about a couple (or was it three?) FBI agents arrested for giving stuff to people they shouldn't have, they all had Filipino names. Don't remember details.
There's some real rotten stuff/people who are in places they shouldn't be, positions they shouldn't occupy. No doubt about it. Some may be merely self-serving, some may be dedicated enemies.
And if the latter, where do we go?
Mass treason trials. Public executions.
New thread for the ping list...
And why would anyone in their right mind assume that?
I am not sure who you expect to break the coverup regarding OKC. not this adminstration - in fact, Bush 41 & 43 have been rehabiliating Clinton's image for years now.
" Look Fazal, it's a class project, all the ME students in my section are doing this. If the stuff is in your way just
brush it aside, I promise it not dangerous". " Oh and if anyone asks remember You know nothing" " Why would they ask, ummm no reason". " Have a nice time at the party tonight I might be kind of late getting back".
" Have you seen my backpack?"
Maybe they won't be able to stop it once this story gets steamrolling. We are in the Age of the New Media, after all. We are the political jihad (attribution to the lovely Mary Mapes).
>>>Mass treason trials. Public executions.
Who does the checks and balances?
Believe me, she was rattled and more. Check out her forum posts. She is a long time respected poster and her views and opinions are highly thought of on this forum. And, BTW, she is doing what FReepers do best -- providing their own take on a story based on facts and available information and inviting others to expand these, thereby providing any number of hypotheses to be discussed and/or argued in an attempt to get to the truth of the story.
Yes, under my conspiracy theory, he would of course have "tried" to buy ammonium nitrate. Note the report says the store owner was nervous because Henrich was wearing a green vest with wires.
Obviously Henrich did that on purpose. Unless you think it is normal to wear your in-progress suicide vest with you when you go shopping for bomb parts. No, the wires were there to attract attention.
So was the downloading of islamic literature. Henrich counted on people jumping to the obvious conclusion that if he had a muslim roommate, they all must be terrorists, since all muslims are terrorists if they also attend a mosque and live in Oklahoma.
It's just speculation, but as I said -- what specific information do we have to refute MY speculation?
They already exist. We simply do not take treason seriously any more in this country. We used to ...
You mean you have the film taken live at the scene which shows his roommate helping him attach the bomb to his chest?
Because that is the type of evidence that would really shoot a whole in MY speculation, and is what I see from 9/11 which tells me that the planes actually hit the building.
If you could give me the link to the site where the pictures of his bomb-making roommate are, I would appreciate it.
What? You don't actually HAVE those? You were just trying to make fun of my request? Oh. Never Mind.
If anybody doesn't think this is a joke, and can provide any facts which refute the speculation that Henrich set up his roommate to look like an islamic terrorist, please post here, thank you.
I predict this will converge with the unresolved case of the OKC bombing. And I thank PKM immensely!
What good are systems like Able Danger if there is no way to use the info in say, blue states?
"Joe would have become a Muslim fanatic when pigs fly," the father side.
Islam encourages Muslims to lie to us infidels. This may well be one of those times.
Do you think muslims were involved in the OKC bombing?
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