Posted on 10/07/2005 3:13:47 AM PDT by baystaterebel
Not more than 100 yards from the Oklahoma-Kansas State football game on Saturday, OU student Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, blew himself up in what was initially believed to be a simple suicide. While his decision to kill himself seemed to match a personality friends and family describe as detached and strange, disturbing facts are beginning to emerge suggesting that Mr. Hinrichs had more sinister designs, like perhaps taking a few of the 84,000 nearby fans with him. Despite the absence of a suicide note, there is little doubt the troubled student intended to kill himself. His bizarre method, however, is more reminiscent of suicide bombers than suicidal students. For instance, at least one of the bomb components he used -- triacetone triperoxide -- was the same homemade substance used by Richard Reid, the so-called Shoe Bomber. The stuff is highly unstable. It can detonate if merely dropped, and experts say it can even explode spontaneously. The obvious questions arise: Why would someone choose to kill himself with this stuff, nicknamed the "Mother of Satan" by Islamists, if suicide were his sole purpose? Did Mr. Hinrichs intend for the bombs to go off when they did, so close to a packed stadium? Also, why carry it out as if in imitation of a suicide bomber? Suicidal people of Mr. Hinrichs' age, it is true, have a tendency for the dramatic, and perhaps that was Mr. Hinrichs' only purpose here -- to go out in such a way as to be remembered. But that still leaves open the question as to how he learned to make bombs in the first place.
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Norman Oklahoma is far and away the least redneck town in Oklahoma. In fact it's majority dem, just barely.
Ok, that must be the criteria, lol.
"To rush to judge others or make assumptions about them on that basis is nothing short of prejudice."
Then perhaps Boren should stop judging and making assumptions about people who are questioning this incident.
My guess is that it is not making the press as a possible terrorist attack because that represents FAILURE on the part of public servants.
Public servants do not admit failure. Pure CYA.
Washington Times reporter was just on Fox NEWS talking about the article with reporter standing outside the subway in NY! MAYBE FOLKS WILL WAKE UP NOW TO THIS STORY!! Hoorah! It went on for about 4 minutes and ended by the WT guyy saying he was trying to wake the MSM up to this story so it could get the attention it deserved!
I've got C-SPAN2 and Limbaugh on here. If Fox or FoxNews mentioned OU and the football stadium, most likely they are reporting last week's suicide.
Nope, the reasons for the silence are economic, not political...
the infowarrior
Just got FReepmails from VM and CC (on the To: list here). Fox News is covering the story is detail. This news is GREAT....let us hope they follow up and kep this story on the top (where it rightly belongs).
Thanks to Fox News and FReeper Harwood for their efforts.
indcons
Is Channel 9 a Fox affliate?
Just refer to him as Boron like we refer to Gore as Goron.
Thanks for the ping.
I am not sure about that, CD. Heard that it is an independent operation owned by the Gaylord family. Will reply to your other pings in some time. Trying to get a few deliverables out of the door before lunch :)
Could be that this clymer forgot the small detail of procuring a very hard to get ticket first.
Harwood's a two-day old newbie! No Viking kittens for him.
Have you been reading Mark Tapscotts blog on this. It seems that the FBI has sealed the files to prevent the media from getting a look at what was found in Hinrics apartment.
http://tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com/
And if this story broke the MSM would have to go to Norman and that they do not want to do.
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