Claim: San Fran killer called himself 'terrorist'

"In March, a recently graduated student at the University of North Carolina, Iranian immigrant Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, drove an SUV into a crowded pedestrian zone, striking nine people. Regarded as a serious student who was "shy but friendly," Taheri-azar said he did it "out of love for Allah."

"Allah gives permission in the Quran for the followers of Allah to attack those who have raged war against them, with the expectation of eternal paradise in case of martyrdom and/or living one's life in obedience of all of Allah's commandments found throughout the Quran's 114 chapters," wrote Taheri-azar in a two-page letter sent to a television reporter and anchor at WTVD-TV, an ABC affiliate in Durham.

Last month, Naveed Afzal Haq of Pasco, Wash., broke through security at the Jewish Federation Center in Seattle and announced to staff members: "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel." The 30-year-old immediately began shooting randomly with a semiautomatic 9-mm handgun at the 18 employees and visitors in the offices.

In January 2004, after apparently undergoing a religious awakening, a Saudi Arabian student in Houston killed his Jewish friend by slashing his throat. Mohammed Ali Alayed, 23, pleaded guilty to the Aug. 6 attack on Ariel Sellouk, also 23, who almost was decapitated with a knife. Houston police said no clear motive had been established, but Alayed went to a local mosque after the slaying."

These are all stories that are being buried by the media. Yes, Fox is guilty as well.

Instead we hear about Karr.

Another incredulous muslim family.

I had not heard about the Jan. 2004 incident.
susie

"recently returned from Afghanistan where he married an Afghan woman in an arrangement by his family."

I'm telling you, arranged marriages do not work. Ask Clinton.

Didn't see this story on the KTVU-TV website.

Some of Popal's relatives have said he might have been distressed by his return to the U.S. without his newlywed wife, who awaits a visa.

Freshly returned from afghanistan Muslim runs down 14 people and calls himself a terrorist, but police think he did it because of his wife.

Yeah that's top-notch police work there. I see how they connected THOSE dots...

Mannina said the department's command staff released a report last night determining it was not an act of terrorism. He could not provide details as to how the department arrived at that determination and how it came about so quickly.

Standard Operating Procedure.

Immediately proclaim 'No terrorism here folks, move along.'

What about the Oklahoma University stadium near-miss bombing?

The one where the motives were hushed up?

And the difference between this and a "hate crime" is ....?

I for one have decided that I am not going to be nice to ING MUSLIM ANYMORE.....I don't care how Unpolitically correct that is, or if it offends the member of "that peaceful religion."

Meadow Muffin

it should be obvious to anyone who has followed news the last year or so that the US govt will not admit a terrorist motive to ANYTHING unless it is simply forced to, as in the 9/11/01 plane hijackings. any number of other events, including plane crashes, the OU bombing, and various individual rampages against jewish targets by muslims, are never considered terrorist-related.

I bet if there had been only 1 plane hijacked that day, and it hit the wtc, we would have been subjected to at least an effort to call it a navigational error.

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without the internet we would never have known that happened at all (the OU bombing). It also illustrated the degree to which the media is willing to help fedgov manage/suppress breaking news on such events. I think this lesson should be applied retroactively, to the AA flight that crashed in queens as well as TWA 800.

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I bet if there had been only 1 plane hijacked that day, and it hit the wtc, we would have been subjected to at least an effort to call it a navigational error."

actually since the tower collapsed I doubt they could have pulled this off, it is simply too big a story, but if it had only been damaged, I don't doubt it would have been considered.

ROP strikes again.

Bloodied sheets and rags on sidewalk in front of Jewish Community Center in San Francisco after yesterday's hit-and-run rampage. (San Francisco Chronicle)

These are all stories that are being buried by the media. Yes, Fox is guilty as well. Instead we hear about Karr.

The news appeals to the lowest common denominator. Hence the constant soap operas in the "news."

I for one have decided that I am not going to be nice to ING MUSLIM ANYMORE.....I don't care how Unpolitically correct that is, or if it offends the member of "that peaceful religion."

I know and work with a number of Muslims who are good people dedicated to helping their fellow man. I think you'd be doing yourself an injustice if you judged them all by the actions of a minority.

Is that a sock in Rob Reiner's mouth?

Five additional instances of Sudden Jihad Syndrome at:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/08/09/cstillwell.DTL

I'm telling you, arranged marriages do not work. Ask Clinton.

I think he found out. Have you read his book?

Everyone knows it was the SUV that was at fault.

...this is against Jews. It's "OK" to hate Jews. /leftist mindset

I found this fascinating: "Ramish, however, said Popal had disturbing dreams before his trip to Afghanistan.

"The devil come all the time close to him and he wants to kill him," she recounted, adding Popal had such a dream "several times."

My opinion is that this is the result of demonic activity--the result of death-worshipping cult.

"I had not heard about the Jan. 2004 incident."

It's amazing what we don't hear about in the "news."

'No terrorism here folks, move along.'

I guess they think we're pretty stupid.

"What about the Oklahoma University stadium near-miss bombing?"

Absolutely. I forgot about that one. Add it to the list.

Another instance of Sudden Jihad Syndrome:

Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, opened fire, killing 3, July 4, 2002 at Los Angeles International Airport while standing in line at the ticket counter of Israel's El Al Airlines.

Free Republic needs to compile a special Sudden Jihad Syndrome table in a thread, such as is done for the Teacher's Gone Wild.

Also don't forget about those two Russian airliners blown up by muslim women within minutes of each other.

This was like...2 years ago...

an environmentally conscious terrorist --> Honda Pilot SUV

I know and work with a number of ____________ who are good people dedicated to helping their fellow man. I think you'd be doing yourself an injustice if you judged them all by the actions of a minority.

What if I want to fill that blank with "David Duke followers," or "strict spousal disciplinarians," or "adulterers?"

I think rwgal is perfectly reasonable if she's fed up with an entire group that, if not all psychotic murderers, are universally misogynistic and reject western ideals of individual liberty.**

**That's my opinion based on the ones I have worked with.

I had no idea at all this was Muslim related until I read it here! The media did not report.

And the difference between this and a "hate crime" is ....?

Aw, c'mon. You know the answer to that.

Is it the politics of the perpertrator?

I guess the way one stays away from the terrorist label is to declare themselves a terrorist. "Nope, you're not a terrorist, just temporarily insane". Or, "Nope, you're not a terrorist, you didn't fly a plane into the World Trade Center."

"I know and work with a number of Muslims who are good people dedicated to helping their fellow man."

Islam has presented a problem since its inception. If there was no problem, then scholars would be not spending so much time debating its reform. Unfortunately, the Qur'an does not lend itself to any sort of revision because Muhammad said it was the literal word of Allah. In light of that problem, it is unlikely we will see much reform in the near future. Islamic ideology must be challenged before it destroys anymore than it already has. And people like your friends must open themselves up to that debate.

And the difference between this and a "hate crime" is ....?

Oh that's simple enough: No queers or other designated victim groups were involved.

Wait until the trial. His islamic terrorism nonsense will be on stage for all to see.

This guy apparently didn't get a copy of the "moderate moslem" version of the koran. Oh, there is not a moderate moslem version of the koran? Sorry, my bad....

Not to worry though, as one Freeper told me: "Most muslims follow the koran as christians follow the Bible: they ignore the stuff they don't like and highlite the stuff they do."

I've been looking for the moslems that "edit" out or "ignore" those pesky parts of the koran they don't like. I have not found them yet so if anyone sees them let me know.

You HAVE to be Politically INCorrect. Our very lives depend on it. Do not mince words. Do not avoid certain words, change others. NEVER fail to speak the Truth. It is the only way we will win this.

Good one, I was about to search for that LAX episode because I remembered how quick the "authorities" were to declare it was not terrorism (sure, Arab Muslim shoots up people at El Al counter at airport, just your everyday random accident).

This is all such a crock - it's one thing to rationally avoid hyping a thing by asserting things you don't specifically know - but it is LUDICROUS to relexively declare "not terrorism" before you really know anything about the perp, his background and beliefs and activities, etc. About all we do know about these "Sudden Jihad Syndrome" perps is that they all seem to turn rather dramatically toward mindless mass murder and that the main common thread would seem to be...... ISLAM.

San Francisco police, however, came to a quick determination yesterday that Popal's 20-minute drive of carnage in his Honda Pilot SUV – said by relatives to be completely out of character – was not an act of terrorism.

Sgt. Steve Mannina, a spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department, told WND he had not heard the woman's claim about Popal and could not confirm it.

Mannina said the department's command staff released a report last night determining it was not an act of terrorism. He could not provide details as to how the department arrived at that determination and how it came about so quickly.

Bloodied sheets and rags on sidewalk in front of Jewish Community Center in San Francisco after yesterday's hit-and-run rampage. (San Francisco Chronicle)

In similar solo attacks by Muslim men in recent years – including a deadly attack on a Jewish center in Seattle last month – authorities have been quick to dismiss terrorism as a possible motive.

December 29, 2005
a Palestinian Jordanian Muslim, drove his car into a Home Depot in Arizona, for the purpose of mass destruction of the store and those in it. He wanted to set the place ablaze. He, too, inspired by his anger toward America and his Koran in his trunk.
Crash into store was a personal statement
He placed both hands on the steering wheel, stared straight ahead and barrelled toward the front entrance of Home Depot. Ali R. Warrayat hadn't slept in days, planning this moment down to the last detail. Now, his face was void of any expression. A store employee jumped out of the car's path. To drown out the man's yells, Warrayat reached over to his car radio and blasted Arabic music before crashing through the front doors.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=56094

60-some years ago plenty of "ordinary Germans" could have filled in that blank with "Nazis"..... [oh, dear, I work with all these Nazi Party members and they don't seem to want to kill all the Jews, they're even pretty friendly and go around saying how the Master Race will take pity on all the inferior beings.....]

The internet is absolutely vital in getting the TRUTH out these days. It is the realm of the Freedom Fighters, the new patriots. And they will NEVER control us.

What if I want to fill that blank with "David Duke followers," or "strict spousal disciplinarians," or "adulterers?"

I've met a number of adulterers who actually were really nice guys. A little too nice to some people. Heh.

I understand what you're saying: If you find a worm in your apple, you don't pick the worm out and keep eating the apple. But an apple is an apple is an apple, and no matter what kind it is you're not going to eat it after you find that worm. People, however, are diverse and deserve to be taken on a case by case basis.

I think rwgal is perfectly reasonable if she's fed up with an entire group that, if not all psychotic murderers, are universally misogynistic and reject western ideals of individual liberty.**

Admittedly, most of the Muslims that I've worked with have been highly successful individuals working in medicine. They've also shown me that there's quite a difference of opinion between Muslims over issues like terrorism, the role of women, and how they fit into Western societies. Iranians tend to allow their women a much greater degree of freedom than Arabs, for example. And Turks have strong family ties but tend to be secular in their outlook.

Simply dismissing a billion+ as "evil" is equate people to apples. And brother, I'm sweet, but I'm not a Delicious.

Or what we do hear about but don't get enough of the story to understand what it means.
susie

There are two media rules you folks keep forgetting.
1. there are no black racists
2. there are no islamic terrorists.

The simple answer to the question "Why do they keep mischaracterizing these terrorist assaults?" is because the results of accurate reporting are too horrible for them to contemplate. And what would those results be you ask? Why nothing less than Muslim bodies in the street and hanging from lamposts all across the nation.

How about black Islamic terrorists: John Muhammad and Lee Malvo.

San Francisco police, however, came to a quick determination yesterday that Popal's 20-minute drive of carnage in his Honda Pilot SUV ........... was not an act of terrorism.

LOL

"I bet if there had been only 1 plane hijacked that day, and it hit the wtc, we would have been subjected to at least an effort to call it a navigational error." ---

Good point.