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Killer's daughter admits it was political
New York Daily News ^
| 02/18/07
| MAHMOUD HABBOUSH
Posted on 02/19/2007 7:53:34 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
GAZA CITY - Ali Abu Kamal's relatives say they are tired of lying about why the Palestinian opened fire on the observation deck of Empire State Building, killing a tourist and injuring six other people before committing suicide. Kamal's widow insisted after the shooting spree that the attack was not politically motivated. She said that her husband had become suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture.
But in a stunning admission, Kamal's 48-year-old daughter Linda told the Daily News that her dad wanted to punish the U.S. for supporting Israel - and revealed her mom's 1997 account was a cover story crafted by the Palestinian Authority.
"A Palestinian Authority official advised us to say the attack was not for political reasons because that would harm the peace agreement with Israel," she told The News on Friday. "We didn't know that he was martyred for patriotic motivations, so we repeated what we were told to do."
But three days after the shootings, Kamal's family got a copy of a letter that was found on his body, they said. The letter said he planned the violence as a political statement, his daughter said.
"When we wanted to clarify that to the media, nobody listened to us," she said. "His goal was patriotic. He wanted to take revenge from the Americans, the British, the French and the Israelis."
She said the family became certain that he carried out the attack for political reasons after reading his diary.
"He wrote that after he raised his children and made sure that his family was all right he decided to avenge in the highest building in America to make sure they get his message," said Linda, who works for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
She said her mom burned the diary, fearing that it would cause the family trouble.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliabukamal; kamal
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To: areafiftyone
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:54:34 AM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: MotleyGirl70
Oh, my. So a documented case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:54:45 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: SJackson
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:55:06 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: MotleyGirl70
OUST ALL NON-CITIZEN ISLAMICISTS NOW AND STOP PROTECTING THEIR TERROR CULT, AS IF IT WAS A RELIGION!!!!!
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:58:45 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: FreedomPoster
Also another case of "media sudden Jihad denial syndrome".
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:58:53 AM PST
by
cgbg
(Algore's carbon footprint is exceeded only by his waistline.)
To: MotleyGirl70
Another sign that these people "are not all there," the Sears Tower (Towers?) in Chicago are the tallest buildings in the United States.
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:00:36 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: cgbg
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:01:45 AM PST
by
elcid1970
To: MotleyGirl70
Islam is not a religion,
It is a ideology based on world domination masquerading as a religion.
No other religion requires total submission or death.
Islam does.!
ISLAM IS TERRORISM BY IT'S VERY NATURE
Shout it from the roof tops folks !!!
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:03:32 AM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Nailbiter; BartMan1
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:07:05 AM PST
by
IncPen
(When Al Gore Finished the Internet, he invented Global Warming)
To: MotleyGirl70
"...the Palestinian opened fire on the observation deck of Empire State Building, killing a tourist and injuring six other people before committing suicide."
..."her mom burned the diary, fearing that it would cause the family trouble."
In 1997? this is just one more instance of The Clinton crime family covering up for their buddy Arafat. Talk about an inconvenient truth...
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:25:28 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
To: MotleyGirl70
There is no terrorism in the US. My President told me so.
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:25:46 AM PST
by
Leisler
(REAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS WALK.)
To: MotleyGirl70
Gunman shoots 7, kills self at Empire State Building Here's CNN's original story on the matter. They should have known the "business imploded" line was a load of baloney. The article states he was asking some of the folks if they were from Egypt, trying to separate any Arabs from his rampage.
This incident happened while I was in Korea, I didn't remember ever hearing about it when I was over there.
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:30:19 AM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Note to Hillary, Boxer and Fonda: The peas called, they want their pod back!)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Sears Tower. There's only one building.
I found this interesting:
But three days after the shootings, Kamal's family got a copy of a letter that was found on his body, they said. The letter said he planned the violence as a political statement, his daughter said.
So nobody in law enforcement opened the letter and read it? Or they opened it and didn't believe it? Or they opened it and lied about its contents (Oh no!). Or what?
To: MotleyGirl70
And for whom does the doting daughter work?
said Linda, who works for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
Our good friends at the United Nations!
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:35:05 AM PST
by
trimom
To: MotleyGirl70; All
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:48:21 AM PST
by
faq
To: Felis_irritable
Prettier than the WTC, but still rather homely (opinion):
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:52:56 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: MotleyGirl70; faq
On a related thread it was pointed out that the NYT had published the letter found in the killer's pocket on February 27, 1997. Her claims of failing to get media attention are false (unless she means local media in Gaza and Palestine), since one of the biggest papers in the US published the letter in the town the incident happened in, on Page 1. The article below references the letter, and another article had the letter in full.
The New York Times, Section A; Page 1; Column 3; Metropolitan Desk
February, 26 1997
By MATTHEW PURDY
1360 words
The gunman who opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building on Sunday said in a letter found on his body that he planned his attack as revenge for the treatment of Palestinians by the United States, Israel and other countries.
"The Zionists are the paw that carried out their savage aggression," wrote Ali Abu Kamal, the 69-year-old English teacher from Gaza who shot seven people before killing himself Sunday afternoon. "My restless aspiration is to murder as many of them as possible, and I have decided to strike at their own den in New York, and at the very Empire State Building in particular."
Law enforcement officials said they have found no evidence to support the contention of Mr. Abu Kamal's family that he was distressed at having been swindled out of hundreds or thousands of dollars of his life's savings, and the officials said they doubted the money ever existed. They also said they had found no indication that Mr. Abu Kamal acted in concert with a terrorist group or any accomplices.
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credit to faq for the research.
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:56:29 AM PST
by
DBrow
To: faq
Whoah! You beat me to it!
Perhaps she meant local media, as opposed to world media?
Gotta wonder why this is coming out now.
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posted on
02/19/2007 8:57:41 AM PST
by
DBrow
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