Teacher who attacked base had death wish, FBI says

The Miami Herald ^ | Tue, Oct. 23, 2007 | DAVID OVALLE

[IronJack]

reassigned away from children

"Reassigned????!!!!" I should think SO! Like maybe "reassigned" to the unemployment line.

[Guenevere]

And they're considering releasing this guy???????

What does it take to keep someone in jail?????????????

[CholeraJoe]

Oh those crazy Amish.

[theDentist]

Never bring a butcher knife and vodka to a gun fight.

[2banana]

Wielding two butcher knives bought at Wal-Mart and vodka bottles to use as explosives, Tahmeed Ahmad chanted ''Death to America'' and told Homestead Air Reserve Base guards he wanted to kill soldiers.

But Ahmad was no terrorist, authorities believe.

And yet - we expel a 5 year old boy who drew a stickman with a gun for "terrorist threats." The PC of America knows no bounds...

[Fairview]

You can tell he’s Amish because he was shouting “Death to America!” Those pesky Amish, they’re always carrying on like that.

[Thermalseeker]

One officer fired his handgun at Ahmad. He missed.

Range time, range time, range time.....

[Bringbackthedraft]

"Ahmad is in his first year teaching math at Miami Central High, 1781 NW 95th St." ...... There must be a shortage of teachers in Miami. Then again, I would think a teacher with a gun or Molotov cocktail might be necessity there.

[RightOnline]

LOL

[usmcobra]

Suicide by cop Miami style, get gun, try to shoot up police car

[Squawk 8888]

If he’s a terrorist then he rode the short camel to the madrassa. “Suicide by cop” sounds like a reasonable conclusion here.

[Guenevere]

...and the nice & polite (according to her teachers who testified for her) young student (girl) who had a butter knife in her locker & it fell out a week later and she was reported...(this is a new story today--she was running late, buttering her toast as she left the house)...

..and she gets expelled...

..but Ahmad is not a threat......words fail me

[rrrod]

Two minor points...
1.Ahmad did not get his wish. One officer fired his handgun at Ahmad. He missed....WTF?!?...we need more range time here for sure.
2. public schools are bad enough already so why let the mussiescum teach?!?

That ought to wake up the PC crowd!

[Condor51]

"Vodka" as Molotov cocktails??

I'd say we need tighter Federal Vodka Control Laws but fatso Kennedy would fight that tooth and nail so it would be for naught.

(as an old (read; ex) Vodka drinker myself I hope it wasn't Absolut, what a waste that'd be)

[Nathan Zachary]

"Tahmeed Ahmad chanted ''Death to America'' and told Homestead Air Reserve Base guards he wanted to kill soldiers.

But Ahmad was no terrorist, authorities believe.

Oh heck no. Just because his "religion" teaches that no matter how sinful a life he leads, kill an infidel while on your obligatory Jihad (holy war in allah's cause) you'll get your 72 160 ft tall virgins and all the hang over free wine you can drink from the river in Mohammads little whore house in heaven. If you need to talk to allah, he's right next door torturing infidels with the fires of hell. All "devout" Muslims are potential terrorists. When will this government actually READ the koran?
Allah akbar.

One officer fired his handgun at Ahmad. He missed.

``Our security forces are well trained and responded appropriately.''

Uh-huh...

[NautiNurse]

Ahmad had been added to a federal terrorist watch list, but officials had long since concluded he was not a credible threat

I would love to know the statistics for suicide attempts by driving onto military bases shouting "Death to America" for anyone not named Mohamed or Ahmed.

[pandoraou812]

Ahmad is in his first year teaching math at Miami Central High, 1781 NW 95th St.

A federal judge will decide Thursday whether he can be released pending trial.

If he is freed, Ahmad will be reassigned away from children, said John Schuster, a schools spokesman.

IMHO he doesn’t need to be reassigned anywhere but a locked mental hospital. He should NOT be walking around anywhere but the mental hospital grounds. He is a danger.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Never bring a butcher knife and vodka to a gun fight."

Unless it's at a security check point at a military base....

[gunnedah]

No,no,no a thousand times no. We should not protect our borders nor should we protect our children. These damn dumb SOB’s in government are as stupid as those we elect. America needs an awakening like a nuclear blast. Dont worry,be happy the motto of the great American Thinker!