Posted on 10/04/2005 2:49:20 AM PDT by ovrtaxt
Oklahoma bomber
had jihad material
Documents found in apartment of student who blew himself up
By Jon Dougherty
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
An Oklahoma University student who killed himself by detonating a bomb strapped to his body outside a packed stadium over the weekend was a "suicide bomber" in possession of "Islamic jihad" materials, according to a new report.
Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, an engineering major at the school blew himself up outside OU's football stadium during Saturday night's game against Kansas State. Doug Hagmann, a seasoned investigator, told WND he was informed by multiple reliable law-enforcement sources familiar with the investigation into the incident that authorities recovered a "significant amount" of "jihad" materials, as well as Hinrichs' computer.
Hagmann also said those same sources indicated police and federal agents "had pulled additional explosives from [Hinrichs'] house," including triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, "homemade explosive [that is] very potent but relatively easily manufactured."
TATP was also used in the July mass transit bombings in London, CNN reported, and was used by attempted bomber Richard Reid, who packed his shoes with the compound in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy a U.S.-bound American Airlines flight in December 2001.
The confiscated jihad documents "referenced bomb-making manuals and that type of thing," Hagmann said, who added Hinrichs' apartment in Norman, Okla., is "located near the Islamic Society."
A phone at the Islamic Society of Norman went unanswered yesterday. Also, there was no response to an e-mail inquiry by press time.
Hagmann reported his findings on his website.
WorldNetDaily reported earlier that officials carted away a huge cache of explosives from Hinrichs' apartment. Police were overheard telling residents it would take "several trips and could take up to 24 hours" to remove it all, according to the Daily Oklahoman. A canister trailer used for detonating or transporting potentially explosive material was being used to haul items away.
University officials have shrugged off reports Hinrichs was anything other than a disturbed student who acted alone.
"We know that he has had what I would call emotional difficulties in the past. There is certainly no evidence at this point which points to any other kind of motivation other than his personal problems," said University President David Boren over the weekend.
In a joint statement, the FBI's Oklahoma bureau chief, Salvador Hernandez, U.S. Attorney John Richter and OU Police Chief Elizabeth Woolen said, "At this point, we have no information that suggests that there is any additional threat posed by others related to this incident."
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson told WND he couldn't add anything, other than the investigation is ongoing.
His agency has been joined in the investigation by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the Joint Terrorism Task Force; the University of Oklahoma Police Department; the Norman Police Department; and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.
Official accounts say Hinrichs detonated an explosive device while seated on a bench outside Cross Hall, a university science building about 100 yards from the stadium.
Some 84,000 people were inside watching the game at the time of the explosion. Officials say it did not appear Hinrichs attempted to enter the venue.
Attacks inevitable?
While it is too soon to know whether the Hinrichs incident was isolated or part of a larger scheme to launch suicide attacks in the U.S. similar to those in Great Britain earlier this year and those that are a regular occurrence in Iraq, experts believe it is only a matter of time before such attacks do occur in U.S. cities.
Bruce Newsome, a terrorism researcher at the Rand Corporation, a noted think tank, told ABC News shortly after the London bombings the four-man plot carried out there is a "likely model for future U.S. attacks."
He said the four men used for the attack were clean: no criminal records, did not show up on any terrorism watch lists, and were not part of any extremist activities – like Hinrichs.
That makes tracking such attackers virtually impossible, Newsome pointed out.
And, in Iraq last week, a woman pushed her way into a line of men at an army recruitment center before detonating a bomb she carried. The last time women were used in suicide attacks was during the war in Iraq in 2003, when two women in a car – one of them pregnant – detonated a device, killing three soldiers, the BBC reported.
Thanks for the ping; hoping this doesn't get swept under the rug.
"A suicide bombing, failed or not, at a packed stadium is kind of important,y'know? It's a bit frustrating that the media is almost totally blacking this out."
I think it's being blacked out because they stumbled on something much bigger than they expected. It was all too suspicious from the start. As soon as it happened they labeled it a suicide and somehow it got out that a second device was detonated and that was it. Weird. Just my opinion.
Can you imagine if he had had a GUN near a school stadium?? The MSM would have been all over it.
Interviewing witnesses, family, friends, school admin, feds, tracking his movements, what he had to eat, who he voted for, and there would be leaks from the local LE.
And gun control legislation would be in the congress today.
Yup, using NEIN as a "source" is not a smart thing to do. Especially when the source's only reference is "seasoned investigator".
Right up there with that Paul Williams guy and "american hiroshima".
I guess another one of their "seasoned investigators" is that Ryan Mauro fellow, who was 16 or 17 years old last time I checked. Seriously.
LOL. I didn't know about the Doogie Howsier kid. NEIN must have given him a free subscription to the newsletter in exchange for his services.
I don't think those subscriptions were 'free' for anyone.
bttt
Regardless, they are the only source, except for blogs, for any info on this event right now.
I wonder why that is?
Why do people still believe WND? I cannot remember the last time they were correct about anything.
Outstanding Cindy...
Just what I was looking for.
Thanks for doing the "leg work".
Really? Well, guess what--as far as I can tell, everything he's said so far has also been said by people close to this case--the officials just won't go on the record with it. Our local reporters have been publicly griping about the news blackout on this. They can't even obtain copies of the 911 calls--OU won't release them. That's HIGHLY unusual.
There is much more to report, but officials won't go "on the record" with any of it. Even the 911 tapes are being held back, and that's not the way it's usually done around here. Our teevee reporters even said last night that they know a lot more than they can report, because no one will go on the record to verify what they've found. One thing WND left out is that the roommate is a Pakistani, and cannot be found.
Have fun looking. Some Freepers were there and saw some peculiar things, and others have ties to local law enforcement. None of the local law enforcement are willing to go on the record right now, but off the record, they're saying there's more to this than a disturbed kid committing suicide.
Then again, if people were thinking logically, they'd wonder why so many explosives were in the apartment, when all he really needed to just kill himself would what he wore to the game. For that matter, all he really needed was a loaded gun, and I understand he was something of a gun enthusiast.
"Someone needs to call into all of the major talk radio shows"
FReeper Tempest has a page full of contacts. Can you help?
http://www.freerepublic.com/~tempest/
Get the Orkin Man and turbanate the infestation.
Get the Orkin Man and turbanate the infestation.
Students are saying that the guy tried to enter the stadium a few times and was turned back for having a backpack.
So he went across the street, sat down on the bench and was strapping the bomb onto his body when it went off prematurely. Speculation is that he was going to try to re-enter the stadium, this time without his backpack.
I'll never forget the article Paul Sperry wrote about the incident in 1999, a confrontation with Clinton at a children's party, after which Sperry was banned from the WH.
My picnic with Bill
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=20765
also this article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34747
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