Bomb Blast at University of Oklahoma (Breaking on Fox) - suicide bomber at OU

Fox News/NewsOK.com ^ | oct. 1, 2005

[Shortstop7]

Uh....24/7 coverage? You must be kidding, right?

There has been NO coverage.......

[oceanview]

because there has been sufficient scrutiny and questions by the media about it, explanations, reports, video - you know, the usual stuff. not that this guarantees the truth - but it sure as hell helps, and its better then the media blackout we've had on this Oklahoma story for the lasst 24 hours.

[Revel]

As to what buisness they have getting involved in it. They deal with terroism. As to you comments about them. those kinds of STRONG comments are exactly why we can't post there stuff anymore. They really do us no good at this point.

[PhiKapMom]

I heard that all the way where I live on the NE side of Norman? That was a big explosion. Must be 5-6 miles away.

[PhatHead]

Well, my son is a freshman, and this was the first game I've been to, so I could not say for sure whether this is a congregation spot at halftime, but from what I could see, even in normal circumstances, it would be kind of a pain to leave the game during halftime and return for the second half; and if you did, I am not sure why you would go to this courtyard, rather than one of the many beer tents and restaurants nearby.

If I were planning to blow up a crowd at haltime, I would go near a gate and toss the backpack through the fence, not plant it in a random spot on campus and hope crowds would show up. Especially with a timer, sonce no football games run on a schedule.

So I'll vote against the theory. From what I saw on the ground, it doesn't make sense.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Then those on the "lookie here" side must also have the burden to explain how they know that the capsised boat wasn't also a terror attack. And that terrorists didn't blow up the levies after the hurricane to flood New Orleans.

We can be more suspicious, but we don't leave our skepticism at the door.

[Cindy]

Thank you bnelson44.
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Note: The following news brief is an exact quote:

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/02/4340a3d21b7e4

Another explosion detonated Sunday
from staff reports
October 02, 2005

    Law enforcement performed a controlled detonation at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the Norman Police Departments's firing range on State Highway 9 and Jenkins Avenue.

[Chena]

I can understand not posting from their sites, but to not even pass along a "link" to someone? Guess folks have to have a secret password? sheesh! Yes, it is JR's decision and I totally respect that. However, I do NOT respect websites that act as if they are part of a secret society when anyone and everyone in the entire world can find them online. Dumb, plain dumb, IMHO.

[Just A Nobody]

He now has a name.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1495507/posts?page=3

[Shortstop7]

I never said it wasn't newsworthy. I said if it was a suicide it didn't merit 24/7 news coverage. Wait till some facts start coming out.

Lots of facts on this thread......fyi.

[Chena]

Ahhhhh, the picture is now getting clearer. Thanks.

[processing please hold]

I said if it was a SUICIDE why should it rate 24/7 news coverage.

[Chena]

It's Walker Lindh I think. Neither is Richard Reid, Jose Padilla, John Williams or John Malvo.

Wow, you're good! I couldn't have thought of all those names, but now that you mention them, I sure do remember each and very one. Good job!

[Revel]

I don't like it either. It is just the way it is :(

[VRWCTexan]

"Joel" may have made a big batch?

Waiting to hear that they have a search warrant for the Islamic Society offices right down the street - as the likely source of his printed materials, etc

[PhatHead]

All the buses I saw were on Asp. All the reports say the explosion was somewhere between Cross and the south Oval (west of Cross.) I was on Asp and there was no evidence of any explosion. The whole south oval was still taped off this morning though. I was replying to somebody who had seen pictures of buses being washed, and although I have not seen these pictures, there is no way they were the buses on Asp last night.

[oceanview]

of what? what was detonated, where was it found? is the reporting on this story unbelievable or what?

[digitalbrownshirt]

Thanks, I did a couple of pieces on my blog The Digital Brownshirt about this, so I already had the info handy. Must be a lot of people looking for info on the bombing considering my hits are 3 times normal today.

[VRWCTexan]

Great blog!!!

Bump!!!

[Shortstop7]

Mr. Hinrichs' father, Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr., said he was very surprised to hear the news about his son. "We exchanged e-mails on an irregular basis, several in the last month, and nothing seemed out the ordinary," the father told The Associated Press. His son was a National Merit Scholar who graduated in May 2002 from Wasson High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., and began attending OU in the fall of that year with a major in mechanical engineering. "He was a very intelligent, very private individual who somehow lost the confidence that his life would be a good one," the elder Hinrichs said. "Obviously, every parent believes their son is a good kid, and I certainly believed that about mine."

Okaaaay. His son has just blown himself up and this is all the Dad has to say? He was "very surprised".....??? This is all too screwy.