Posted on 10/04/2005 2:49:20 AM PDT by ovrtaxt
Oklahoma bomber
had jihad material
Documents found in apartment of student who blew himself up
By Jon Dougherty
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
An Oklahoma University student who killed himself by detonating a bomb strapped to his body outside a packed stadium over the weekend was a "suicide bomber" in possession of "Islamic jihad" materials, according to a new report.
Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, an engineering major at the school blew himself up outside OU's football stadium during Saturday night's game against Kansas State. Doug Hagmann, a seasoned investigator, told WND he was informed by multiple reliable law-enforcement sources familiar with the investigation into the incident that authorities recovered a "significant amount" of "jihad" materials, as well as Hinrichs' computer.
Hagmann also said those same sources indicated police and federal agents "had pulled additional explosives from [Hinrichs'] house," including triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, "homemade explosive [that is] very potent but relatively easily manufactured."
TATP was also used in the July mass transit bombings in London, CNN reported, and was used by attempted bomber Richard Reid, who packed his shoes with the compound in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy a U.S.-bound American Airlines flight in December 2001.
The confiscated jihad documents "referenced bomb-making manuals and that type of thing," Hagmann said, who added Hinrichs' apartment in Norman, Okla., is "located near the Islamic Society."
A phone at the Islamic Society of Norman went unanswered yesterday. Also, there was no response to an e-mail inquiry by press time.
Hagmann reported his findings on his website.
WorldNetDaily reported earlier that officials carted away a huge cache of explosives from Hinrichs' apartment. Police were overheard telling residents it would take "several trips and could take up to 24 hours" to remove it all, according to the Daily Oklahoman. A canister trailer used for detonating or transporting potentially explosive material was being used to haul items away.
University officials have shrugged off reports Hinrichs was anything other than a disturbed student who acted alone.
"We know that he has had what I would call emotional difficulties in the past. There is certainly no evidence at this point which points to any other kind of motivation other than his personal problems," said University President David Boren over the weekend.
In a joint statement, the FBI's Oklahoma bureau chief, Salvador Hernandez, U.S. Attorney John Richter and OU Police Chief Elizabeth Woolen said, "At this point, we have no information that suggests that there is any additional threat posed by others related to this incident."
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson told WND he couldn't add anything, other than the investigation is ongoing.
His agency has been joined in the investigation by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the Joint Terrorism Task Force; the University of Oklahoma Police Department; the Norman Police Department; and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.
Official accounts say Hinrichs detonated an explosive device while seated on a bench outside Cross Hall, a university science building about 100 yards from the stadium.
Some 84,000 people were inside watching the game at the time of the explosion. Officials say it did not appear Hinrichs attempted to enter the venue.
Attacks inevitable?
While it is too soon to know whether the Hinrichs incident was isolated or part of a larger scheme to launch suicide attacks in the U.S. similar to those in Great Britain earlier this year and those that are a regular occurrence in Iraq, experts believe it is only a matter of time before such attacks do occur in U.S. cities.
Bruce Newsome, a terrorism researcher at the Rand Corporation, a noted think tank, told ABC News shortly after the London bombings the four-man plot carried out there is a "likely model for future U.S. attacks."
He said the four men used for the attack were clean: no criminal records, did not show up on any terrorism watch lists, and were not part of any extremist activities – like Hinrichs.
That makes tracking such attackers virtually impossible, Newsome pointed out.
And, in Iraq last week, a woman pushed her way into a line of men at an army recruitment center before detonating a bomb she carried. The last time women were used in suicide attacks was during the war in Iraq in 2003, when two women in a car – one of them pregnant – detonated a device, killing three soldiers, the BBC reported.
It's possible the Jihad material may be incidental. Right now the only thing he seems to have in common with them is a sick fascination with homemade explosives and suicide.
I hope you don't mean me. I just heard of it this morning.
Tell me, how reliable are the news sources that are saying diddly squat about this? I challenge their reliability. Hagman has an exclusive, and so WND is being sure to credit him. Time will tell. People say, "Let's wait and see" until someone comes out with news. Then its, "Let's hurry up and condemn," especially when its hot news not being discussed by the 'big boys'.
Does anyone know how much the media (print, TV, radio, etc.) hauls in revenue-wise from football (or any pro or college stadium sport) every year?
It is millions upon millions of dollars.
It would be interesting to view a national football game with empty stands. No concessionaires, no cheering, just dead silence as a leery, freaked-out public stays away from stadiums in droves because of bomb scares.
Many colleges and universities would go under with no athletic department revenue.
Pres. Boren understands this well. So should we.
This is your answer to "why" there's a news blackout.
Leni
The WND was persecuted by the IRS back when Clinton ran office. They helped this forum get public notice, and people around here bash it relentlessly. Please name one fabricated quote by WND.
I tend to agree with you. It's phikapmom and her eyewitness sources, NEIN, and a few blogs. THAT"S IT!
The rest is up to the pajamahadeen, I guess. But we're all tinfoil freaks and Dan Rather isn't.
No, not you personally.
I agree that there are many excuses for suppressing a free press.
How do you trash a dump?
Exactly. Same reason that jet that crashed in Queens a few years ago 'wasn't terrorist related'.
But when Freepers who are interested in national security over money try to get to the truth, we're just wild-eyed psychos.
How ironic. I just received an email newsletter from Daniel Pipes, titled STUPID TERRORISTS located here:
http://www.nysun.com/article/20938
[SNIP] Why can't they keep out of trouble until the big day? In part, because terrorists, like other criminals, are usually not the sharpest knives in the drawer; and in part because their ideology and hatred cause them to disdain the enemy, leading them to take unnecessary risks.
As a result, the rest of us are a little bit safer.
Why is this story in WND and not on the AP wires?
New tagline:
Go vote for Hillary already, troll.
Cool! I'm published!
Does this make me a real reporter now? lol
Now hold on one damn second there pal.
WND has credibility?
My thoughts, zactly.
Oh f-off d-head.
Okay, you win. I give up. /s
As if I started it......If you really think WND is a great source, I imagine you approve of Farah's story today on Harriet?
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