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After the shootings (AP)
Remember that strange story out of Kosovo, in which a Jordanian UN policeman started firing at Americans? It may have been just another part of the global jihad: Sgt. Maj. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali may have been tied to the jihadist group Hamas. (Thanks to Jeffrey Imm for the link.)
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether a Jordanian U.N. policeman who killed three American corrections officers in a gunbattle at a Kosovo prison had links to the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a senior NATO official said. As investigators tried to pin down Sgt. Maj. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali's motive, a clearer picture of the April 17 attack emerged this week. Witnesses, U.N. officials, medical personnel and NATO officers, in interviews with The Associated Press, described a scene in which the officers were trapped between a locked gate and Ali's assault rifle.Eleven officers were wounded before the officers shot and killed Ali, a Palestinian from Jordan. No one is certain what prompted him to open fire, but a survivor said Ali was smiling during his shooting spree, a U.N. source familiar with the investigation said. ...
A senior NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that besides the investigation into any links with Hamas, authorities were examining a trip Ali took to Saudi Arabia only a month before he joined the mission in March to see if it might be connected to the attack.
Jordan's government said Ali, 30, was a distinguished member of his homeland's special police unit and had been decorated for helping to ward off an attack on the Israeli Embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The United Nations has refused to discuss details of the investigation.
Much is at stake for the United Nations in the outcome of the investigation because the police mission in Kosovo, and others like it, rely on throwing together officers from member countries regardless of political philosophy.
"The incident is so grave and appalling that it really calls into question the mission's integrity and unity," said Alex Anderson of the International Crisis Group, a Brussels, Belgium-based think tank.
Indeed.
Posted by Robert at April 24, 2004 7:43 PM
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Sgt. Major Ali was infected by the dangerous meme of jihad. He had no loyalty to the state or to human decency. His only loyalty was to Islam the source of the meme.
Posted by: epg at April 24, 2004 9:07 PM> "As investigators tried to pin down Sgt. Maj. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali's motive..."
Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali
Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali
Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali
Ok. Maybe he is part of the Irish Republican Army or the Baader Meinhof gang?
For the ummah, everything; for those outside the ummah, nothing besides the sword and death.
Long live the U.N.
Posted by: Helen at April 24, 2004 10:45 PMI find it amazing that events like this happen along with every other islamoterrorist event around the world, yet daily on every major network and news outlet we see analysts and pundits asking what can we do to win the war on terror? I think its about time to just go back to basics: define the enemy and eliminate. Period.
Posted by: stevieboy at April 24, 2004 11:34 PM"a survivor said Ali was smiling during the shooting spree..."
thinking of those 72 virgins, eh?
It takes so little to motivate a true believer.
UN investigation? He was a muslim...he acted as any good muslim would...he killed the Infidels where he found them...what more do they need?
They'll spend $25 million investigating the incident over the next 18 months only to find that he was an "angry Jordanian upset over the plight of Palestinians and the US occupation of Iraq." Duh?
Posted by: Skeptic at April 25, 2004 4:04 AMUN investigation? He was a muslim...he acted as any good muslim would...he killed the Infidels where he found them...what more do they need?
They'll spend $25 million investigating the incident over the next 18 months only to find that he was an "angry Jordanian upset over the plight of Palestinians and the US occupation of Iraq."
Posted by: Skeptic at April 25, 2004 4:04 AMOff Topic: THE COMING DEATH OF THE POPE
I have a great fear that when it comes time to replace the Pope, Islamofacists will view the opportunity as another European election. It will want a corrupt, thirdworld-thinking, anti-semitic Dhimmi for the job. Someone like Kofi Annan. As the end comes for the current Pope, Islamofacists may target Catholics and Catholic interets everywhere, especially in Europe, in an attempt to influence the choice. Forcing Dhimmitude on the Catholic church would sap the Western spirit to the core since other mainstream Christian religions already have one foot in their camp by virtue of their long postwar history of fellow-traveling with left causes.
Posted by: Fabrizio at April 25, 2004 7:44 AMFabrizio:
I find this Pope an inspiring figure...
nevertheless nothing was more painful to see him kiss the koran a few years ago. Good grief.
Posted by: jp at April 25, 2004 3:11 PMto stevieboy: i'm with you, podna. as far as a lot of the t.v. media, i'd have to say their myopia keeps them from seeing the big picture. they really have no idea what's going on.
Posted by: ted at April 25, 2004 6:32 PM
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