University of Oklahoma Bomber -- New Information, Updated Links

Stingray: A blog for Salty Christians ^ | October 6, 2005 | Michael McCullough

[DallasMike]

The mainstream media has been largely silent on the Joel H. Hinrichs III, the University of Oklahoma student who blew himself up outide the stadium hosting a football game with Kansas State University on Saturday, October 2nd. We now know that Hinrichs tried several times to enter the stadium during the first half of the game:

One OU senior, Adam Smith, of Oklahoma City, however, said a stadium guard Saturday night told him "a guy had springed off" outside Gate 6 after refusing to let his backpack be searched.

The Enid News writes today:

There still seem to be more questions than answers regarding last Saturday's explosion outside the University of Oklahoma's Memorial Stadium. According to law enforcement, Joel Henry Hinrichs III acted alone and was depressed when he strapped an explosive to himself, sat down 100 yards away from a stadium filled with 84,000 people and blew himself up.

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Yet, this week we have learned Hinrichs attempted to buy a large quantity of ammonium nitrate at a local feed store. We have learned he had other explosive materials in his apartment, and we have learned his Muslim roommate and associates were held briefly by law enforcement immediately after the explosion.

The Oklahoma Daily is reporting that area Muslims did not see Hinrichs visiting a particular local mosque, as some earlier reported. However, news reports have Boren attending a mosque somewhere.

Sources confirmed Tuesday that triacetone triperoxide (TATP) was one of the critical ingredients in the bomb. It's called the "Mother of Satan" by Muslim extremists. The ingredient is not common in the United States but has been used in the past by Muslim extremists, including the case of Richard Reid, the infamous shoe-bomber, who was unable to detonate the material. The material was also used in the July mass transit bombings in London.  Other explosives were found at Hinrichs' apartment.

Blogger Mark Tapscott is reporting that authorities found 13 plastic bottles in Hinrichs' car trunk and small, round holes in a tree near the bomb site:

A Lincoln Town Car registered in the name of OU Suicide Bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III remained as of 4:00 p.m. EST today in the parking lot of the apartment where he lived and a U.S. Department of Justice inventory of the contents found by law enforcement officials was visible on the seat, Tapscott's Copy Desk has learned.

Among the items listed on the inventory are "13 plastic bottles" in the trunk. The inventory did not note if there was anything in the bottles, their size or coloration. The blue Lincoln was registered in Oklahoma under Hinrichs' name in June of this year, according to state tag records. The expiration date on the tag was February 2006.

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Tapscott's Copy Desk has also learned that a tree near where Hinrichs' bomb detonated displays a number of small round holes and some areas of a metallic substance. The holes and substance are only on the side facing the bench on which Hinrichs was seated when the bomb detonated. The holes appear to be about the size of the head of 16 penny nail.

Gateway Pundit confirms the Oklahoma City Channel 5 News report  and Oklahoma City's News 9 that Hinrichs had inquired about purchasing large quantities of ammonium nitrate, which can be used to form an explosive. Hinrichs was apparently wearing vest with what appeared to be wires sticking out of it.

Dustin Ellison, the general manager of Ellison Feed & Seed on Porter Avenue, said that a man matching Hinrichs' description had come into the store days before he blew himself up on OU's campus. Ellison said the man asked about ammonium nitrate, but couldn't offer a reason why he needed it.

After the bombing, Ellison said he thought nothing of it. However, when he saw Hinrichs' photo, it triggered his memory.

Finally, Channel 5 news reports that Hinrichs' Pakistani Muslim roommate was detained briefly after the bombing:

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Pakistani roommate of a man authorities said died when he detonated an explosive device outside a crowded football stadium was led in handcuffs from a party shortly after Saturday's explosion, the head of an Islamic student group said.

 

Fazal M. Cheema, a finance major, shared a university-owned apartment with Joel Hinrichs III, 21, who died Saturday when a device attached to his body exploded as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall.

 

Cheema and three other Muslim students were led in handcuffs from a party by police after the blast, Ashraf Hussein, president of the Muslim Student Association, said Tuesday. They later were released.

It's time to put some pressure on the mainstream media to begin reporting these things. The more we learn about Hinrichs, the more questions we have about his beliefs and his behavior.

[indcons]

Done, JLS.....welcome.

[indcons]

Updated FR list-o-links with brief descriptions (Update 3 on 10/06/2005). This list will be updated as new threads are posted.

Main thread with tons of useful info and breaking news from day one, Oct. 01
Joel jihad identification thread, Oct. 02
Bomb material found thread, Oct. 02
Explosive stash found thread, Oct. 03
Joel Jihad tries to buy Ammonium Nitrate thread, Oct. 04
OK City Channel 9 story thread, Oct. 04
Malkin blog posts thread, Oct. 04
Sources ID TATP thread, Oct. 04
Roomie identified thread, Oct. 05
More on the roomie thread 1, Oct. 05
More on the roomie thread 2, Oct. 05
Boren bio, Oct. 05
DougFromUpland interview with Jayna Davis thread, Oct. 05
Suicide Bomber Attempted Stadium Entry/5 Others Involved, Ticket to Algeria Found, Oct. 05. Must-read thread
Officer had clue before OU blast; Oct. 06
Jayna Davis’ radio schedule…check it out; Oct. 06
Updated links; some consolidated info from other FR threads….check it out; Oct. 06

[Cindy]

Thank you indcons.
I appreciate your efforts.

[indcons]

You're welcome, Cindy.

[DallasMike]

Yup...it had nails....lots of them at that.

All we think that we know (i.e., unconfirmed by official sources) is that the holes in the tree were the size of 16-penny nail heads, not necessarily the size of the nails themselves. Terrorists in Israel have been known to cut off the straight part of the nail and just use the nail head with a short, sharp stub.

Less mass + smaller profile = deeper penetration of flesh

Check out this photo of the blast site from Northeast Intelligence Network. I want to say that I see pock marks on the near side of the concrete -- Hinrichs was apparently sitting on the left side of the park bench -- but I can't tell for sure. Enlarging the picture doesn't help either or I would have posted an enlarged version.

 

       

       

 

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[indcons]

Thanks, DallasMike, for that useful clarification and the photo. Didn't notice those pock marks before. Pinging PKM and HR too.

[Just mythoughts]

Interesting that NYC now is under a threat warning, could it be something uncovered during this investigation. I know Bloomberg claims the discovery came from overseas.

[Rte66]

Well, we don't really know where roomie Cheema is right now!

[Just mythoughts]

I think there is a whole lot not known, as for us to know would also let the plotters and planners know we know, then a change of plans.

[not2worry]

Well in most farm communities the farm supply stores know their customers. They know when a guy shows up to "buy all you got" he's up to no good....he's either building a bomb or making meth.

I can't believe the cop was so unprofessional, especially in todays post 9/11 world. What was the LEO thinking....nothing I guess.

Where's OK's federal funding dollars going for HSL preparedness? The Governor's next election fund raising kitty...oh sorry FR Viking kitties that was pretty insulting, please except my apologies.

[RegulatorCountry]

"What was the LEO thinking....nothing I guess."

He appears to have been thinking that he had the best part of a week before anything might happen. The little CYA article that the Norman PD put out actually dug a deeper hole. When this off-duty police officer overheard the odd and disturbing conversation between Hinrichs and Ellison, the store owner's son, he only called in to run the tags, and didn't react because the tags came up clean. Also, from this article that was intended to absolve the officer, he has yet to file a written statement, which, according to police chief Younger, would have "eventually been forwarded" to federal authorities.

The unintended upshot of this article: no sense of urgency whatsoever. In light of the reportedly substantial amount of ammonium nitrate found in Hinrichs and Cheeba's apartment, they are very, very lucky that they don't have a repeat of the Murrah Building, but with far more people, hanging over their heads.

Let's just hope and pray that this woke them from their slumber.

[gopheraj]

Exactly what I was thinking too. Little too rich for a college kid and not a sports car. hmmmmm