Four police officers murdered for no apparent reason other than that they were cops? That makes these political assassinations, and that means terrorism.
What particular ideology motivated the murderer and his accomplice matters little at this point. But echos of John Allen Muhammed and Lee Malvo come immediately to mind.
Muslim website calls for attacks against USA just 4 days before Ft. Hood attack
The muslim website kavkaz center published an entry from Sheikh Anwar Al-Awlaki calling for jihad against the United States on November 1, 2009, just 4 days prior to the Fort Hood tragedy.
Al-Awlaki was the imam at Dar Al-Hijrah mosque during the time cowardly murderer Nidal Hasan attended the center. Al-Awlaki also had contact with Hasan at the time of the attack, which he called acceptable under islamic law.
Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad
CAIRO – A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.
Much more info:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_doctor_s_death