Posted on 07/28/2006 4:28:49 PM PDT by VNam68
Edited on 07/28/2006 4:36:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
At least two or three people shoot.
SEATTLE – At least two people have been shot at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One or two people have been taken into custody but it's not known if they are suspects.
One person was reportedly shot in the abdomen and another in the arm. They are being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Part of Third Avenue and Second Avenue have been closed to traffic. Police are urging people to stay away from the area. It's not known if more suspects are at large but policemen were seen handcuffing one person and others were searching the area.
At least three people were seen emerging from the building, escorted by police. It's not know if they were hostages.
Medics, escorted by police, have been taking other people from the building.
More to come.
I work with a woman named Paula. When we were first introduced, I said "Paula. That's a nice name. It was my mother's middle name."
"who cares about a few dead Jews in Seattle"
More people than you might think.
Is King5.com dumber than a box of rocks or what?
Now if a Jew were to wander up to a mosque and pick off a bunch of muslims.....oh wait, not likely to happen. Never mind.
Yeah right, Christian or Jewish Suicide Bombers. Somone going to blow up a Mosque. I don't think so. Nor do I expect a march of civil rights leaders. Probably even the libs at Anti Defamation League won't even march.
Beautiful. :o)
Yeah... I've been around news rooms...:-)
Remember the old UPI teletype machines?
You think people are finally gonna start figuring out that when a Muzzie says "Peace Be Unto You", he means the peace of the grave?
If the security system requires people to close the door on somebody trying to follow them, then the security system is at fault, not the employee.
A proper system allows only one person per authorization, using a two-door system, a turnstyle or a manned entrance. Having employees punch a code and then tasking each employee with supervising the open door means they had no security at all. This is just an annoyance to the staff, and is easily defeated.
I believe one of the victims was at the door entrance. May have been forced entry.
Like I said, if you don't have the right equipment and personnel at the front door, you got nuthin. I'm sure this security made people feel better, but it was not effective in the final analysis.
That has been reported.
The gunman, armed with what police said was a large caliber, semi-automatic handgun, forced his way through the security door at the federation after an employee had punched in her security code. -Six shot, one killed at Seattle Jewish federation
I agree with your tagline..
Whered did the terrorist get the gun? Was it legallly purchased?
Ah, I did read that. Thank you for finding the link.
Now that you mention it, I don't believe they ever report where a criminal or terrorist gets their weapons from.
Well they should..I have been going over the rules here in MO for a Concealed Carry Permit. They are very thorough, intrusive and time consuming. Trace the gun, find who sent the terrorist. An unemployed terrorist probably couldnt come with the cash for a gun on his own..
They don't need to come here with monies. They get funded. Operation Greenquest showed how a lot of the funding does work.
Washington state is actually pretty reasonable about guns and weapons. I can load my Smith and Wesson .40, and have it sitting on the seat next to me, or on the dash, whatever. As long as it is in plain view.
Lotsa folks east of the mountains have gun racks. Few of them empty.
Thanks for posting a reminder about Operation Greenquest.
The Amana mutual funds mentioned below have concerned me for years. When one thinks of Amana, one thinks of the small religious group in the Midwest known for refrigerator products and farming.
Reality: The Amana mutual funds are owned and managed by Arabs. This fact is found after one does a little reading about the funds. However, most people probably buy the funds because of their ranking each quarter and year and have no idea who owns and manageds Amana.. The Amana funds consistantly are in the top ranking of funds in their class.
Remember when you read where their lawyer claims that mutual funds are the most transparent, most regulated and watched place in the world, this was before we found out that many mutual funds had secret sweetheart deals with hedge funds that the rest of us didn't have.
This is an example of why many libs and Islamo advocates are so against the monitoring financial dealings with terrorist organizations and a broad monitoring program like Able Danger.
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/12-09-02/discussion.cgi.80.shtml
Agents Raid Properties Affiliated With Chairman of Islamic Fund
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, March 21, 2002
By Jerry Guidera and Glenn R. Simpson
WASHINGTON -- Federal antiterrorism agents raided 14 homes and businesses affiliated with a wealthy investor and political donor who serves as chairman of an Islamic mutual fund.
Acting on sealed warrants, Treasury Department and Federal Bureau of >Investigation agents seized records from locations used by M. Yaqub Mirza, including a Georgia poultry plant and several offices in the Washington suburbs. No arrests were made and no assets were frozen. Treasury Department officials declined to discuss the raids, saying only that they pertained to Operation Greenquest, a Customs Service operation to cut off funding for terrorism.
Mr. Mirza is chairman of the board of Amana Mutual Funds Trust, a no-load mutual-fund company with about $43 million in assets and publicly traded funds that says it invests according to Islamic principles. At least one of the addresses used by the fund and other entities associated with Mr. Mirza, 555 Grove St. in Herndon, Va., was raided yesterday.
"They're on a wild goose chase," said Phelps McIlvaine, an executive at Amana investment adviser Saturna Capital, which has a nearly 20-year relationship with Mr. Mirza. Messages left for Mr. Mirza yesterday weren't immediately returned. Saturna, of Bellingham, Wash., handles all calls to Amana. Mr. McIlvaine said he is confident the Amana funds aren't tied to terrorism. "The most transparent, well-documented, well-regulated place in the world is mutual funds," he said.
Investigators appear be most interested in Mr. Mirza's role as an officer of the Saar Foundation, a nonprofit started in the 1970s by members of Saudi Arabia's al-Rajihi family, which has interests in banking, construction, and real estate.
The group was established by Muslim scholars and scientists from the Middle East and Asia to raise money for antihunger campaigns, educational and technology projects in developing Islamic. For example, Saar has helped establish one of the largest poultry farms in Zimbabwe and built schools in Ivory Coast. Records show the U.S. arm of Saar was dissolved in December 2000, after posting $12.5 million in assets. The group has raised more than $1.7 billion, in its 17 years in the U.S.
Steven Emerson, founder of the Investigative Project, an antiterrorism watchdog in Washington, said officials are trying to determine if Saar was used to build a terrorist-funding network in the U.S. "There's a suspicion that this group was involved in money laundering for al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist groups," he said. A person familiar with the government inquiry said the links are under investigation.
The raid coincided with the filing of a lawsuit in Hillsborough County, Fla., by a former Justice Department prosecutor who alleges that Saar or other entities at 555 Grove St. provided funding for groups set up by Sami Al Arian, a former University of South Florida professor whom the Justice Department says is linked to the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The 555 Grove St. address has also been used by the International Institute for Islamic Thought, a nonprofit that U.S. investigators have linked to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Mr. Mirza is listed in business records as an officer of numerous companies, including Sterling Management Group, MarJac Investment Inc., and Hadid Holdings Inc.
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