Several federal sources told the Seattle Times that Muhammad and Malvo may have been motivated by anti-American sentiments in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Both were known to speak sympathetically about the men who hijacked jetliners over Washington, New York and Pennsylvania, the sources said.
There is a direct connection to Al Qaeda from Muhammad. See the December 27, 2001, article about Camp Zero in Alabama, which is now connected to Muhammad. This MSNBC article was posted, again, on FR this morning.
The Associated Press is lying by omission. This is RATHER important.