Posted on 07/05/2002 5:18:49 PM PDT by Pokey78
The Egyptian-born gunman who shot dead two people at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles airport had been trying to force a neighbour to take down an American flag raised after September 11, it emerged yesterday.
The US authorities yesterday identified the man as Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old limousine driver who was killed by Israeli security agents during the attack. The facts have heightened suspicions that the shootings were a terrorist attack timed to coincide with America's Fourth of July celebrations.
The FBI was last night trying to determine whether Hadayet was acting alone. Egyptian Islamic groups said he was not known to be a member of any fundamentalist organisation. Neighbours in the prosperous middle-class district of Woodbridge Pines in Irvine, 35 miles south of the airport, told The Telegraph that Hadayet had become involved in a bitter feud with his upstairs neighbour in the two-storey apartment block.
The neighbour had hung large American and Marine Corps flags from his balcony above Hadayet's front door. One resident, Steve Thompson, said: "Hadayet complained about it to the apartment manager. He thought it was being thrown in his face." Police had been called to Hadayet's home three times in recent months, the FBI said. It was unclear whether the domestic disturbances were between him and his wife or with his neighbours.
His wife and two sons, aged eight and 11, recently returned to Egypt. They were picked up and questioned by the country's intelligence services yesterday. The FBI said last night that it was investigating whether Hadayet's marriage had collapsed and he had become depressed.
Hadayet had lived in America for 10 years and came from a privileged background. His uncle, Hassan Mostafa Mahfouz, said yesterday in Egypt that the family did not believe he carried out the killings. "He was a religious man who prayed five times a day, but he was not an extremist," he said.
The FBI was cautious in its assessment of Hadayet's motive, saying there "may be some terrorist links". But Israeli officials said there was "no doubt" it was a "terrorist" attack.
The FBI was cautious in its assessment of Hadayet's motive, saying there "may be some terrorist links".
Lets see VERY religious muslim, Egyptian, thinks his neighbor has it in for him. And the FBI thinks that there might be a terrorist conection, Boy nothing gets by them!
Of course not. It was the wily Jewish space aliens, they had made a zombie cleverly disguised as Hadayet.
Cripes, these people are unbelievable.
That statement is amusing enough to single out for bumpage.
. .knowing that it drives Osama-loving-sycophants into the cross fire of jews with good aim, I'll keep it up !
It's like RAID !
Maybe he heard voices...."O' Muslim! There is a Jew behind hanging these flags. Come, Kill them!"
Thank God for the Israelis. Had it not been for EL Al security knowing what to do when any crazed Islamist pops up, many Americans would have been dead.
Shhh... crazykatz... now you are being insensitive and intolerant.
You should say that we should all bring down our displays of American flags so that people like Egyptian-born Hadayet will not be offended.
See, isn't my liberal blissninny brainwashing working?
[end_sarcasm]
And the good news is:...that's one...
Who was the Imam at his mosque? I don't see that here? Has the Imam come out and say that what this Muslim did was wrong? Hmm? I don't see that here or in any other stories about this murdering piece of trash.
By the way, I see his name and his background. Thanks, that's all I need to know. Now tell me about the victims. Where are their stories? Why did they deserve to die? Simply because they are Jews? Or worked for a "Jewish" company? Did they have children? Parents? I want their stories.
Before 9/11 I used to post that America has given Israel enough. That we should reduce the amounts of US taxpayers money we give them. That they are a rich nation and that they don't need so much of our money. I used to argue those points with people like Sabramerican here. What a fool I was.
But I know the evil of Islam now. I have learned. 9/11 opened up my eyes. And while I am not a Jew I am with the Jew. Because the followers of Islam want to kill me too. I see that. It's as clear as day. Because they have taught me that by killing my fellow Americans. Innocent men, women and children. And infants.
I hear no voices for these vitims. I hear no sorrow for them from Islam. The actions of the followers of Islam and the silence from the "cleric" of Islam speak to me with thunder. I hear them!
May these innocent people and the other innocents murdred in the name of Islam rest in peace. And their murderer rot in a hell of hells for all time!
IT was being thrown in his face?
I'm just sorry the SOB died such a quick death.
Ever notice that these guys are always middle to upper class? Yet the libs would have us believe that it is the suffering of the people that is behind terrorisms. Idiots.
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