Updating The UNC Terror Incident
Reza Taheri-azar, the UNC alumnus of 2005 that drove an SUV through UNC's Pit last week, has been a vocal person. Mary Katherine Ham and Michelle Malkin have the updates I am about to run down for our readers.
First, there is the excerpt from his cell phone call to the police to turn himself in:
Dispatcher: I know you said the reason you did this is in a note, but can you tell me why you did this?
Taheri-azar: It was really to punish the government of the United States for their actions around the world.
Oh, that brings warm fuzzies to my heart, how about yours? So, his act of domestic terrorism was to "punish" the United States. Nice. After the education provided to him, and the ability for him to live free, he decides to repay the nation by attempting to murder innocent university students. And make no mistake, murder was his intent; clearly identified by his statement to the press:
Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, smiled and waved before his hearing Monday. Taheri-azar told the courtroom that he was "thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah."
As he left court, Taheri-Azar told reporters, "the truth is my lawyer." When asked if he was trying to kill people, he said yes.
Charming, is he not? Yes, his intent was to kill innocent people. This entire incident should be treated as an act of domestic terrorism. He should be charged under the Patriot Act for attempting and carrying out an act of terrorism on United States soil. He may think he was bringing the "will of Allah" to America, but he is dead wrong. He brought hate to this soil. He brought fear to a community; a community that helped him achieve his endeavors in higher education.
He has stated that he will represent himself at his trial, and he is confidant that the will of Allah will show his innocence. His innocence? Is that what one calls the attempted murder of nine university students? Is that what these people believe terrorism is? Do they believe they are innocent of any wrongdoing?
Moderate Muslims tend to disagree with such ideas. They consider the radical's embrace of this sort of Islam to be an affront to them. They do not practice the bloody path that these animalistic zealots have embraced, nor could they conceive of ever embracing such delusions.
I was appalled the day this occurred, and today I am sickened by it. This person was not unstable or insane. He was completely aware of what he was doing, and why he was doing it. The letter alluded to by the dispatcher of the 9-1-1 call has yet to be mentioned by police or FBI. I am curious to see what it says. No doubt it is being analyzed by the FBI to see what all it entails. I am sure they are also cross-referencing it to any sort of jihadist tapes or literature that was found at this man's apartment.
It should be noted that this is the second incident of terror on a college campus. Remember the OU bomber from a couple months back that blew himself up outside of the footbnall stadium on the campus? The one that authorities believe committed suicide in public to send a message? The same one that authorities poo-poo the idea of him actually committing an act of terror despite all the evidence located in his apartment? Yes, that one. This makes number two.
It is time for the government to pay a bit more attention to what is going on. Two incidents of terror on university campuses in the last few months would raise my eyebrows. I am wondering where the intelligence analysts are on this one. Furthermore, what was found in Reza's apartment? I am extremely curious to what authorities found there. Was their something they can point to that can lead them in the direction of a possible cell in North Carolina? There was evidence that the OU bomber had frequented a mosque in the area, and that friends said as he spent more time there, he became more distant to them. Coincidence? Maybe, but I am not holding my breath. Call me overly suspicious, but something does not seem quite right here.
Part of that feeling is how Reza is being charged. I said it before and I will say it again. Indeed, Michelle Malkin asks the simplest of all questions: Can we call this terrorism now? Anything less would be uncivilized. It was an act of terrorism, and he should be charged appropriately.
The Bunny ;)
Reza Taheri-azar, the UNC alumnus of 2005 that drove an SUV through UNC's Pit last week, has been a vocal person. Mary Katherine Ham and Michelle Malkin have the updates I am about to run down for our readers.
First, there is the excerpt from his cell phone call to the police to turn himself in:
Dispatcher: I know you said the reason you did this is in a note, but can you tell me why you did this?
Taheri-azar: It was really to punish the government of the United States for their actions around the world.
Oh, that brings warm fuzzies to my heart, how about yours? So, his act of domestic terrorism was to "punish" the United States. Nice. After the education provided to him, and the ability for him to live free, he decides to repay the nation by attempting to murder innocent university students. And make no mistake, murder was his intent; clearly identified by his statement to the press:
Mohammad Taheri-azar, a 2005 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, smiled and waved before his hearing Monday. Taheri-azar told the courtroom that he was "thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah."
As he left court, Taheri-Azar told reporters, "the truth is my lawyer." When asked if he was trying to kill people, he said yes.
Charming, is he not? Yes, his intent was to kill innocent people. This entire incident should be treated as an act of domestic terrorism. He should be charged under the Patriot Act for attempting and carrying out an act of terrorism on United States soil. He may think he was bringing the "will of Allah" to America, but he is dead wrong. He brought hate to this soil. He brought fear to a community; a community that helped him achieve his endeavors in higher education.
He has stated that he will represent himself at his trial, and he is confidant that the will of Allah will show his innocence. His innocence? Is that what one calls the attempted murder of nine university students? Is that what these people believe terrorism is? Do they believe they are innocent of any wrongdoing?
Moderate Muslims tend to disagree with such ideas. They consider the radical's embrace of this sort of Islam to be an affront to them. They do not practice the bloody path that these animalistic zealots have embraced, nor could they conceive of ever embracing such delusions.
I was appalled the day this occurred, and today I am sickened by it. This person was not unstable or insane. He was completely aware of what he was doing, and why he was doing it. The letter alluded to by the dispatcher of the 9-1-1 call has yet to be mentioned by police or FBI. I am curious to see what it says. No doubt it is being analyzed by the FBI to see what all it entails. I am sure they are also cross-referencing it to any sort of jihadist tapes or literature that was found at this man's apartment.
It should be noted that this is the second incident of terror on a college campus. Remember the OU bomber from a couple months back that blew himself up outside of the footbnall stadium on the campus? The one that authorities believe committed suicide in public to send a message? The same one that authorities poo-poo the idea of him actually committing an act of terror despite all the evidence located in his apartment? Yes, that one. This makes number two.
It is time for the government to pay a bit more attention to what is going on. Two incidents of terror on university campuses in the last few months would raise my eyebrows. I am wondering where the intelligence analysts are on this one. Furthermore, what was found in Reza's apartment? I am extremely curious to what authorities found there. Was their something they can point to that can lead them in the direction of a possible cell in North Carolina? There was evidence that the OU bomber had frequented a mosque in the area, and that friends said as he spent more time there, he became more distant to them. Coincidence? Maybe, but I am not holding my breath. Call me overly suspicious, but something does not seem quite right here.
Part of that feeling is how Reza is being charged. I said it before and I will say it again. Indeed, Michelle Malkin asks the simplest of all questions: Can we call this terrorism now? Anything less would be uncivilized. It was an act of terrorism, and he should be charged appropriately.
The Bunny ;)
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