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Va. Tech Gunman Named [Murderer Identified]
The Washington Post ^

Posted on 04/17/2007 6:39:31 AM PDT by starlifter

Va. Tech Gunman Named

By Michael Shear and Debbi Wilgoren Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, April 17, 2007; 9:36 AM

Virginia Tech officials today identified the Virginia Tech student who killed 32 people and then himself on the Blacksburg campus yesterday as 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui of Centreville.

Cho was a South Korean native who had immigrated to this country, the university announced on its Web site this morning. He was a senior majoring in English, and lived in a dorm on campus, officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: vatech; vtech; vtmuders
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To: Jack Black

I didn’t write that ... I posted it from a sick, lib site ..

hello?


241 posted on 04/17/2007 8:49:07 AM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
await spontaneous street demonstrations of US citizens marching and near-rioting,

The NEA and the mass media have done their work in successfully brainwashing America into believing that “Diversity is Strength” is real and logical thought.

Orwell may be rolling over in his grave, but the only outrage you are going to hear from the controlled people of this nation will be against gun ownership and the 2nd amendment.

242 posted on 04/17/2007 8:50:24 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Smokin' Joe

I don’t have any idea about the girlfriend or how it relates to the timeline of purchasing the gun as of this reply, sorry.


243 posted on 04/17/2007 8:54:14 AM PDT by Badeye (Think the GOP will listen to the 'base' in 08?)
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To: pa mom
I missed that—there was a note?

From what I understand, when he left the first shooting scene, and wandered away, he strolled over to his dorm room area, reloaded, did whatever, and left a note behind.

I can't imagine why they would withhold information on the note, if there was only one shooter, and he's dead.

244 posted on 04/17/2007 8:56:19 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

Thanks, there is a post up now about a note, for those who are interested.


245 posted on 04/17/2007 8:57:36 AM PDT by pa mom
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To: Strategerist

I agree that the PRC angle is probably wholly bogus, OR that a passport check showed that his “last entry” was on a flight from Shanghai (as orginally reported) after just vacationing or visiting China. Vast numbers of americans, of whatever ancestry, now do that.


246 posted on 04/17/2007 8:58:07 AM PDT by BohDaThone
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To: starlifter

Cho has the words ‘Ismial Ax’ written on the inside of his arm. Does anyone know what that means? I googled it and come up with nothing.


247 posted on 04/17/2007 8:58:18 AM PDT by Rita Hayworth (Only God can make a tree but only man can drive past it at 130 mph.)
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To: dragnet2

I just heard on Fox that the letter he left included a name....something like, “Islam X”...didn’t quite hear it and then it was over.


248 posted on 04/17/2007 8:58:23 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: isthisnickcool

“Looks like the web site where the post originated has gone dark.”

Yeah, I tried it a couple of times last night from a link provided by FReeper Ernest at the Beach...comment 31 (Removed by moderator) here...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818502/posts

...it would not load so I gave up.


249 posted on 04/17/2007 8:58:50 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: dragnet2

correction...just heard it again...ISMAIL X was the name.


250 posted on 04/17/2007 9:01:50 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: starlifter
JOIN THE NRA
251 posted on 04/17/2007 9:02:28 AM PDT by Lazamataz (JOIN THE NRA: https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp)
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To: xzins
I just heard on Fox that the letter he left included a name....something like, “Islam X”...didn’t quite hear it and then it was over.

I haven't heard that yet. Only about the note left behind, and law enforcement declining to release information on the note.

252 posted on 04/17/2007 9:02:57 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: starlifter
Not to discount the tragic shooting deaths of 30+ people, but the media frenzy has caused me to put that number of deaths into perspective. Why doesn't the media focus as much attention on the annual number of auto fatalities? Would you care to guess how many people die on our highways every year? I found a document on the national Department of Transporation website at: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/nhtsa1200.htm which provides the answer for the year of 1999. "The total number of people killed was down slightly from 41,471 in 1998 to 41,345 in 1999". That averages 113 people per day, every day! Where is the outrage over that? Where are the headlines? Where is the call to ban automobiles? The media agenda is obvious.
253 posted on 04/17/2007 9:04:24 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: dragnet2

I just corrected to you..it was Ismail X.

He railed against rich kids and something about a corrupt culture. Signed the note: Ismail X


254 posted on 04/17/2007 9:04:45 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: dragnet2

Chicago Tribune is writing the following:

“The note included a rambling list of grievances, according to sources. Cho had shown recent signs of violent, aberrant behavior, according to an investigative source, including setting a fire in a dorm room and allegedly stalking some women.

A note believed to have been written by Cho was found in his dorm room that railed against “rich kids,” “debauchery” and “deceitful charlatans” on campus.

The English major from Centreville, Va., a rapidly growing suburb of Washington, D.C., came to the United States in 1992, an investigative source said. He was a legal permanent resident.

His family runs a dry cleaning business and he has a sister who graduated from Princeton University.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-070417vtech-shootings,0,1137509.story?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea


255 posted on 04/17/2007 9:06:40 AM PDT by Republican Red (America is our home team, if you don't want to root for the home team then get out of the stadium)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Have you heard any details about the supposed note he had in his backpack. I read on another thread that it was signed ‘Ismael X’ but there weren’t any other details.


256 posted on 04/17/2007 9:08:36 AM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Who the hell carries around purchase receipts in a backpack?

Those of us who just shove our receipts into the black holes known as "purses" have had YEARS-old receipts swim to the top.

257 posted on 04/17/2007 9:10:06 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: WKB
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
258 posted on 04/17/2007 9:11:23 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President**)
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To: TexasRepublic
Where is the outrage over that? Where are the headlines? Where is the call to ban automobiles? The media agenda is obvious.

That's ridiculous. What is your point...that outside of an anti-gun motive the murder of 33 innocent people is not newsworthy>

259 posted on 04/17/2007 9:11:29 AM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Republican Red
A note believed to have been written by Cho was found in his dorm room that railed against “rich kids,” “debauchery” and “deceitful charlatans” on campus.

Interesting. If true, I can now see why they are witholding contents of the note. This won't go over well.

260 posted on 04/17/2007 9:13:18 AM PDT by dragnet2
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