Cho indicated in his letter that the end was near and that there was a deed to be done, the official said. He also expressed disappointment in his own religion, and made several references to Christianity, the official said.
It’s probably the name of some garage band in his neighborhood.
Seung expressed disappointment for Christianity in his note before the bloodbath.
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Hmmm....reference to Ismael and his ax, a story known to Muslims.
Attacks made on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 16th.
Kills a prof who was a Holocaust survivor.
Shoots unarmed innocent civilans en masse.
No, no religion of peace angle here. Move along now......
Sorry, but I don't buy that for one minute. Of course he registered it for a reason, and what would that be, certainly not out of goodwill.
One more thing, I for one am thoroughly sick of seeing policemen dressed in combat fatigues. It isn't done out of necessity, it is a childish and dangerous game of playing soldier. It effects they way they handle incidents like the one at VTech and how they relate to the public. They're in "hostile territory" where every "civilian" might be the "enemy", and where it is necessary to organize a "combat patrol" before they can respond to incidents like this one lest the potential "enemy population" turn on them.
What’s with the chicago paper getting all the info?
AV
I got this info in an email:
ISMAIL AX: AMERICA’S BESLAN
THE KILLER’S NOTE WAS SIGNED ISMAIL AX (FOX news). It would certainly explain the delay in releasing his name. In the note he was railing against “debauchery” and “rich kids.”
The Father of the Prophets
He said to the statues, joking; then with his ax he destroyed all the statues except one, ... Ibrahim and Ismail kept on calling people to worship Allah.
CNN reports the following; VT shooters guns had serial numbers filed off, the assassination of 32 VT students and facility was pre-planned and carried out with “hired hit-man professionalism.”
“Even among the less serious injuries, Cacioppo said, “we saw one patient that had a bullet wound to the wrist, one to the elbow and one to the thigh. We had another one with a bullet wound to the abdomen, one to the chest and one to the head.”
A source familiar with the investigation said the weapons found at Norris were a Walther .22-caliber semi-automatic and a 9 mm Glock — both with the serial numbers filed off.
Watch how quickly these guns can be fired, reloaded.
Mentally ill, that’s what they are going with here. What an insult to the mentally ill.
Let the American people see the writings they are talking about that were so disturbed. Let the American people decide. Stop deceiving us and lying by omission.
This took great planning and skilled marksmanship.
News reports also said that he may have been taking medication for depression, that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic, and that he left a note in his dorm in which he railed against “rich kids,” “debauchery” and “deceitful charlatans” on campus.
UPDATE: A bomb threat note was found near the killer. And there’s more.
Cho also died with the words “Ismail Ax” in red ink on one of his arms.
The New York Post expounds on the significance of “ISMAIL AX” here: The reference may be to the Islamic account of the Biblical sacrifice of Abraham, where God commands the patriarch to sacrifice his own son. Abraham begins to comply, but God intervenes at the last moment to save the boy.
In the Jewish and Christian traditions, the son is Isaac, father of the Jewish people; in Islam, it is his brother, Ismail (Ishmael in Hebrew).
Abraham uses a knife in most versions of the story, but some accounts have him wielding an ax.
A more obscure reference may be to a passage in the Koran referring to Abraham’s destruction of pagan idols; in some accounts, he uses an ax to do so.
UPDATE: The Smoking Gun has a copy of the killer’s play that got him referred for counseling.
Is this a common thing to do?
Notice first victims Myspace page.
See pic of guy with cigar in left hand and take note of his right arm.
Tell me what you see. I see RED ink symbol on his arm.
Is this some joke or coincidink?
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=19406792
The Presidents of VT, UVA and others
The Virginia Chiefs of Police Assoc.
The Virginia Legislature
...all have blood on their hands for disarming college campuses in VA.
Reminds me of “Rosebud” from Citizen Kane. Anyone see the movie?
The phrase tatooed on his arm probably didn’t have a deep meaning to anyone but himself. As looney as he was, no telling what he interpreted it to mean.
I kinda doubt the Islam angle now, due to the fact that the video has spoken reference to “Jesus Christ.” I’ve never heard a Muslim refer to Jesus as the Christ.
Much data yet missing. We’ll see.
