UNC attacker: 'I aimed to exact casualties' (Mohammed Atta one of my role models)

http://www.charlotte.com/ ^ | 5 12 06 | Observer Staff

[freepatriot32]

CHAPEL HILL - A man charged with trying to kill students at the University of North Carolina by driving through a popular campus gathering spot says in a series of letters he does not deserve punishment.

He also talks about his youth in Charlotte, referring at one point to a school fight he said he started at Myers Park Traditional Elementary School.

And he refers to Mohammed Atta, ringleader of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, aqs "one of my role models."

Mohammed Taheri-azar is accused of driving a Jeep Cherokee into a crowd of students gathered at the Pit on March 3 at UNC-Chapel Hill and hitting nine people. None had life-threatening injuries.

He has told investigators and reporters he wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims caused by the U.S. around the world.

Taheri-azar, who lived in Charlotte and attended South Mecklenburg High School, said in letters answering more than three dozen questions from Shannon Bowen, a reporter at the university's student newspaper, that he won't plead guilty, as he previously planned, because his attack was justified and he doesn't deserve punishment.

"I aimed to exact casualties from an enemy responsible for thousands of casualties among Allah's followers," Taheri-azar wrote to the Daily Tar Heel on May 2.

Taheri-azar said he has cut himself off from his family in the past year, but his parents visited him several times in Raleigh's Central Prison for three weeks after the attack. He's told them to quit coming, he said.

He said he was born in Iran and has lived in the United States since he was two years old. His mother is a secretary and interpreter in Afghanistan for a U.S. contractor, he said.

In his letter, he said the only other time he has been involved in a violent physical situation was in his youth, in Charlotte -- the playground fight at Myers Park Traditional Elementary.

"However, it was in retaliation for many verbal remarks made by an individual aiming to `make fun' of me earlier that day in the classroom," Taheri-azar said.

His letter also describes, step by step, his preparations on the day of his alleged attack on the students. He says he never considered committing suicide but expected police to kill him after he drove into the Pit.

Taheri-azar was indicted on nine counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

A complete transcript of the letter is available at the newspaper's Web site, www.dailytarheel.com.

[freepatriot32]

hmm and he still isnt being charged under the patriot act but these people have. Kinda interesting i think

A New Jersey man accused with using a laser to beam pilots of two planes has been charged under the Patriot Act. The FBI has acknowledged that the incident does not have any relation to terrorism but called David Banach's actions "foolhardy and negligent."

An analysis of the Justice Department's own list of terrorism prosecutions by The Washington Post shows that 39 people, not 200, as officials have implied, were convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security."

The Post report said, "Most of the others were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration law and had nothing to do with terrorism."

Treasury Department figures reviewed by Newsweek show that this year the Feds have used the Patriot Act to conduct searches on 962 suspects, yielding "hits" on 6,397 financial records. Of those, two thirds (4,261) were in money-laundering cases with no terror connection. Among the agencies making requests, Newsweek has learned, were the IRS (which investigates tax fraud), the Postal Service (postal fraud) and the Secret Service counterfeiting). One request came from the Agriculture Department -- a case that apparently involved food stamp fraud.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri filed an action against PayPal for violating the PATRIOT Act (18 U.S.C. 1960), based on PayPal's use in processing funds transfered for online gambling."

There are other troublesome aspects of The Patriot Act. Take, for example, Title III, aimed at money laundering. This became part of the Act at the insistence of Democrats that include Senators Daschle and Kerry. The Justice Department has used it to investigate corruption allegations against a Las Vegas strip club owner!

Homeland Security saves America by busting a toy store owner for legally selling a Rubik's Cube knockoff

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

The bum was caught red-handed and admitted to the terrorist act.

No trial necessary.....fry him now and I'll gladly pull the switch!!

[freepatriot32]

ping

[RodgerD]

Send him to meet his hero ASAP.

[sgtbono2002]

***. He says he never considered committing suicide but expected police to kill him after he drove into the Pit. **

Too bad they didnt. Would have saved us a lot of time and money.

[PeteB570]

It's that Religion of Peace stuff again.

Libs et al will only realize the danger when its too late.

Me? I believe they want to make Islam the only religion on earth.

[TASMANIANRED]

Moussai defense.

Admit everything so the jury thinks you are nuts.

[Doe Eyes]

No trial necessary.....fry him now and I'll gladly pull the switch!!

I don't have a problem with a trial.

[Blood of Tyrants]

No, no, we are not lawless idiots like they are. First, we give him a trial and THEN we fry the bastard.

[SandRat]

The bum was caught red-handed and admitted to the terrorist act.

No trial necessary.....fry him now and I'll gladly pull the switch!!

Slow down,.... don't fry him so fast....let 72 Robust and Hearty North Carolina fellow Inmates "PUNK Him" then fry him.

[TASMANIANRED]

You have to understand the minds of Islamists.

It is perfectly acceptable to take murderous retaliation for slights that exist only in your own minds, it is acceptable to take murderous retaliation for events that happened hundreds of years in the past.

It is completely acceptable to retaliate against people who have absolutely nothing to do with your gripe.

It is acceptable to sentence a young girl to gang rape due to an offense by her brother.

Baseline...They are freaking insane from the womb to the grave.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

JIHAD WATCH.org: "LETTERS FROM A JIHADIST" (May 12, 2006)

"www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/documents/nvtzn901.pdf"

"www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/documents/jzjo063s.pdf"

"www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/documents/sso4z6b1.pdf"

"www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/documents/1qpl8zv6.pdf"

"www.dailytarheel.com/media/paper885/documents/7g8n90x5.pdf"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "KILLING FOR ALLAH" by Robert Spencer (March 29, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (HERALD SUN): "A TERRORIST'S LETTER" (March 27, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "MAN CHARGED IN UNC ASSAULT CLAIMS QURAN SUPPORTS ATTACK" (March 15, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "MORE ON THE NORTH CAROLINA JIHADI, MOHAMMED TAHERI-AZAR" (March 14, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "SUDDEN JIHAD SYNDROME" by Daniel Pipes (March 14, 2006)

ABClocal.go.com: Durham - "TAHERI-AZAR WRITES TO EYEWITNESS NEWS" (March 14, 2006)

"a.abclocal.go.com/three/wtvd/pdf/031406letter.pdf"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "TARHEEL JIHAD" (March 8, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN - Weblog: "TAR HEEL TERRORIST: 'EYE FOR AN EYE'" (March 7, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "NORTH CAROLINA TARHEEL TERROR" (March 7, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (WRAL.com): "STUDENTS TO PROTEST UNC's RELUCTANCE TO LABEL PIT INCIDENT TERRORISM" (March 6, 2006)

HUMAN EVENTS Online.com: "RELIGIOUS TERRORISM STRIKES CHAPEL HILL" by Jillian Bandes (March 3, 2006)

DAILY TARHEEL.com: "JEEP CRASHES THROUGH THE PIT" (March 3, 2006)

DailyTarheel.com

[Paladin2]

Make StarTrek true.

[PeteB570]

You are most right in your post.

Well, at least the libs in the US will be able to see the fall of Eurabia.

But of course then they will say "See, See, we need to be nicer to the Muslims in the US. That way they will love us."

[ncountylee]

No trial necessary.....fry him now and I'll gladly pull the switch!!

Pork him up before you send him to meet Mad Moe.

[Shannon]

Mohammed Taheri-azar is accused of driving a Jeep Cherokee into a crowd of students gathered at the Pit on March 3 at UNC-Chapel Hill and hitting nine people. None had life-threatening injuries.

The Charlotte Observer is a real piece of work. That sentence "None had life-threatening injuries" seemed odd. Was that supposed to lessen what he did??

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. WELCOME ABOARD!!!

[ishabibble]

More like fallout of the Moussai verdict.
The Arab world sees this very differently than we do, and this POS is now going to play games in our courts just like ZM has done for nearly 5 yrs. Give this animal what Moussai should have had, a military trial. Then hang him.

To the one juror who queered the Moussai death sentence, I hope you burn in hell for all eternity.

[Spktyr]

What, you're thinking the Eugenics Wars?

[IonInsights]

make muslims and islam EXTINCT

does this include the muslims that are fighting with us in Iraq and Afghanistan?. Knee jerk genocidal solutions are not helpful. What is needed is Islam is a reformation, not an extermination.

[Spktyr]

I wonder - does NC have different sentences for attempted murder versus murder?

[rawcatslyentist]

>"No trial necessary.....fry him now and I'll gladly pull the switch!!">

How about a lethal injection of hog fat, right after the sex change surgery!

[Libloather]

...says in a series of letters he does not deserve punishment.

Most perps say the very same thing.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark Thursday May 11, 2006. Clinton is in Denmark on a private visit. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

[Redbob]

It's a pity lynch mobs are so out of favor these days...

[BRITinUSA]

This kind of attack is the most likely to succeed in this country. The guy who supports the terrorists and decides - on his own - to carry out an attack. He tells no-one about it, so there are no phone-conversations to tap into, no email to intercept.

The attack just happens, I suspect there will be more of these in the future, shooting sprees at shopping malls and schools.

We live in dangerous times.

[devolve]

A MEXICAN GENERAL IS IN DC TO ADVISE AND CONSULT ON ILLEGALS LEGISTLATION? JUST WHAT ARE THEY DRINKING? \|

[MaDeuce]

How many muslims are there in the US? When you figure that out, that is how many potential terrorists we have in this country, just waiting to pull a similar stunt.

[dirtbiker]

What is needed is Islam is a reformation, not an extermination.

THAT is what I meant! I'm not talking about genocidal reform, I'm referring to more of a theological reform....

(Jeez, talk about jerking knees...)

[LSUfan]

A few observations:

1. A lone wolf terrorist like this guy is dangerous because you can't infiltrate him, like you can a cell. One day he just gets in a SUV and runs down 9 people.

2. His hero is Mohammed Atta, a Sunni member of Al Qaeda, whereas this guy is almost certainly Shiite. More proof that the quaint notion of hatred between Shiites and Sunnis should give us comfort is nonsense.

3. This happened in the same city, Charlotte, where a Hezbollah cell was uncovered a few years back. I don't believe in coincidences. There is a Jihadist problem in Charlotte. This guy didn't get his hatred just from watching Fox News. My guess is there is an Islamic 'community center' or mosque in the vicinity spreading some unsavory, radical hatred.

[TASMANIANRED]

Imams are the center of the evil.

[Paladin2]

Not necessarily, just remembering the observation that there are no Arabs/Islamists on the Enterprise as they have apparently been eliminated for some reason.

[Shannon]

I have no idea.

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping LSUfan.
Those are interesting observations.

[Spktyr]

There were a few Arab actors on the Enterprise. All the ones that I can recall were either redshirts (the security guys that beam down to a planet and invariably get killed in some imaginative way in the next six minutes and are credited as something like 'Red Shirt #4') or were in engineering and got killed when a conduit blows up or the warp core takes a dump (in fact, they're only seen right before and during said explosion...).

It is true that there were no Arabs/Islamics on the bridge crew...

[potlatch]

Taheri-azar

And these people live around us, in our cities, and we never know what they are thinking or planning.

Thanks for the ping

[Czar]

"There is a Jihadist problem in Charlotte. This guy didn't get his hatred just from watching Fox News. My guess is there is an Islamic 'community center' or mosque in the vicinity spreading some unsavory, radical hatred."

I agree. And it's not limited to Charlotte.

The Washington PC doctrine keeps getting in the way of flushing this stuff out into the open. Hard to see much changing as long as we have "compassionate conservatism" and "new tone in Washington". A federal government that has largely abandoned real border security and believes in rewarding illegal aliens with amnesty (aka "path to citizenship") is unlikely to start cracking down on these Muslim cells and mosques.

[LSUfan]

So sad and so true.