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Terror in the heartland?
Washington Times ^ | October 7, 2005 | Editorial

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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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: domesticterrorism; hinrichs; normanbombing; oubombing
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To: Hatteras
They are ignoring this because it didn't happen in New York City. This happened in some redneck town out west

Norman Oklahoma is far and away the least redneck town in Oklahoma. In fact it's majority dem, just barely.

61 posted on 10/07/2005 9:05:29 AM PDT by El Gato
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To: popdonnelly

Ok, that must be the criteria, lol.


62 posted on 10/07/2005 9:05:29 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: baystaterebel
Why is this not making the headlines?
63 posted on 10/07/2005 9:09:46 AM PDT by pointsal
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To: Lizarde

"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.


64 posted on 10/07/2005 9:12:42 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: pointsal
Why is this not making the headlines?

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.

65 posted on 10/07/2005 9:14:44 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: indcons

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!


67 posted on 10/07/2005 10:03:29 AM PDT by penelopesire
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To: baystaterebel

"People! Do not let your eyes deceive you! There is nothing to see here! Please go on about your normal, everyday business!"
68 posted on 10/07/2005 10:04:01 AM PDT by agooga (We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...)
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To: Lizarde
did I just hear Fox mention foot ball stadium and student?

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.

69 posted on 10/07/2005 10:05:47 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: proudofthesouth
Suicide doesn't take a "large cache of explosive material

You're right. All it takes is one bullet.

Or one piece of rope, one razor blade, one bottle of pills, one car with one rubber hose, etc.
70 posted on 10/07/2005 10:10:12 AM PDT by agooga (We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...)
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To: Alas Babylon!
It's not like the MSM is going to be mum because Bush asked them to. Maybe he asked them to shout this story from the rooftops, LOL!

Nope, the reasons for the silence are economic, not political...

the infowarrior

71 posted on 10/07/2005 10:17:39 AM PDT by infowarrior (TANSTAAFL)
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To: penelopesire; PhiKapMom; cripplecreek; hispanarepublicana; VirginiaMom; LibertyRocks; ...

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


72 posted on 10/07/2005 10:20:07 AM PDT by indcons (Please FReepmail PhiKapMom and Indcons if you want on/off the Norman Bombing ping list.)
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To: indcons

Is Channel 9 a Fox affliate?


73 posted on 10/07/2005 10:23:35 AM PDT by CedarDave (OU Bombing -- now knowing more about what we didn't know)
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To: maggief

Just refer to him as Boron like we refer to Gore as Goron.


74 posted on 10/07/2005 10:24:02 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
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To: indcons

Thanks for the ping.


75 posted on 10/07/2005 10:25:03 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
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To: CedarDave

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 :)


76 posted on 10/07/2005 10:27:36 AM PDT by indcons (Please FReepmail PhiKapMom and Indcons if you want on/off the Norman Bombing ping list.)
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To: maggief
reviewed their ticket records and determined that Hinrichs did not buy a football ticket from any university outlet

Could be that this clymer forgot the small detail of procuring a very hard to get ticket first.

77 posted on 10/07/2005 10:29:25 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: indcons; harwood
Bomb Blast at University of Oklahoma (Breaking on Fox) - suicide bomber at OU ^
Posted by harwood to Thombo2
On News/Activism ^ 10/05/2005 11:33:04 AM MDT · 4,385 of 4,561 ^

FOX news is interested in this story...I've been communicating with one of the anchors...I guess they're compiling the info that's available in prep for jumping on it when deemed appropriate..This is my first post, so I hope no one has mentioned this...Been reading this thread since the incident!

Harwood's a two-day old newbie! No Viking kittens for him.

78 posted on 10/07/2005 10:29:57 AM PDT by CedarDave (OU Bombing -- now knowing more about what we didn't know)
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To: indcons

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/


79 posted on 10/07/2005 10:31:52 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: El Gato
Norman Oklahoma is far and away the least redneck town in Oklahoma.

And if this story broke the MSM would have to go to Norman and that they do not want to do.

80 posted on 10/07/2005 10:32:40 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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