Iraqi Students Saddened by Virginia Tech

The Guardian ^ | 4/23/07 | BUSHRA JUHI

[Blackirish]

BAGHDAD (AP) - Students in Baghdad, where universities have been hard hit by violence, said Monday they were saddened by last week's massacre at Virginia Tech and hung up a banner to express their solidarity with ``our brothers in humanity and in pursuing knowledge.''

``We want to let the whole world know that we do not support terrorism anywhere,'' said Yassir Nazar, head of the student union at Baghdad Technology University, who organized the hanging of the banner near the campus gate.

It reads, ``We, the students of Technology University, denounce the attack at Virginia Tech. We extend our condolences to the families of the victims who faced a situation as bad as Iraq's universities do. The sanctity of campuses must be protected around the world.''

[Blackirish]

Nice to know they don't all hate us.

[PGalt]

Good news! Thanks for posting.

[mdittmar]

but harry reid said....

[SHOOT THE MOON bat]

"We denounce the shooting in Virginia Tech because it targeted students of knowledge,'' said Hassan Abdul-Karim, a junior engineering major who said he has lost two friends to deadly insurgent attacks in his neighborhood of Baghdad. ``Al-Qaida in Iraq does the same thing here in an effort to make ignorance prevail so its ideology can win.''

I pray that young people such as this are the future of Iraq.

[ChiTownBearFan]

Its amazing kids over there can concentrate on school work with all the insanity around them.....theres something to be said for them..

[LibLieSlayer]

“``We want to let the whole world know that we do not support terrorism anywhere,’’ said Yassir Nazar”

The TRUTH has to come out of Baghdad and NOT the US media... where this was only a mundane and run-of-the-mill TRAGEDY! Terrorism is terrorism regardles of RACE, COLOR, or CREED!

LLS

[Blackirish]

Yeah...I’m surprised The Guardian reported it.

[World_Events]

These are the Iraqis that are worth fighting and dying for.

[Syllojism]

The TRUTH has to come out of Baghdad and NOT the US media... where this was only a mundane and run-of-the-mill TRAGEDY! Terrorism is terrorism regardles of RACE, COLOR, or CREED!

Terrorism is violence designed to cause fear and advance some ideological goal. Calling Virginia Tech "terrorism" is kind of iffy.

Even stories about a muslim shooting up a Jewish community center because he hates Jews aren't necessarily incidents of terrorism. Bombing a community center and threatening to do it again if certain demands aren't met would be terrorism. An ongoing campaign of suicide bombers against civilian targets is terrorism. A single shooting spree with no demands attached or the possibility of future attacks really isn't terrorism, even if it can be proven to be ideologically driven rather than just crazy.

While you are right that the word is mostly used in relation to crimes committed by people of one race and religion against people of other races and religions, we should recognize that terrorism A) refers to a very specific set of violent crimes and B) doesn't make a death any more tragic or special. There's no reason to throw the word around just to score points.

[Beckwith]

Uh-huh?

Here's an incomplete list of Sudden Jihad Syndrome terrorists, almost all of whom were described as acting alone by the cops and/or FBI.  Their acts -- murder, attempted murder, battery and destruction of property -- were almost universally described as, "not terrorism."

In almost every case, the fact that they were members of the Religion of Peace was the last piece of information revealed by the media -- if revealed at all.  Robert Spencer comments on this phenomenon in this video.

Once identified as Muslims, a chorus of bleeding heart apologists always rises, to provide  defenses, causes and excuses for the horrific acts of these terrorists.

Ali Abu Kamal
Palestinian English teacher Ali Abu Kamal went to the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, pulled out a gun, and opened fire, killing one person and wounding six others before killing himself.

Ali R. Warrayat
An Arizona Home Depot employee jumped out of the car’s path. To drown out the man’s yells, Warrayat reached over to his car radio and blasted Arabic music before crashing through the front doors.

Charles Bishop (Bishra)
A note written by the 15-year-old boy who crashed a Cessna into a Tampa office building indicated he supported Osama bin Laden and that the act was deliberate, authorities say.

Haider Mohammed
Contacted by Palm Springs Police, FBI investigators described Muslim who was arrested after threatening to 'Kill All Jews' as "not a person of interest."

Hesham Mohamed Ali Hadayet
The suspect, Egyptian-born Hesham Mohamed Ali Hadayet, left two people dead and five injured at the El Al airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport before being fatally shot by a security guard.

Ibrihim Ahmed
Cab driver, Ibrihim Ahmed, tried to run over two customers after a "religious disagreement" and was arrested and charged with assault, attempted homicide and theft.  One of the passengers managed to outrun the cab but Jeremy Invus was taken to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries.  The victims testified in court that the cab driver ran them over after they disapproved of his statement that Hitler had done the world a great service by attempting to exterminate the Jews.

Joel Henry Hinrichs III
A convert to Islam, was an engineering student at Oklahoma University.  His student career ended when a bomb he had strapped on himself went off prematurely outside a crowed (sic) stadium, killing only himself.  Police subsequently cleared explosives from the apartment that Hinrichs had shared with Muslim students from Pakistan.

John Muhammad
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint, charging Beltway Sniper John Muhammad with 20 felony counts, including extortion and intent to commit murder.

Marc Lepine (Gamal Gharbhi)
For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's École Polytechnique and killed 14 women.

Michael Ford
This Muslim convert, walked into work at a Safeway warehouse in Denver and opened fire on his coworkers, killing one and injuring five.  Relatives explained that he was being teased at work because he’s a Muslim and he could not take it anymore.

Mohammed Ali Alayed
After apparently undergoing a religious awakening, a Saudi Arabian student in Houston killed his Jewish friend by slashing his throat.

Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar
Just-graduated student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, and an Iranian immigrant, drove a sport utility vehicle into a crowded pedestrian zone at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He struck nine people.

Mujtaba Jabbar
Mujtaba Jabbar, 24, is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center in connection with the June shooting at the Loews Valley Center 9, in which he allegedly stood up in the middle of “X-Men: The Last Stand” and opened fire on the audience.  He is currently coping an insanity plea in his trial.

Naveed Afzal Haq
Eyewitnesses told the Seattle News that Mr. Haq announced, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," and then began shooting. He killed one woman and wounded five others.

Omeed Aziz Popal
Up to 14 hurt in San Francisco hit-and-run spree. Seven are critical. The driver believed to have struck and killed a man in Fremont earlier.

Patrick Gott
From Pensacola, FL, ntered the New Orleans airport terminal with a shotgun and his Koran and killed one and wounded another 

Rashid Baz
This Muslim from Lebanon, opened fire on a van containing members of the Lubavitch Hassids in Brooklyn.  One was killed.

Sayed Khaled El-Waraky
The Virginia college student drove his Jaguar into a crowd outside the Glen Cove Golf Club, injuring four young men, two critically. "He accelerated up the center lane of the parking lot and into the crowd. Bodies were tossed in the air," said a bystander.

Sulejman Talovic
Police Tuesday identified the gunman accused in Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.  In a video recording  of the event, Sulejman is heard yelling "Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar," -- followed by gunfire.

When you have victims of Sudden Jihad Syndrome piling up all over the country, the reasonable person would conclude -- that's terrorism.

Whether the root cause of these savage attacks is in the genes of these maniacs, their religion or the result of a conspiracy is completely irrelevant.

Cornell University did a study estimating that there are seven million Muslims in the U.S.  If even a single percent of that population is motivated to go kill a few infidels for Allah, the country would be facing 70,000 murderers on the loose.

Would appreciate mail if you find any of these links broken.

[LibLieSlayer]

One gunman... 33 dead... a campus of 26,000 students under lock-down... terrorized and in fear... a Nation stunned and in fear... copy cat threats at other Universities. Nope... no terror here!

LLS

[Syllojism]

One gunman... 33 dead... a campus of 26,000 students under lock-down... terrorized and in fear... a Nation stunned and in fear... copy cat threats at other Universities. Nope... no terror here!

LLS

Any violent crime can inspire terror. It takes more than scaring people to be terrorism. It takes more than political ideology to be terrorism. It takes more than the threat of more attacks to be terrorism. It takes all those elements together and more.

The word is simply overused.

[LibLieSlayer]

“overused”

I simply disagree. Half of America has already forgotten Terror is a “real thing”.

LLS

[Syllojism]

“overused”

I simply disagree. Half of America has already forgotten Terror is a “real thing”.

LLS

That is a problem that can hardly be helped by using the word where it doesn't apply.

The apathy in response to terrorism may be due to oversaturation of the term. Calling every murderous lunatic a "terrorist" makes people worried about crazy people in their neighborhood, and makes them forget that there are people on the other side of the planet who are willing to travel to America to kill us specifically.

[drzz]

Great post.

SEE the video HERE :

http://leblogdrzz.over-blog.com/article-6429543.html