Saturday, July 29, 2006
Seattle remains terrorist-free
An interesting timetable:
On Thursday Al Qaeda: War with Israel is 'jihad' - Jul 27, 2006
“Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."
Then on Friday, a man walks into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, announces:
“I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel,"
…and proceeds to shoot 6 women – one fatally. Six shot, one killed at Seattle Jewish federation. But of course it would be rash to infer any connection or refer to this as an act of terrorism.
“This was a purposeful, hateful act as far as we know, by an individual acting alone," said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels at a news conference, adding "This is a crime of hate."
At Washington Post Online , they’re using Reuters to report the story and the latest posting is really illuminating Muslim Man Charged in Seattle Jewish Slaying
Many refer to them as Al-Reuters and they do not disappoint. Here is midway through their article:
“The FBI was working with local authorities on the case.
FEDERATION HAD PRO-ISRAEL RALLY
Police first responded to reports of shots fired and a possible hostage situation at the center shortly after 4 p.m., when there were about 18 people in the offices.”
I guess that was a tease because we have to read awhile longer to learn that”
“The federation, a group covering the Jewish community around the Puget Sound, had organized a large rally last weekend to demonstrate support for Israel in its fight against Hizbollah in southern Lebanon.”
Not mentioned was a similar rally held by Seattle's Arab American Community Coalition Separate rallies support Israel and Arabs
…nor why this fact was significant.
Which leads us to the utter irrelevancy of this factoid that Reuters uses to close out their article:
“In 1999, white supremacist Buford Furrow went on a shooting rampage at a Jewish community center outside Los Angeles, wounding five people including children. Later that day, he shot and killed a Filipino mail carrier.”
Why not just recount the Dreyfuss Affair? Or...maybe this more recent happening:
“A gunman opened fire Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport while standing in line at the ticket counter of Israel's El Al Airlines, officials said, killing two and wounding four others before an airline security officer shot him dead.
“Authorities identified the gunman as 41-year-old Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, who came to the United States from Egypt in 1992 and had been living in Irvine, California, for the last two years.” Los Angeles airport shooting kills 3 - July 5, 2002
Because that incident, like yesterdays, was also just “an isolated incident”.
On Thursday Al Qaeda: War with Israel is 'jihad' - Jul 27, 2006
“Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."
Then on Friday, a man walks into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, announces:
“I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel,"
…and proceeds to shoot 6 women – one fatally. Six shot, one killed at Seattle Jewish federation. But of course it would be rash to infer any connection or refer to this as an act of terrorism.
“This was a purposeful, hateful act as far as we know, by an individual acting alone," said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels at a news conference, adding "This is a crime of hate."
At Washington Post Online , they’re using Reuters to report the story and the latest posting is really illuminating Muslim Man Charged in Seattle Jewish Slaying
Many refer to them as Al-Reuters and they do not disappoint. Here is midway through their article:
“The FBI was working with local authorities on the case.
FEDERATION HAD PRO-ISRAEL RALLY
Police first responded to reports of shots fired and a possible hostage situation at the center shortly after 4 p.m., when there were about 18 people in the offices.”
I guess that was a tease because we have to read awhile longer to learn that”
“The federation, a group covering the Jewish community around the Puget Sound, had organized a large rally last weekend to demonstrate support for Israel in its fight against Hizbollah in southern Lebanon.”
Not mentioned was a similar rally held by Seattle's Arab American Community Coalition Separate rallies support Israel and Arabs
…nor why this fact was significant.
Which leads us to the utter irrelevancy of this factoid that Reuters uses to close out their article:
“In 1999, white supremacist Buford Furrow went on a shooting rampage at a Jewish community center outside Los Angeles, wounding five people including children. Later that day, he shot and killed a Filipino mail carrier.”
Why not just recount the Dreyfuss Affair? Or...maybe this more recent happening:
“A gunman opened fire Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport while standing in line at the ticket counter of Israel's El Al Airlines, officials said, killing two and wounding four others before an airline security officer shot him dead.
“Authorities identified the gunman as 41-year-old Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, who came to the United States from Egypt in 1992 and had been living in Irvine, California, for the last two years.” Los Angeles airport shooting kills 3 - July 5, 2002
Because that incident, like yesterdays, was also just “an isolated incident”.
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Very dry sense of humor.
As for the New York Times, here's the article from Saturday, a piece from Sunday describing this as a "hate crime" (kind of like a random attack on a gay man), and today's AP article ("Seattle Suspect Troubled, Friend Says" -- naturally!).
Also check out Patterico on the LA Times's coverage.
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As for the New York Times, here's the article from Saturday, a piece from Sunday describing this as a "hate crime" (kind of like a random attack on a gay man), and today's AP article ("Seattle Suspect Troubled, Friend Says" -- naturally!).
Also check out Patterico on the LA Times's coverage.
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