[self_evident]

The shooting at the El Al Israel Airlines ticket counter did not appear to be terrorism but raised new questions about security at airports.

Please excuse my posting this runt of a source, but this just has to be documented. Now the perp has been identified as Egyptian, who went into LAX on July 4 and shot up civilians at the El Al ticket counter.

But it's still not terrorism....

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The shooting at the El Al Israel Airlines ticket counter did not appear to be terrorism...

Did not appear to be terrorism?! Then just what the hell did it appear to be?!

Let me guess, the guy was out collecting donations for the Boy Scouts and it all went horribly wrong...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

But it's still not terrorism....

If this had happened in any other country in the world, the U.S. media headlines would all have said, "Arab Terrorist Attacks Bystanders at the El Al Ticket Counter in ______ Airport; 3 dead." But when it happens here, it's just an "unfortunate incident".

[BlessingInDisguise]

I always love the, "but it raises new questions about security at airports." type comments that they always have to add.

The (liberal) reporters always have the mindset that something wasn't done right, or 'this could have been prevented', or other such police state thinking nuttiness.

It never crosses their minds that gee, anyone can pull off a shooting anywhere they want to if they are really determined. Security can't be everywhere at all times.

[The Duke]

Did the terrorist leave behind a message identifying which
parts of the US Constitution we're now supposed to cross out
or is he leaving that up to our bureaucrats?

[Drew68]

Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, 41, a Egyptian living in California since 1992...

"At this point we have no reason to believe this was an act of terrorism," said Ron Iden, assistant director of the Los Angeles FBI office.

I don't care how much they try, they just ain't gonna be able to spin this one.

They can say whatever the hell they want but all people need to do is read "Mohamed" + "Shooting Rampage" + "Israeli Airlines" + "Three Dead, Many Injured" = TERRORISM.

[Jeff Chandler]

Don't you get it? When the victims are Israeli, it is not terrorism.

[ZULU]

U.S.A. Today is a mouthpiece for the Gannett Gang, better known as the Gannett Press. This is a left-wing news Mafia which has spread its tentacles all over the country. In New Jersey they own and operate such leftist news operations as the Morris County Daily Record and the Asbury Park Press.

THEY should be investigated by the Feds. Senator Joe McCarthy, where are you when we REALLY need you? God bless you, you were right.

[Cachelot]

But it's still not terrorism....

State dept. guidelines and standards, propably: according to the SD, there has been 9 (nine) terror incidents in Israel over the past couple of years. The assasination of the tourist minister, for example, did NOT make it to "terrorism", neither did any of the shooting attacks on civilians - which there are typically 2-10 of every single day.

[Caipirabob]

It wasn't terrorism. This afternoon a little snooping around from CNN will reveal the man to have been a Boy Scout Troop leader driven to insanity by the intolerant anti-homosexual policies of his organization, by white greed, by the racist presence of the "Taco Bell Dog" on TV, by black repression aggrevated by the lack of reparations and finally the high fat low protein diet which assaults all Americans due to evil, insidious "Big Food".

But by all means don't think it was a terorist attack. /sarcasm

[dennisw]

The United States is chock full of misfit 3rd worlders who are working here on green cards, whose labor is not needed and who hate the USA....Who are here only for the money.

[neutrino]

as Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, 41, a Egyptian

And with that middle name - mohamed - it's a good bet the fellow was a moslem.

My, my, my. The religion of peace, love, tolerance, generosity, friendship, rape, pedophilia, murder, kindness, spousal abuse, sodomy, and child rape is at it again.

The solution to this problem is clear. We must strip search more 80 year old White women!

[mewzilla]

This is a Gannett paper. These are the same people who make their reporters do things like talk to atheists when they do a story on Christmas.

[arm958]

It's not just USA Today. I've been listening to Fox, CNN, etc., etc. ALL of the FBI, LAPD, and other offical spokesmen are trying to downplay any link to terrorism. F**k 'em all. Let's see, here was an Egyptian national, randomly shooting what he figured were Jews at the El Al ticket counter on the 4th of July. Yet we have these idiot spokesmen stating that there are no indications that this is a terrorist act?

You don't need a network to commit a terrorist act. You can do it all by your lonesome, Eqyptian, Muslim self.

We are in danger of losing the war on terrorism partially because we still refuse to call a spade a spade. El Al's security program is BASED on profiling. Since they are the best in the world at it, perhaps we can toss the PC crap aside and take a clue.

[eno_]

The reporter on the byline, Scott Bowles, shoudl forever be remembered for this quote: "The shooting at the El Al Israel Airlines ticket counter did not appear to be terrorism but raised new questions about security at airports."

If you ever see his byline, see him on a call in show, etc. make sure to remind him and his editor of this journalistic milestone.