Virginia Tech Killer Part of "paintball jihad"?

Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | April 10, 2005 | Debra Erdley

[SBD1]

"Kwon, 29, is a South Korea-born graduate of Virginia Tech who is serving an 11-year prison sentence as a result of his guilty plea last year on federal conspiracy and weapons charges."

It has been reported that the Virginia Tech killer, Cho had the words "ismail ax" written in red across his arm.

Cho is also from South Korea like Kwon. Kwon graduated from Virginia Tech. Kwon was convicted on weapons charges. Cho had plenty of weapons and ammo. Cho lived with 7 other South Koreans. Cho shared a bedroom with another South Korean. No one living with Cho ever found the weapons or ammo or Everyone living with Cho knew about the weapons and ammo.

All just a coincidence??

SBD

[SteveMcKing]

I was wondering what chat and forums this guy belonged to. They say he spent lots of time online.

[COEXERJ145]

And why do FReepers just have to try and make every killer out to be a Muslim or illegal alien?

[Mo1]

Maybe I’m missing something .. but I’m not seeing a connection

[null and void]

*shrug* Everyone needs a hobby...

[FReepaholic]

Posters on other threads have said that the "ISMAIL AX" may actually be "ISMAIL AK".

Following that line of thought I came up with these:

In August 2003, CAIR's former civil-rights coordinator, Randall "Ismail" Royer, was arrested on charges of possessing "in his automobile an AK-47-style rifle and 219 rounds of ammunition"

Portrait of a Wahhabi: My encounters with Randall Royer…and the “usual suspects.”

Senior CAIR employee Randall Todd Royer, a/k/a “Ismail” Royer (“Royer”), pled guilty and was sentenced to twenty years in prison for participating in a network of militant jihadists centered in Northern Virginia.

This Royer was operating in N. Virginia. Could it be that our VT shooter was affiliated with local jihadists and idolized "Ismail" Royer?

"Ismail" Royer was affiliated with Kwon.

[RKBA Democrat]

Looks like coincidence to me.

But still, it’s an interesting little tidbit. Might want to pull on the string a bit and see where it leads.

[pissant]

Interesting. I said early on it was SJS.

[Shermy]

Random workplace/school massacres are an American custom, not a Muslim one.

[Hildy]

And why do FReepers just have to try and make every killer out to be a Muslim or illegal alien?;

Because it would give them another thing to bitch about.

[muawiyah]

I'm seeing a connection. One of the guys doing business with the paintball crowd was shot and killed by another jihadi in a nearby neighborhood.

It's possible that Cho ran in the same circles as Kwon in Annandale (which has numerous Korean eating/meeting places).

[ShadowDancer]

Because doing otherwise would require a thought process that didn’t involve ‘Bush’s fault’ or ‘This is series’.

[I see my hands]

Mix-em-up the letters in ismail ak and you get: Islam KIA.

[SBD1]

I am not the one who wrote “ismail ax” on the killer’s arm, he did!!

Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 years old while Ismail[Koran spelling], was born to Abraham when Abraham was 86 years old. Ismail was therefore 14 years older than Isaac. During his first 14 years Ismail was the only son of Abraham; at no time was Isaac the only son of Abraham.

[airborne]

Maybe he was.

Maybe he wasn’t.

Time will tell.

[Wormwood]

And why do FReepers just have to try and make every killer out to be a Muslim or illegal alien?

Some folks need a devil they can blame, one that confirms their own prejudices and fears.

[Mo1]

Anyhing is possible .. but that doesn’t mean there is a connection

[Eye of Unk]

Because the majority of killers making the news ARE Muslim.

[Mo1]

oh