FBI: LA Airport gunman was an Egyptian-born resident of Irving, California

Ha'aretz ^ | July 5th 2002 | News Agencies

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I don't understand why he just went in with a gun and a knife

Perhaps this guy was psychologically unable to commit suicide directly, in other words, push the bomb trigger himself.

Nor is this sort of incident unusual. If you read news accounts from Israel, a lone gunman infiltrating a settlement or crossing a border is pretty common. He then starts shooting. Body counts are not as great as those for the suicide bombers, so these incidents do not make the headlines, but they do occur.

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According to Paul Fregosi in "Jihad", the Moslems that were converted to Christianity in Barcelona in 1492 merely faked the conversion, stashed arms for the Turkish and Algerian Moslems they knew were coming and then revolted on Christmas Eve, 1568.

This sort of thing makes the ferocity of the Spanish Inquisition more understandable.

[dixiechick2000]

Since he had a green card and lived in the USA, would that make him an African-American? ;o)

"Just being technical, and adding a touch of humor, which obviously was ineffective."

Not at all...I got it.

[ChicagoRepublican]

Al Qaeda is not the only terrorist organization in the world. For that matter Al Qaeda is a second rate financial backer of different cells of terrorists. Osama Bin Laden is just a rich Saudi Arabian who lied about his jihad experiences in Afghanistan and got in way over his head in the terrorist business. Terrorist wise he is on level with Carlos the Jackal. A shameless self promoter that doesn't give a damn about innocent lives being slayed but is credited to way to many attack.

They got lucky on 9/11 when a foreign gov't, probably the Syrians,Iranians or Iraqis really financed and planned this attack in conjunction with a professional terrorist organization.

Al Qaeda in reality on its own could be laughable enough to behind this attack. Or it could be Fatah or one of the other countless Palestinian terror orgs. If you look at their mode of operations you will see a lot of their attacks are just like the LAX shooting. They might have made their debut on our shores like this, but within weeks we'll be seeing more shootings and then explosions.

[ohioWfan]

Since he had a green card and lived in the USA, would that make him an African-American? ;o)

LOL! Very good!!

I'm glad somebody has a sense of humor around here! :o)

[First_Salute]

Thank you ... thank you ... thank you.

[SarahW]

"Al Taqiyah"

They are out to kill all of us.

[dixiechick2000]

After viewing your profile, I can say a sense of humor isn't the only thing we have in common.
It's a lovely page.

;o)

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[ohioWfan]

Same here with yours!

Hey, if you want a soldier to pray for, I've got an 18 year old son in Army Basic Training right now........you can read about him in my article "A Very Different Kind of Summer" if you're interested (link on my homepage).

You can pray for his Mom too! :o)

[sheik yerbouty]

Deport or detain them.

[sheik yerbouty]

Some idiot reporter was heard to squwalk about the El Al guard having a gun.Thank God he did.

[archy]

Hmmm. Egyptian. An Arab Muslim.

Yeah. Like this guy, Mohammed Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Raouf Arafat:

Yassir the Egyptian:

[archy]

Difference: The kid killed only himself. When you kill others while telling people to read the Koran you are a terrorist. However, in my opinion the kid was also a terrorist. He praised Usama bin Laden and flew into the Bank of America building

In that case, do you call the two guys that dragged that black man to death in Jasper Texas terrorists? And what about Klebold and Harris at Columbine? I consider them criminals, not terrorists.

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

--FBI Definition

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[dixiechick2000]

I read your article. He sounds like a wonderful son. I know you are very proud.
Basic training is no picnic.
I certainly will pray for him...and his mom and dad;o).
I know a little about this. Hubby was a Naval aviator in Viet Nam.

[archy]

To me, this LAX case seems more more similiar to Columbine than it does to Palestinian or Al-Qaeda type terrorism"

El Al ticket desks have been a favorite target of terrorists for decades. This attack is more similar to other attacks at el Al desks then it it is to Columbine. In fact, except for the fact that a gun was used, an Egyptian with TWO driver's licenses and TWO birthdates shooting up people at an airport is in no way similar to two screwed up, brain dead dorks murdering their teachers and classmates.

It does sorta bring to mind the attack on Israel's Lod International Airport [Now Ben-Gurion Airport] by members of the Japanese Red Army on May 30, 1972, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP, pronounced *flop*]

Though those shooters, who used Czech automatic rifles and grenades carried in musical instrument cases, [shades of the Chicago tommygunners with violin cases!] were of Japanese origin and consisted of two men and a woman, it's worth remembering that not all the Arab/Muslim terrorists or their hirelings or allies are named Mohammed and have dark complections. Indeed, if the successes of the Boston Mob and Russian intelligence services are any indication, they've probably got some US-born FBI agents on their payroll.

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