Posted on 03/06/2006 6:19:28 AM PST by mathprof
Protests are planned for Monday in the same area of campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where, authorities said, a former student plowed a sport utility vehicle into nine people Friday afternoon.
The College Republicans, Americans for an Informed Democracy and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies are sponsoring the event, scheduled for 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday in "The Pit," a central area of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
Police said Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, admits he acted to "avenge the death of Muslims around the world." UNC police and local authorities, however, say they have not taken a stance on that interpretation, but are simply repeating what the suspect has told them.
UNC-Chapel Hill student leaders said that Monday's protest is aimed at the reluctance of the university to label Friday's incident as an act of terrorism.
"This is innocent people being attacked by an SUV, driven by a man who was doing it for retaliation for treatment of Muslims around the world," said Jillian Bandes, with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. "To me, that spells terrorism."
Taheri-azar, who is currently in Raleigh's Central Prison under a $5.5 million bond, is charged with nine counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.
Because of what Taheri-azar admitted to local authorities, the FBI is also participating in the investigation. FBI spokesman Ken Lucas said Sunday, however, that a federal investigation is still ongoing.
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Yep, but no organization. If he was a member of a group, then we have a problem. If he was a member of a group but acted on his own, they have a problem, because he just blew their cover.
I think he was a individual nut case.
I personally think there are groups in this country right now that want to and will harm us. I don't think he was part of one.
RE:BSU students in Pit,"I haven't seen it mentioned except in the original report..it just disappeared."Maybe some self-editing?Maybe the "powers that be" deem it non-news worthy.This is reminiscent of the OU bomber.
All this talk about labeling this an act of terrorism yet there is still no call for it to be labeled a hate crime.
VERY GOOD POINT!
I never thought of that.
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