Posted on 10/24/2002 5:09:24 AM PDT by Michael2001
While not all evidence is in, it looks like the sniper was a Muslim. Huge surprise to some.
All the newsmedia talking heads and the "expert" profilers, have been saying the sniper was a white domestic right-wing domestic. Even as more evidence mounted that this could possibly be terrorism, the networks did all they could to steer clear of it.
Freepers have been saying this was Islamic terrorism since day one. I guess that makes the Freepers smarter than the people whose job it is to profile. But we're really not smarter we just have common sense, and we're not afraid to be un-PC. We are at war with Islam, and anybody who tries to pretend that we're not is a fool.
One of the anthrax mailings said something along the lines of "death to america, death to israel, allah is great". This led the experts to believe that this is a domestic right wing terrorist. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that just like in the sniper case, the "experts" are wrong. We're at war with Islam here people, wake up.
Are you ruling out that this guy might be a black muslim American who is homegrown criminal? Are you convinced he has connection to foreign terror networks? Are you convinced all black muslim Americans are?
1) He apparently had anti-U.S. sentiments for a LONG time, even while in the Army;
Maj. Bevacqua on FOX pointed out that the Army has been increasingly concerned about "sleepers" who are joining specifically to get sniper and military training. He did not say Muslims---quite the contrary, he said the cases he knew about were LA gang members, but the implication was laid out;
3) Muhammad has apparently SOME links to this camp, which Scotland Yard tied to Al-Quaeda;
4) all the arrest warrants have not been served yet, indicating there are plenty of people with information; and
5) the phrase "duck in a noose" sure sounds to me like a terrorist activation phrase. Now,
you are arguing that just because he was dumb enough (if that's what it was) to knock of a 7/11, doesn't make him a terrorist. Er, do you recall that
1) Richard Riady looked the way he did, and still tried to set his shoes on fire? (That qualifies as dumber).
2) That some of the 9/11 terrorists almost missed their connecting flights?
3) That dozens of "suicide bombers" have mistakenly blown themselves up before even gettin in the same county as their targets?
My point is, I think you are ascribing way too much sophistication to ALL Al-Quaeda-related activities. Yes, 9/11 was brilliantly planned, for the most part. But this was their home run. 90% of the time they strike out, and I suspect that 9/11 was their "best and brightest," not to mention most hateful, kooky nuts, as well. So, no, the involvement in the 7/11 robbery does NOT exculpate him as being a terrorist, or an Al-Quaeda-related operative.
Bush has called this a war. I can accept that. ALL of those that we are at war with are "MUSLIMS". I have been amazed that some older residents here on FR have been eager to defend the two that are in custody. As long as the profile was an angry, male, white, redneck, Christian, these same people said nothing. Not one word in objection.
Once it appeared they were in fact Muslims and black, out of the woodwork came the apoligists. It seems that some here on FR have managed to remain well hidden.
This was my profile prediction on 8 oct...
Wow, I've got to remember your name if you make future FR prognostications. From what we now know, you got the following right:
1) single shooter
2) black male
3) Muslim
4) US military training
5) pissed off
You were off over a decade on the age and it was Army, not Marine, but that's close enough.
Are you thinking that al Qaeda, Hammas, and Hezbollah wouldn't think about funneling money into the Black Muslims and inciting them to violence? Are you thinking that every American citizen who perpetrates an act or acts of terror does it in a vacuum?
I have been on those sniper threads since this first broke. I tried to keep an open mind about the case, and listened to both points of view. I actually thought it would turn out to be Hispanic guys, myself. I never considered a Black Muslim (although my husband did).
Why are you so upset about this? I do not understand your thinking or motivation.
Huge disappointment to others(CNN,ABC,CBS,NBC....)"IF" this is the case. If so this whole thing will cease to get the airtime it has up until now. The PC(not DC) police will take over.
LOL. A bit of confusion here. Probably a typographical error. You seem attached to a narrow definition of "terrorism" and "international terrorism." Good for you. I happen to have a broader definition. Any person who sympathises with the folks who flew planes into the WTC, and who is --willing-- to act or assist violence for similar reasons, is a terrorist in my book. "Hate America" is enough for me.
There's a problem with that. The sniper, whoever he is, shot and killed people of more then one race. mafree knew one of the victims, I believe. He was black.
Ah, I love it when those media pundits are proven wrong! It makes me quite happy.
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