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Family: Suspect in SF rampage thought 'devil was coming to him'
AP/signonsandiego ^
| August 30, 2006
| Juliana Barbassa
Posted on 08/30/2006 12:05:57 PM PDT by ncountylee
SAN FRANCISCO – The driver in a bloody hit-and-run spree that killed one man and injured more than a dozen people was mentally unstable and had been undergoing stress from a recent arranged marriage, according to relatives.
Omeed A. Popal, 29, of Fremont, was taken into custody Tuesday following a 20-minute rampage that terrorized pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists throughout San Francisco. Authorities believe it began more than an hour earlier when his black Honda Pilot fatally struck a man in Fremont.
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A woman who identified herself as Popal's cousin said he had been having recurring nightmares about someone coming to kill him and had been taking medication.
“He thought the devil was coming to him,” said Zargona Ramish, who went to the family's home Tuesday afternoon while Popal's relatives were speaking with police. “He is a very good person. He is not like that. What's wrong with him?”
Another cousin, Hamid Nekrawesh, said a recent arranged marriage in Afghanistan, where his family is from, may have contributed to Popal's problems.
“The kid grew up here. He wasn't used to the lifestyle in Afghanistan. I'm sure that put a lot of pressure on him,” Nekrawesh said.
The spree began around noon in Fremont, in the East Bay, where an unidentified man walking along the side of the road was hit by a black SUV. He was thrown into a field and pronounced dead at the scene, Sgt. Chris Mazzone of the Fremont police said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; lonejihadist; popal; rop; suddenjihadsyndrome; terrorism; trop
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To: ncountylee
The predictable PC excuses and cover-up with a Muslim lone jihadist killing Jews and other infidels.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:06:25 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
Even a blind squirrel . .
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:06:58 PM PDT
by
freedomlover
(This tagline has been pulled - - - - Okay?)
To: ncountylee
“He thought the devil was coming to him,”
dreaming about Mohammed again huh?
To: ncountylee
Predetermined excuse for the lonewolf jihaddist attack.
To: freedomlover
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:07:32 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: ncountylee
The Sacramento Bee made it sound like it was all the SUV's doing...
This all reminds me of the old Monty Python "killer cars" skits..
No mention was made of the guy's religious beleifs.
12th imam.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:08:48 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: ncountylee
“The kid grew up here. He wasn't used to the lifestyle in Afghanistan. I'm sure that put a lot of pressure on him,” Nekrawesh said. Makes perfect sense. Every time I get stressed, I hop in my SUV and wage Jihad on innocent pedestrians.
To: Silicon Cowboy
Don't you mean "killer grannies"
Just before it got too silly.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:09:12 PM PDT
by
freedomlover
(This tagline has been pulled - - - - Okay?)
To: ncountylee
Omeed A. Popal, 29, of Fremont, was taken into custody...
Omeed Aziz Popal.
To: Spirochete
"Omeed Aziz Popal"
Inventer of the Popal Pocket Fisherman, right?
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:11:44 PM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: Hexenhammer; LeoWindhorse; freedomlover
Surely the medicating, psychobabbling, tweed-suited fruitcakes will take responsibility for their failure?
Oh right.. it wasn't enough pills and therapy....
To: Buck W.
Popal
_____
What happens when your Paypal account goes dry.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:13:18 PM PDT
by
freedomlover
(This tagline has been pulled - - - - Okay?)
To: ncountylee
The Trojan Horse of Islam
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:13:21 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth shall set you free))))
To: ncountylee
"the devil was coming to him"
Yeah, it truly is Satanic, it's called Islamo-fascist jihad.... but that does not excuse him in any way from criminal responsibility for this terrorist massacre.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:13:38 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Mainstream Journalism)
To: LeoWindhorse
"dreaming about Mohammed again huh?"
No, Hillary. (Or Helen Thomas. No pictures Please!)
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:14:06 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
To: freedomlover
To: ncountylee
I don't want to hear any more of this and am calling on behalf of CAIR for a full media blackout. It happens to be a trait amongst my muslim brothers that when under stress, or, possibly irritated or maybe even borred, we slaughter the infidels.
We should be no more denigrated for this malady than a blind man for not being able to see.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
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posted on
08/30/2006 12:14:52 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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