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Seattle Shooting: Yes, It Was Terrorism
July 29, 2006
It's insufficient to simply condemn the murder of one and the wounding of five at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by Pakistani gunman Naveed Afzal Haq, who said he was a Muslim-American angry at Israel. Robert Jamieson is reminded of Tel Aviv detonations, but can't broach the "T" word regarding this specific incident. It was terrorism - let's get our heads around that. Today's Seattle Times update leads with a possible "mental illness" explanation for the suspect's alleged actions, but then notes the shooting came a day after "Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and al-Qaida's second in command urged that the war raging in the Middle East be carried to the U.S." An FBI disclaimer of any links between Haq and any terrorist organization follows. Yet, as Andrew McCarthy of the National Review Online writes today: ...it could not conceivably be more clear that it is terrorism. If the FBI is saying they can't link him to any known terrorist group, that doesn't mean it's not terrorism....not all terrorism is committed by known groups...federal law recognizes the concept of lone-wolf terrorism. It is terrorism because it is a sneak attack -- in this case against civilians -- which is motivated by a purpose to affect government policy and/or further a political/social/religious cause. Any crime of violence done to avenge a political grievance is an act of terrorism. Haq's murder of at least one employee of the Jewish Federation is an act of terrorism. What the public needs to know is the likelihood of other such acts being committed by similarly situated individuals. It's of more than passing relevance in Haq's case to recall the conclusion of the FBI and Department of Justice regarding Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, the pro-Palestinian Egyptian gunman from SoCal who assasinated two Israelis and wounded four other people at the El-Al (Israeli airline) ticket counter at LAX in 2002. As CNN reported: During the extensive worldwide investigation, sources said, investigators found no evidence linking Hadayet to any terrorist group. They characterized the shooting as an act of terrorism because Hadayet espoused anti-Israeli views and was opposed to U.S. policy in the Middle East, the sources said. A recent Washington Post op-ed which ran in the Seattle Times discussed the growing advocacy of "individual terrorism" by jihadist opinion leaders. That is precisely what Haq, based on his own words and his reported actions, perpetrated in Seattle yesterday. Whether he drew inspiration from online jihadist preachers is of interest, but not necessarily crucial to the definition of individual terrorism. How Haq is prosecuted - what punishment is sought, what excuses are made and accepted for his violence, and the outcome after all appeals are exhausted - will speak loudly to our society's true tolerance for terrorists in our own midst. TECHNORATI TAGS: SEATTLE, JEWISH FEDERATION, SHOOTING, KILLING, TERRORISM, MENTAL ILLNESS, NAVEED AFZAL HAQ> Posted by Matt Rosenberg at July 29, 2006 12:05 PM Comments:
sadly....the far leaning left is embracing anti-israel and anti-jewish feelings whole heartedly. all you have to do is go to our "friend" goldstein's blog to see the excuses being floated early. Monday July 10, 2006 was the horrible day that I was terrorised, it's definitely something to be filled with fear and hurt to watch a person being At this time the men in the center of the court yard screamed look over at the men that was pointing to the wall away from where the men was told to go .I looked at the short muscler built boldheaded men he look to He whipered in my ear Tell anyone and your dead. We went into the elevator and as the door closed, all I could remember was my hand bent. I passed out when I finally woke up on the cold floor in a room with some man listening to my heart, checking to see if I was okay. E-mailed Gorge W.Bush no reply I e-mailed Governor Schwarzeneger no reply Attorney General offices called in person very rude not their problem Barbara Boxer e-mail replied they would check into it? Nancy Pelosi e-mailed Two times - replied they will check into it Jackie Speier spoke with a man, whom gave me advice, told me what to do. Detective Sergeant Gil Rogriguez It is politically incorrect to label this as terrorism in Seattle, but that is clearly what it is. The world is a weird state of denial concerning Islamo-Nazism. When reading history, I never understood the period of the 1930's prior to WW II. Now I do. Now I understand the Neville Chamberlains of our day. You can try to wish it all away, but that doesn't make it so. We are in a World War, and it is going to be fought in our cities, in our streets. Just remember, one plot was to destroy the Space Needle. And suspicious characters have been spotted all over Puget Sound scoping out critical infrastructure... remember all those stories? Posted by: Sam Basso at July 29, 2006 10:25 PMWe, those of us still living, can sit around and say last Friday's murder and shootings weren't terrorism. OK. How is that in any way comforting to a half-aware person? The effects are the same as if we say it was terrorism: the bar has been lowered as to what Seattle will accept concerning a fairly large block of citizens, Jewish, in this case; Seattle is willing to accept that its Jewish community go a-packing - whether by individuals or by hired bodyguards - at any social political cultural or religious event. Yes, Seattle is a such beautiful place, O and by the way if you're Jewish you'll need to hire off-duty cops or private security services; other than that Seattle is a beautiful place in which to raise kids. That Seattle is willing to abide this treatment of a block of talented and productive citizens is beyond disgusting. When neo nazis in rural areas rev up their Jew hating selves the newspapers are all over them - exposing them to scorn and ridicule. When local Muslims indulge the exact same neo-nazi hate for Jews, they get a pass from our bold brave press. Why? Posted by: Doug at July 31, 2006 02:02 PMdoug........very good points and i might add....is this really very surprising when you have a state whose "governor" is a racist? after all, she not only belonged to a "whites only" [what do you want to bet they meant jews too?] sorority she eventually headed it up. and her excuse? she doesn't have any good ones. most of the time she makes statements about that time [about 15 years after the rest of the country stopped doing this...that's seattle/washington for you] that sound as if one HAD to belong to a sorority to go to college. Post a comment
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