I was not political at that time (OKC bombing) or very informed about things. However, when I saw pictures of our barracks, from overseas, I knew it was the same people. Those buildings looked just alike. Then along comes the embassy bombings. Those buildings looked just like the Murrah building in OKC.
I was informed, (I was in politics at the time, was an elected state official). OKC and the Tulsa area have been hotbeds for arabic/muslim activity for years. Dating back to the Iranian situation. Thousands of Iranians(muslims) flocked to Oklahoma in the mid to late 70s. It was initially connected to Oklahoma's liberal divorce laws. Oklahoma is a no-fault divorce state. No grounds other than "incompatibility" are necessary. And of course "incompatibility" can be anything, even as simple as, "I just don't like her anymore". Anyway, I digress...
During that time, because of those laws, these arabic people flocked to Oklahoma. Mostly, young men. They would get in school, marry or father a child, and then, once armed with dependents who were US citizens, they couldn't easily be deported. Which meant in reality, they weren't deported. They would marry, and then divorce within weeks. There were many instances where arabic men would pay women (who they didn't know) to marry them, on paper, stay married for a few months, then get divorced. They would never live together. They would never do anything that could be considered married, other than have a license. Then they are in the community for good. (One even married my cousin. Had kids, got his citizenship, got divorced and is still here).
So OKC area has a large muslim community. And a lot of the blacks are converting to Islam. So when the OKC bombing occurred, there was no doubt in the minds of anyone after those initial witness interviews, that the bombing was connected to ME terrorism. Yes, McVeigh and Nichols were involved. Yes they were in it up to their eyeballs. But they had help. There was a man named Hussain al Hussaini who was identified as John Doe #2. He has been picked out by some of the witnesses. But now the FBI says JD#2 didn't exist. But the witnesses still hold firm. Hussaini sued a TV station for ruining his life. The suit was thrown out by the federal court, because of the witnesses statements. Hussaini left OKC, and was last known working at Logan Airport in Boston. This is all verified by Jayna Davis and others. The fact that our government continues to ignore this burns me up. I guess I wouldn't feel as strongly if I had not been there that day, but I was. I heard the BOLOS before they went out. I heard the relaying of the witness statements to other authorities. But the official line is that "there is no one else involved but McVeigh/Nichols". aaaarrrrrggggggggggggggggggg.