Posted on 10/08/2005 10:50:00 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
Terrorism: Three years ago, we speculated that a deadly shooting at LAX was a terrorist act. But political and cultural sensitivity caused authorities and the media to play down the terror angle. Is this happening again?
[snip]
But we flashed back to July 4, 2002, when an Egyptian man shot and killed two people and wounded three at an Israeli airline ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. It took a while before authorities could bring themselves to call it a terrorist act.
So far, the big media have laid off Hinrichs' death. Apparently the fact that he was on a park bench just 100 yards from more than 84,000 fans when the bomb attached to his body exploded wasn't enough to stir their curiosity. Nor was the fact that death by detonation, not to mention a blast strong enough to be heard four miles away, isn't exactly a common method of suicide, which is how the incident was first categorized.
(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
...from the article. Obviously the enemy referred to here is the Media, right?
As an aside, what does Oklahoma have in common with terrorism?
Silly... don't you understand that only from its evil ashes will America will finally embrace socialism?!
''Do you think if Bush could control the media..''
No. He controls the FBI and DHS... If they spoke thr truth, the press would publish it
Contrary to a lot of opinions I've been reading regarding "why" - I believe that the MSM knows that if they were to report that a suicide bomber was behind the OU bombing and that, only luck saved us from a much larger tragedy - the majority of the American People would NOT blame the President.
Look at the recent threat(s) in NYC - in all of the interviews I saw of "Joe / Jane Sixpack" - everyone of them said that the KNEW it was going to happen (someday). The people KNOW that the President can NOT stop small secretive groups from commiting such acts. Indeed - it might even HELP the President by bringing the whole WoT back to the forefront!!
What does the MSM think a young man living in a student dorm would need ammonium nitrate for? To me that, plus the deaf and illiterate Pakistani roommate settled it. I can only conclude all the MSM is truly "stuck on stupid".
The MSM also had no interest in the ritual murder a while back of a an Egyptian Coptic Christian family whose father had been speaking out against Islam on Arabic-language Internet forums
Nothing to see here, move along
The MSM is really loath to put out anything that would cause the sleeping populace to wake up and realize we have murderous psychopaths in our midst, slaves to an ancient murder-cult called Islam
Bah. You of all people should appreciate that the Press does not live on FBI/DHS press conferences alone. C'mon...
The bank robbing pizza delivery guy who had a bomb locked around his neck (has this case EVER been solved) generated more national attention than this case.
And the media was more willing to ID the pizza guy as a suspect in the bombing than they are this student "who happened to die when a device near him exploded".
Town Hall.com is also asking why.
The MSM have the weekend to figure out what they're going to do, because too many people are going to be seeing this, or get emailed this, and wonder why it's not in their Sunday paper
On October 11, 2002, Vantaa, a northern suburb of Helsinki, was shocked by a bombing in the local Myyrmanni Shopping Mall. The bomb killed 7, including a 7-year-old child and the bomber, Petri Gerdt, a 19-year-old chemistry student from Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology. 80 people were injured, including 10 children. The shopping center was particularly crowded, with almost 2000 people, including many children who had come for a clown performance. The bomb was about 2-3 kilograms, with shotgun pellets in the explosive to increase lethality. However, the primary structures of the center remained intact. The reason of a bombing was unknown, it was expected that the bomb exploded too early.
Yes of course it is happening again just as with the:
1. LAX incident mentioned in the article.
2. The kid stealing and flying the light plane into the building in Tampa soon after 9-11-01.
3. Just as with the Eastern European Islamist who cause the Grey Hound bus to crash and people to die after 9-11-01.
But all of these a close calls. If they are indeed the random connected to religious sympathy but not connected to al Qaeda, why spread the terror for the terrorist. Why talk down the US economy.
Call the random acts of the loners they also were.
Problems with the Fifth Column and the Fourth Estate.
You know I kinda think there are two things going on here. One, as you said, is the MSM being loath to criticize Islam and thereby verify Bush's WOT. Secondly is the Government (read Bush, Homeland Security, FBI, CIA or all and any combination thereof)not wanting to give any credit to terrorists nor reveal any leads they might be following. Strangely it seems that politics and national defense, in this case, do make strange bedfellows. But I would still like to know the truth, just this once please! Oklahoma has already had more than it's fair share of cover up IMHO.
If this kid roomed with white supremacists and blew himself up 100 yards from an abortion clinic, the justice department and lamesteram media would be all over this "terrorist" case like white on rice.
Both the left and the right mistakenly claim that there have been no new attacks since 911.
The left does it to say that we are worked up over nothing. That the patriot act is in infringement of rights without any causal justification.
The right claims no new attacks to say how good a job we are doing. Recently President Bush has IDed some thwarted attempt (Bubba did this in his day as well). President Bush did not reference the plot to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge mentioned by Ed Koch in Fahrenhype 911 (the answer film to Michal Moore's).
There HAVE been subsequent attacks:
- The anthrax mailings were the most high profile and potentially damaging (and if Atta wasn't the mailer, he is either dead of self-infliction or still at large).
- The LAX Air Israel counter shooting.
- Charles Bishop/Bishra the Tampa teen
- The DC sniper duo
- The shoe bomber (caught in the act)
- as well as some mysterious plane crashes.
And this is what we heard about, how many other OU's have there been?
Expand the list of attacks to the world and the numbers amd severoty rise dramatically. Bali, London, Madrid, Beslan. Planes downed over Russia and Egypt.
We have not seen the scale of attacks that we did under Bill Clinton but it does us no good to bury our heads in the sand and deny that there have been any attacks.
If the mayor had even suspected it was a right wing supremist, the media would have been all over it like DC's mysterious "white van" false lead.
Thanks for posting this Sauron! I'm happy to see that others are taking up the banner so to speak. Maybe with enough people poundig on the door the FBI will answer!
ALL:
Just FYI if anyone is interested I have an updated summary re: the NormanBombing at this link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497194/posts?page=103#103
And information from Freeper laz with background on activity in Norman, OK can be found here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498893/posts?page=28#28
Can you imagine the lawsuits against the Federal and state governments if the US were to admit they were aware of middle eastern ties to the OKC bombing but hushed them up?
They are ALL lone nuts, aren't they? Islam is the religion of peace, after all.
There are some on the left who still deny any larger group planning behind the 9-11 attacks and wanted to absolve OBL of any involvement even after he claimed responsibility.
Yes. I forgot that case. Blamed it on blogging.
We wouldn't forget if the media did more than focus on DeLay "scandals" and who Brad Pitt is boinking.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.