Were you familiar with the gist of this particular article?
Sounds as if there was every reason to assume a ME connection from the moment the bomb went off. Which explains exactly why the initial LEO reaction pointed in that direction.
Odd that this is only coming out now...
Whether there was a warning of Islamic terrorism before the Oklahoma City bombing? I was going to say no, that it was new to me, but I might have a vague recollection of having seen something like it before. Had you seen it before?
Sounds as if there was every reason to assume a ME connection from the moment the bomb went off. Which explains exactly why the initial LEO reaction pointed in that direction.
I'm sure that was the initial thought of most people in any case -- except that Oklahoma City seemed at the time to be an unlikely location for Middle Eastern terrorists to pick.
In fact, that's an interesting question. Assuming that the 1995 bombing was orchestrated by Muslims, why did they pick Oklahoma City, and why did they pick the Murrah Building? Just to be able to get someone like McVeigh to do it?