FrontPageMag.com By Robert Spencer By Hugh Fitzgerald Books Dhimmi Watch Islam 101 Qur'an Blog Raymond Ibrahim Robert Spencer
 
« Immigration follies | Main | The intimidation of moderate Muslims in the U.S. »

February 16, 2007

Terrorism not ruled out in Salt Lake case

Art Moore in WND says that investigators are still considering the possibility of jihad terrorism in the Salt Lake mall shootings:

While the FBI stated it has found no evidence Islamic terrorism was a motive in the Salt Lake City mall shooting, investigators have not ruled it out, a police spokeswoman told WND.

FBI agent Patrick Kiernan declared to reporters Wednesday he had no reason to believe the random, dispassionately executed murder of five people by 18-year-old Bosnian Muslim immigrant Sulejman Talovic Monday night had anything to do with Islamic terrorism, calling it "just unexplainable."

But Salt Lake Police spokeswoman Robin Snyder told WND the FBI is still working with her department on the case, and investigators continue to explore the terrorism angle.

"We will pursue every single lead," she said. "There is not one lead we are not willing to pursue. At this point, we don't have any idea of any motive. Nothing is ruled out."

Snyder told WND, however, she was not aware family members say Talovic often attended Friday prayers at the Al-Noor mosque, about a block from the site of the shooting, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Talovic stopped coming to the meetings in December, the paper said yesterday, when, under pressure from his father, he got a full-time job to help support the family.

Bruce Tefft, a former CIA counter-terrorism official who advises the New York City Police Department, told WND he was "flabbergasted" by the FBI's statement Wednesday that it saw no possible connection to terrorism.

Nevertheless, Tefft – a founding member of the CIA's counter-terrorism center in 1985 – said the FBI's quick downplaying of terror ties in such cases is all too frequent and believes spokesman Kiernan probably was embarrassed by his statement.

"It's almost a joke in any counter-terrorism circles that within half a day of most unexplained incidents the FBI comes out and says it isn't terrorism," he said. "They'll come out with a conclusion based on no information."...

When the FBI uses extreme groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations as sensitivity trainers, "that's ignorance and political correctness, that's not a deliberate psychological warfare tactic," he said.

"I suspect they are just being politically correct to avoid a backlash by Muslims," said Tefft.

There's much more to this story, some of which also appears in this. Anyway, it is good that investigators haven't ruled out the terrorism possibility, but this Salt Lake Tribune story (thanks to Debbie Schlussel) notes that they didn't take any computers from Talovic's home:

Salt Lake City police spokeswoman Robin Snyder said Wednesday that police have not discerned a motive or found anything resembling a suicide note. With the permission of Talovic's parents, detectives searched their home but did not take any computers or video games, she said.

As Schlussel asks, "Why the heck not? What kind of investigation is this? What kind of investigators are these?" Indeed. In this age of heavy jihad recruitment and other activity on the Internet, this is an inexcusable omission -- and one that could result in the investigators being completely misled.

Posted by Robert at February 16, 2007 8:11 AM
Print this entry | Email this entry | Digg this | del.icio.us |

Comments
(Note: The Comments section is provided in the interests of free speech only. It is mostly unmoderated, but comments that are off-topic, offensive, slanderous, or otherwise annoying stand a chance of being deleted. The fact that any comment remains on the site IN NO WAY constitutes an endorsement by Jihad Watch or Dhimmi Watch, or by Robert Spencer or any other Jihad Watch or Dhimmi Watch writer, of any view expressed, fact alleged, or link provided in that comment.)

OT but.. did anyone hear about the moslem Hakim Ellison calling House Police to remove a cigar-smoking Tom Tancredo from his office? I caught this on the radio about an hour ago and nothing since.

Posted by: scrualla [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:29 AM

The FBI has sensitivity training at the behest of CAIR?

So the FBI, who haven't ruled out terrorism yet, decided that confiscating the killer's computer is not worth the effort?

Is this a joke?

Posted by: awake [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:31 AM

Logic 101: stating you have "found no evidence Islamic terrorism was a motive in the Salt Lake City mall shooting" does NOT mean you have proof that Islamic terrorism was NOT involved. It just means that you don't currently have sufficient data.

Posted by: PapaBear [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:31 AM

Perhaps the investigators read JW?

Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:32 AM

this isn't the first kid gone mad.
more here:
http://www.centerforstrategicanalysis.org/america.htm

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:37 AM

Sarcasm on -

Ah well, poor Bosnian Moslem, it is not his fault - why not bomb the Serbs?!

Sarcasm off -

On the serious side - my heart goes out to the families - truly.

Posted by: xristos.anesti [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:38 AM

There can be no links to terrorism if the FBI refuses to find them.

Maybe field agents could be put on the quota system like traffic police. One way the taxpayers could get a little return on the millions we waste on them.

Of course, moslems could be treated just like White Christians in this country. When in doubt, burn them out and shoot them.

But that won't work because the moslems are an actual threat......

Posted by: infidel! [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:40 AM

of course there are links but top command has the plans of not panicking the public as priority.
therefore, where do we get accurate information that the government is withholding?

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:42 AM

I'll bet the shooter looked like any other white person.

Hence, let's not cry out for a revival of Caucasian consciousness. I'd feel a lot more comfortable living around Black Alabama Baptists, Nigerian Anglicans, or Korean Presbyterians than I would around Chechen, Kosovar, Bosnak, or other Caucasian Muslims.

Posted by: Kepha [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:51 AM

let's not make it a racial issue. this is a serious problem that continues to grow. the responsibility lies with the government and media in conveying the truth.
shall we demand it?

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 8:55 AM

Should we worry about a Bosnian Muslim massacring people in Trolley Square?

Posted by: justamomof4 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:20 AM

"I suspect they are just being politically correct to avoid a backlash by Muslims," said Tefft.
(from above)

The FBI is worried about a backlash from
MUSLIMS?
Wow, does CAIR know this is a possiblity?

I thought the only backlashes were from us ultraconservative, racial bigots and religous prejudgers.
Do you think the Muslims would get violent? Or just shoot off firecrackers in a mall for sh*ts and grins?

Islamaphobia, your PC' ness or your life.

Aunt Bea
Toto quit your barkin' we ain't in Mayberry no more.

Posted by: auntbea [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:28 AM

I agree with not putting Western values and feelings in the wrong place. There is no pluralism in Islam, not even an Arabic word for it. understanding the muslim mindset is essential!

and Prez Bush needs to be the first one to do that. who is teaching him?

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:34 AM

There was zero attempt on MY part to make this a racial issue.

I am only illustrating, in as stark a manner possible, the hypocrisy of our government when it comes to dealing with threats against Americans.

There are classes - white Christians immediately come to mind and that is why I used the example - which are open targets. Whether in the media, entertainment or law enforcement, there are classes which have no victim status, no recourse to grievances or other protections enjoyed by those who really do intend to harm this country.

I would ask you to compare the treatment of Lon Horiouchi, the FBI assassin in Idaho who shot a white mother holding a baby in the face to the treatment of leos who shoot other than whites.

THIS is what has to overcome in order to have a meaningful anti-terrorism strategy in this country.

Compare the treatment of moslems who cry that they have been mistreated in airports to complaints of people who REALLY have been screwed with.

Guess who will win the award settlement.

America is bending over backwards to accomodate our enemies, and making our honest citizens INTO enemies.

Posted by: infidel! [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:45 AM

The word "terrorism" here may not quite fit if the FBI takes it to mean some kind of organized conspiracy, something done by a group. What should be made clear is that Islam supplies a pre-fabricated mental grid or, to vary the metaphor, a prism through which to view the universe, and on that grid, or through that prism, there is always an Identifiable Enemy, and that Enemy is Always the Infidel.

Feeling bad? Feeling blue? Feeling that things aren't going right for you? It happens to all of us. We blame our parents, our siblings, our children, The System, Amerika with a "k," Capitalism, fate, the stars, our serotonin level, our cholesterol level. Even, at times, we may blame ourselves. That's if you are an ordinary Infidel.

What if you are a Muslim? You don't blame your parents, your siblings, or anyone or anything else except: the Infidel. And you don't need to be part of Al-Qaeda, or Islamic Jihad, or Jaish-e-Muhammad, you don't even have to have been a faithful attender of a mosque. You can be Intel engineer "Mike" (Muhammad) Hawash, married to an American, with Little-League-attending chidren, earning $360,000 a year. And when the banality and boredom of life assails you, you can return to that Old-Time Religion, that is to Islan, and start reading, and re-reading, with the effects we all now, the Qur'an, and then light out for the territories, in this case those territories being Western China, and thence, you hope, to Afghanistan, in order to kill Americans (yes, you are, technically, an "American" yourself, but the categories, and the loyalties, of the Infidel nation-state mean nothing to you: you are a Muslim, and that is the only Category that counts, Muslim as opposed to Infidel).

All that one need ask in the cass of Sulejhmen Talovic is why he went out to a mall, and not in a sudden mental raptus, but quietly, calmly, proceeded to kill Infidel after Infidel after Infidel.

No one need ask if he had a collaborator, to be guilty of violent Jihad. No one need ask if he wrote it out. All one needs to do is find out what his worldview was: did he, or did he not, see the world as divided, as Muslims are taught to see it, between Believer and Infidel?

If the FBI agents, or those above the local agents, are still so ignorant of Islam, then the country is endangered, and any one running for Presidnet must assure us that he, or she, will make sure that "all of our security services, all of those who are in the army and the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. and the local police, will be fully informed of the nature of the ideology that menaces, and does more than menace." If you wish, if you don't dare utter the word "Islam," then call it "Islamism" or "fanatical Islam" or some other such term. We will, most of us, understand, and we will, most of us, gradually make others understand that when others, becuase of the positions they hold and the need to retain those positions while the business of mass education and self-education about Islam continues, use the word "Islamism" they mean, or should mean, the word "Islam." But there should be no real confusion. And only those with an absolute need, as officials, to still deliberately substitute for the real word "Islam" some other way of saying the same thing and leaving it to others to point out that they are the same thing, but preserving a kind of deniability, only temporarily, only to buy time, while that effort of education goes on, should if necessary do so.

But more and more, those even in government have a duty to approach the truth asymptotically, so that the uninformed or insufficiently informed will come to locate, accurately, the menace for all Infidels in the immutable texts of Islam, not "Wahhabi" Islam or "Islamism" or "extremist" Islam but mainstream Islam.

And those not in government have no excuse for using terms such as "Islamism." No, those without official positions have a stark and unwavering duty not to add to the confusion, but to constantly clarify, whatever others at the moment may now deem necessary -- but only temporarily, one hopes, deem necessary, and only if they are fully aware of the real, disturbing, frightening truth.

Posted by: Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:46 AM

who are the Prez advisors on asymptotic truth?

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:51 AM

". . . this is an inexcusable omission -- and one that could result in the investigators being completely misled."

The tuly appalling thing about misleading these twits is that it appears to be so damned easy.

Posted by: Pelayo [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:55 AM

I got called a "homophobe" on my blog this morning by a JW reader, so don't worry -- if you criticize Islam, prepare to be called every name in the book, though I have to admit, I kind of saw that one coming. LOL.

And these are the fruits of Free Speech! I revel in criticism.

Fascists and other thought police, please stay close to Berkeley so we can keep an eye on you? Thanks.

Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:56 AM

TO: awake. Perhaps you thought that the F'n B.I. was on OUR side in the war on terrorism.......?

Time to smell the coffee. (It's the bitter arabic type........)

Posted by: n.a. palm [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:00 AM

Great comment, Hugh. Thank you for taking the time to write it, and thanks to Robert and Marisol and anyone else involved in this site and in the effort to educate us.

Posted by: Extraneus [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:02 AM

There can be no links to terrorism if the FBI refuses to find them.

You talking the Islamic Republic of Oklahoma again, Infidel? My only question is whether you're alluding to Oklahoma City or Norman.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:18 AM

APH,

FBI nationwide. Another example: Since our agencies refuse to allocate funds for language training, they are lowering standards to recruit moslems.

So, even if they do image the hds, chances are it will be a moslem who reads and translates the data.

Botta bing, botta bong! No islamic ties here folks!

Just go back to sleep.

Posted by: infidel! [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:30 AM

how much longer is our government going to protect and shield the muslims that intend on raping, sodomizing and enslaving American females and murdering American males?????

the truth is coming out...........

Americans are not pleased with our government as shown in the last election........

are you pleased with our government????

if not write, email and call your congressman and senators......

http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

demand a full accounting and open records of all investigations of attacks by muslims in America.

war is being waged on Americans in America by the cult of islam.

are you prepared?

have you armed your family?

are you ready for it is happening now?

will you and your family accept and live in America as the Jews live in the daily horror of Israel??????

not knowing if your child goes to school that they will return home safe or will you clean pieces of their body from the road because a muslim blew them up????????

not knowing if you go out to eat with your family that you will return home safe or if all of your family will be buried on the same day because all of your family were killed by a muslim??????

will you live in America as the Jews live in Israel, under constant fear?????

what will you do to not live in fear in your own America?????

prepare be armed be ready..........for our government refuses to protect its own citizens from the evil vileness of the cult of islam......get furious and demand that our government take action or replace them.

I pray to the one true God to keeps us safe and Free.

The Texican.
God Family America & Freedom the only choice at any cost.

Posted by: The Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:34 AM


what will you do if a muslim harms or murders one of your family?????

Posted by: The Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:36 AM

sins of omission indeed!
when these sins are pointed out muslims will ask for proof of the ommitted part. how convenient. but also an opportunity to make them aware of their sins. it's worth the time.

Posted by: sectionOne [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:42 AM

what will you do if a muslim harms or murders one of your family?????

First I will grieve. Then, I'll go over to St. Paul and picket the State Dept. of Education for failing to properly instruct my murdered child on Islam, for letting him misunderstand Islam, leading him to deeply offend and even humiliate a Moslem, who had every right to retaliate against my child stab him in the back in a high school hallway.

Education is the key.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:49 AM

Even the CIA thinks the FBI is a running joke, oh brother are we in trouble. Face it people, when we see an agency within 24 hours of a crime to tell us don’t worry we don’t know his motivation yet, but its damn sure not islamic jihad, you can bet that something really evil is lurking in the halls of law unenforcement. How can we be sure it was unrelated to jihad, well he was a muslim for one, and he immigrated from a muslim slaughterhouse, err region for two, he also attended Friday prayers and was a good islamic boy, three and four. If these public servants were to decide to become human shields for the islamists, they wouldn’t even do that right, as you and I can see. We would however gain a significant leap in security and investigative brain power by their absence. 1965, the year that congress changed our immigration laws (w/o voter approval) all trouble we see today leads back to 1965. Now a days if one islamist gains admittance to the USA he can eventually bring his whole tribe/gang with him. Who was in control of the senate, the house, the presidency back in 65? I will give you one guess, think hard!

Not only do we have a serious illegal immigration problem but our legal immigration system is broken beyond any quick fix. We are taking in immigrants that have no desire to be here, you could say that because we removed these people from their homelands and forced them to come here, we have been insensitive and it should be no surprise that they are angry enough to kill us or want us all dead.

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:01 AM

Wilders: get rid of half of Koran!

13 February 2007

AMSTERDAM – If Muslims want to stay in the Netherlands, they should tear out half the Koran and throw it away. And they shouldn’t listen to the imam. Faction leader of the Freedom Party (PVV) Geert Wilders said this in an interview with daily newspaper De Pers on Tuesday.

He said the holy book of Islam contains “plenty of terrible things.” Wilders said once again that Islam is a violent religion. “If Mohammed lived here today, I would propose he be tarred and feathered as an extremist and driven out of the country,” he said.

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=36456

Posted by: DP111 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:11 AM

I know exactly what I'll do if a Muslim ever harms my friends, family or pets.

Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:12 AM

Disney to Tell Jihadist Tale

Posted by: Foehammer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:13 AM


what will you do if a muslim harms or murders one of your family?????

For me, it would be a one way, well-armed trip to Dearbonistan.

Because mooslims have made it apparent that the only way way to effectively "reason" with muslims involves "submission to islam".

And thats is a sin I will never commit.

DEATH TO ISLAM!

Posted by: KillHankKill [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:14 AM

Once again the authorities’ and media’s attempt to initially hide the Salt Lake shooter’s religion, shortly followed by a refusal to consider the possibility of his actions were related to terrorism is symptomatic of our problem with our ruling class. Whether their name is Bush or Clinton or Pelosi, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, they live on a far different level from that of average Americans. Their families have armed guards. They fly on private jets. They enjoy perks and privileges. Their portfolios bulge with equities dependent on the world economy.

The “inconvenient truth” for the American ruling class is that Muslims have been attacking American citizens and American values for the past 30 years. “Death to America” A backlash against Muslims in the US could result in an escalation of violent incidents both in the US and abroad. The world economy could suffer big time. How about $300 per barrel oil? Even the ruling class would suffer; their portfolios would shrink. Their families would be at risk.

Right now, it’s better for the ruling class to keep a lid on things and let your kid be shot at a mall or blown up returning from school. It is going to take a great big attack, like 500,000 cases of smallpox or a mushroom cloud to generate the will to throw all of these people out and take the country back.

Posted by: Alek [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:18 AM

If a white man had shot and killed Muslims, every one of his computers would be being analyzed by a team of government investigators. They would be looking for connections to groups. If the shooter had ever visited this site; Robert Spencer would probably have his name dragged through the mud on Network TV and there would be calls to end these discussions. Just like what happened after the shootings in Montreal last fall (the Goths got that blame).

In this case there seems to be a willful decision to not look at this man’s associations. His computers should be seized; any computer accounts he has at the library or at school should be searched. Any associations with the teachings of Mohammed should be broadcast and Islam should be publicly questioned. But this won’t happen, because the truth would be very troubling and the government would be forced to face some really tough realities.

Late term democracy.

Posted by: pez [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:19 AM

In case you missed this on yesterday's thread, here is a slide show with the shooter's picture.
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_045161136.html

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:46 AM

SSgt7

I disagree with your assessment of E.D.Hill show. You need to learn about body language and how to set someone up to say what you cannot say out loud.
I thought she used the Immam very well to get her point across. Which was..'This is what they say.. we are still waiting to see what they do'.
Catch it again and watch his face when he asks her if she has children and she says eight. He repeats it with a question mark, Eight?

There are eight reasons not to go too far and get yourself fatwa'd.

Posted by: auntbea [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:47 AM

I don't know what's more frightening, jihadists passively excused by the MSM (again) and actively excused by the fbi (Yet Again), or those who incessantly make excuses for the fbi: "ignorant," "incompetent," "missing the mark," etc.

The fbi does what they are ordered to do. They work for THEIR bosses NOT YOU. They say and do what protects THEM not YOU.

That's why we have:
- "spontaneous center fuel tank explosions" - TWA 800.
- "Uh, well, the pilot pushed too hard on the pedals and the tail just fell off" - AA587.
- Seattle jihadi mass murder attack on Jews - "nothing to indicate terrorism" - gomez, SEA fbi.
- The El AL LAX jihadi ticket counter shooting.
- OKC (read Jayna Davis).

and dozens more and dozens more TO COME.

Please for the love of God, STOP making excuses for those who put all of us at risk Executing bush Administration Policy.

The fbi is NOT your friend.
The fbi is NOT there to protect you.
The fbi is an arm of government that is accountable ONLY to that government NOT YOU.

How many more times must a muslim terrorist down a plane or shotgun kids at a mall followed by the fbi declaring "not terrorism" (sometimes before they even hit the scene) before you believe?

Let me repeat:

THEY ARE NOT STUPID, IGNORANT, OR UNEDUCATED. THEY ARE EXECUTING BUSH ADMINISTRATION POLICY.

Whoever said earlier "there can be no terrorism if the fbi doesn't find any terrorism." is correct. Moreover, "the fbi is doing a great job, because there is no terrorism." And in fact tony snow frequently trumpets the line "there have been no more terror attacks in the US since 9-11 thanks to george bush."

See how things work?

Posted by: Arm A. Geddon [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:47 AM

Small pox and such,
If that day comes these traitors should have their property/assets seized just as they do with drug dealers. Their property should be sold in a fire sale like manner. Anything that is left should be torched. They should be tried and if found guilty put against the wall, their families should be sent to screening camps for analysis and if shown to be present the traitorous ideas they learned at the dinner table cleansed from their minds. If they are too far gone to hep, deport them to any of the 191 other countries of the world. I have a zero tolerance policy for traitors and their supporters. They say there are two Americas, but they pray (to alla as of late) for no Americas. I say we get busy returning ourselves to one America before it is too late. Rally together Americans, there is strength in numbers. Anything we decide to do and carry through to the conclusion we can accomplish, read your history and know that this is true. Look at what the past generations of Americans accomplished, are we going to fail them after all their hard work and sacrifice for us in the past?

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:48 AM

The interesting editorial linked by justamomof4 above led me to two epiphanies about the Problem of Islam which I've never seen anywhere else.

My epiphanies were triggered by one paragraph in that editorial in particular:

Most Americans have either forgotten or never knew that the Bosnian Muslims and Albanians, and the Croatians were all ardent supporters of Adolf Hitler during WWII, while the Serbs, who were on our side, suffered more than a million deaths in the Holocaust at the hands of the Croatians (and Tito was a Croatian), Albanians and Bosnians. The Jasenovac concentration camp in Croatia killed 600,000 Serbs, Jews and Gypsies (Roma).

My two epiphanies are these:

1) Perhaps the Communist dictator of Yugoslavia ("President" from 1953 to 1980) Tito was, in fact, another in a long line of Muslim leaders that everyone labels as "secular" and "Socialist", obscuring the Islamic nature of his rule -- just as Nasser and Saddam Hussein were categorized as "secular" and the Islamic nature of their rule has been obscured?

2) The military-terrorist activities of Muslims in Yugoslavia in collaboration with the Nazis should be seen as a jihad, with the intent of taking back the Balkans for Islam (never mind that the Nazis would likely have backstabbed their Muslim allies later), a goal which of course was completely overturned by the victory of the Allies at the end of WWII.

Posted by: remote_control [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:53 AM

Talovic was shot to death by police about six minutes after he began his killing. His family says his father wants to take the body back to his homeland for burial.

Maybe they should all go to the burial - then stay in their homeland, the US is not the place for them.
(I'd like to give a little talk to the church who sponsored this bunch)

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 11:54 AM

Islamospeak, Homeland = umma, Salt Lake city = dar al harb. End of story.

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:05 PM

A prime lesson to be learned by this is concealed carry. If you live in a state where this is a possibility and don't carry, apply for the permit. Learn to use your weapon proficiently and carry it all all times.

If you don't have reasonable carry laws, contact your representatives and push for it.

ONE armed citizen could have shot this garbage eater in short order.

You and only you are responsible for yourself and your family's safety.

Depending on police is like depending on the lottery for your retirement.

America will only be safe when Americans defend it. Our forefathers did not sacrifice all to build this great country to have it pissed away by lawyers and insipid politicians. America is NOT for these parasitic immigrants to bleed us dry. It is our country. Ours to defend and keep - or ours to give away. It is up to us.

Posted by: infidel! [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:06 PM

Like a commenter at Debbie S. site said, I noticed a try at a jihadist's beard on the perp.

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:23 PM

The FBI in peace and war?

Posted by: Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:28 PM

More than a try at a beard...

We call them "jawbone jihadis." It fulfills the islamic beard requirement without attracting the attention a full-on one does.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/asianow/9909/taliban.gallery/1.beard.jpg

Posted by: Arm A. Geddon [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:36 PM

To not take the computers is just idiocy or an overt attempt to avoid finding out the motive. The killer is 18 years old, how do 18 year olds communicate and socialize these days? Text, IM, message boards, etc. I am no detective but my first thought when this broke was "I wonder what they'll find on his PC."

Posted by: Harpua [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:45 PM

I thought I had seen it all but here is a link from a morning story from Deseret News where they are asking for donations for the murderers family so they can bury their son in Bosnia their home country.
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660196195,00.html

Posted by: MadMom [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:54 PM

s_sgt7,
Lots of taquilla being passed around this week, the kind that comes with a worm in the bottle. Something is gravely wrong. Why are they so quick to return him to the land they fled because of alleged genocide? Was it perhaps all a big lie? Why did they speak about their horrible memories of the past alleged slaughter there and his memories of it being a possible influence on him, yet can’t wait to get back there to bury him? A party maybe? After all what better place to lay to rest a hero of the umma, a martyr for alla, all the islamists can descend on Bosnia for the celebration. I can hear them now, those stupid Americans, we can gun them down like sheep in their heartland and they are too stupid to figure it out. Having friends who are Mormons I can tell you they had plenty of guns and ammo so I suppose that is why he picked a public mall where citizens were not likely to be armed to do the dirty deed.

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 12:57 PM

More "not terrorism" courtesy FreeRepublic's "Beckwith."

Visit the URL to see supporting news stories.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785235/posts#1

--------------

Here's an incomplete list of Sudden Jihad Syndrome terrorists who were all described as acting alone by the cops and/or FBI:

Ali R. Warrayat
An Arizona Home Depot 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.

Charles Bishop (Bishra)
A note written by the 15-year-old boy who crashed a Cessna into a Tampa office building indicated he supported Osama bin Laden and that the act was deliberate, authorities say.

Haider Mohammed
Contacted by Palm Springs Police, FBI investigators described Muslim who was arrested after threatening to 'Kill All Jews' as "not a person of interest."

Hesham Mohamed Ali Hadayet
The suspect, Egyptian-born Hesham Mohamed Ali Hadayet, left two people dead and five injured at the El Al airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport before being fatally shot by a security guard.

John Muhammad
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint, charging alleged Beltway Sniper John Muhammad with 20 felony counts, including extortion and intent to commit murder.

Marc Lepine (Gamal Gharbhi)
For 45 minutes on Dec. 6, 1989 an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal's École Polytechnique and killed 14 women.

Mohammed Ali Alayed
After apparently undergoing a religious awakening, a Saudi Arabian student in Houston killed his Jewish friend by slashing his throat.

Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar
Just-graduated student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, and an Iranian immigrant, drove a sport utility vehicle into a crowded pedestrian zone at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He struck nine people.

Naveed Afzal Haq
Eyewitnesses told the Seattle News that Mr. Haq announced, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," and then began shooting. He killed one woman and wounded five others.

Omeed Aziz Popal
Up to 14 hurt in San Francisco hit-and-run spree. Seven are critical. The driver believed to have struck and killed a man in Fremont earlier.

Sulejman Talovic
Police Tuesday identified the gunman accused in Monday night's Trolley Square shooting as Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old Bosnian refugee who lived in Salt Lake City.

Posted by: Arm A. Geddon [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 1:02 PM

TO: Arm A Geddon: Right on brother! And don't forget Ibrahim al Hussaini one of the drivers who parked the truck in front of the Murrah bldg in OKC. Kaboom.

Posted by: n.a. palm [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 1:10 PM

Education is the key.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer

So true. So how do we get the word out to the great American Unwashed?

Posted by: Davegreybeard [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 1:11 PM

Muslim Mallers (maulers)

It wasn't Islamic terrorism nor was it suicidal. It was a goofy (probably doped up kid) hyped on video game violence seeking to make his community pay for being marginalized as an immigrant Muslim.

Therefore it was "terroristic", but all he figured out was venting anger in lead and thinking like Ahmadinejad that when you use nukes everyone goes home at the end of the movie. The wacko kid instead gets shot and finds out the reality of life that armed citizens in malls actually bite back.

This was not terrorism by Islam as it's profile denotes. It was though a hyped up hormone raged young male venting. The middle east has 20 million of these creatures prowling around who get indoctrinated. This goof was instead swayed by helplessness of his mother, his situation, his watching CBS, CNN, NBC & ABC and listening to dolts like Tedward Kennedy and Hillary Hamrod.....none of which is Islamic, but all of which in Cindy Sheehan, Dixie Chic fashion moulded his mind to act out in combined appeal.
If they can get attention, gain a following and be "loved" well then so can a lonely Muslim.

This is the danger of leftists like Hillary and Pelosi. They know the garbage they spew is BS, but there are nuts out there who can't and mixing in their estranged conditions they end up being Muslim Mallers (maulers) looking to empower themselves American style.

Posted by: Lame Cherry [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 1:42 PM

Sad.

Walking through the halls and offices of corporate America the last few days and not a word (not an inclination) of what is happening.

I attempt to bring up the issue ...

"Did you hear about Salt Lake ..."

"No. (pause, then one person recollects something)Oh wait, yea, something about a deranged teenager."

The American populace is more doped up (on ignorance) than the late bimbo was (on methadone).

Posted by: LoneRanger [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 1:55 PM

I am not a trained investigator and maybe I have watched too much Law & Order.
But having to deal with people for professional reasons that didn't want to tell the whole truth and you kind of had to read between the lines, I picked up a few things.
One of which is the fact that this young man left school at 16 and was 18 when he shot up the mall. In one of those news releases a high school teacher said he had spent a lot of time on the computer there recently.
I am not sure about this but I would think that you are not allowed to use the school's computers after you quit school? Anyone else think this is odd?

Posted by: auntbea [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 2:10 PM

Here is a chilling quote from a reader at Debbie Schussel's site,

"....Of course the FBI is denying there is any link to terrorism because the DOJ has a direct order from President Bush to ensure that no terrorist attacks occur on American soil since 9/11."

Nice, not only is the MSM doing it's darndest to keep the public in the dark in regards to jihad activity, the FBI is too.


Here's the whole email to Debbie:

"Then, there's this e-mail I got from a reader in Salt Lake. Trying to verify it, but if even half of it is true (and I know the part about the people in the gift shop is--they were there buying Valentine's Day gifts) . . .

I read your article on the terrorist attack at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City with interest. I knew as soon as I spoke with my friends Monday night in law enforcement (the ones who actually killed the shooter) that this was a terrorist attack.
According to my friends on the SWAT team who responded to the scene first, the terrorist killed four individuals inside a gift shop Jihad execution style. He actually made them kneel down. Then he put the gun barrel to the back of their heads and killed each one of them one by one.

The day after the shooting, I observed a man dressed as a Muslim cleric being arrested by the West Valley Police on his way to the Kaadeeja Islamic Center in West Valley City. My friends in law enforcement confirmed that this man is the Uncle of Sulejman Talovic.

Of course the FBI is denying there is any link to terrorism because the DOJ has a direct order from President Bush to ensure that no terrorist attacks occur on American soil since 9/11."

Posted by: No_Mooselimbs [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 2:42 PM

One peace-loving family indeed!

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/02/trolley_square.html

-XRDC

Posted by: XRDC [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 2:45 PM

XRDC,

That requires repeating!

Trolley Square Terrorist Chutzpah: Newspaper Asks for Donations; Relative Sent Anthrax Threat

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/02/trolley_square.html

Posted by: Arm A. Geddon [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 2:56 PM

Arm A. Geddon-

More "independent actors" and details here:

http://homelandsecurityus.com/PersonalIslamicJihad

We can't forget about Joel Henry Heinrichs III and his peculiar choice of suicide method.

-XRDC

Posted by: XRDC [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 3:05 PM

The FBI and CIA have people sitting in each other's spaces - reading the same traffic. Have since Webster.

It is all smoke and mirrors they don't communicate.

Posted by: infidel! [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 3:15 PM

It’s a race to the bottom, who will be victorious GW Bush or J Carter? Bush has the advantage, he is younger so he has more time to dig deeper. Carter is a relative late comer but his recent surge has propelled him ever lower enabling him to take command at the bottom of the barrel for the moment. The trainers of these men tell me they are both in for the long haul, they are in the best shapes of their lives they say! Both understand it is a marathon and are ready to go the distance. Look for periodic shifts as events play out, and stay tuned for the latest up to date race to the bottom news. This concludes my report from the local garbage dump, tgusa from channel sicks signing off, good day and good luck.
Next installment; CIA and FBI pitted against each other in the ultimate cage match of death.

Posted by: tgusa [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 3:27 PM

The immigrant from Bosnia spoke in broken but eloquent English. ( how do you do that?
"I am very sorry for everybody who has died," he said. "I apologize for everybody. I'm so sorry."
Yep, that should fix things up just fine....you Moms and Dads should stop grieving now.

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 3:40 PM

Of course the FBI is denying there is any link to terrorism because the DOJ has a direct order from President Bush to ensure that no terrorist attacks occur on American soil since 9/11.

Flight 587 11/12/01
Norman OK
Seattle
San Francisco
Chapel Hill

Just a sampling.

But I disagree with Schussel. I think the white washings are mandated by a fear of offending the House of Saud, the MSM, and all those wildly pro-Jihad professors and school teachers out there. Not to mention all those Arabists in State and Central Intelligence.

Posted by: Alarmed Pig Farmer [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 3:54 PM

All we keep hearing is what "a nice boy" he was from his relatives. The Salt Lake City Tribune has a different take on it. Trolley Square killer had violent juvenile history

Posted by: Mel Wolfe [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 4:01 PM

At this site:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/02/trolley_square.html

...is the proof that the Salt Lake City massacre was a Muslim Jihadi Massacre.

You read the article and you will see. You will be convinced.

So the question now is: Why are our law enforcement authorities hiding the truth? Is it because they are afraid of copy-cat muslim madmen, defending Bush's war for terrorism, scaring ordinary Americans, d) All the above?

This is so egregiously an act of obfuscation!

Ladies and Gents, we have our work cut out for us! The Jihadi acts are piling up so fast and furious, we are in danger of overload.

We've got our work cut out for us.

Posted by: Ynkedoodl2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 4:03 PM
n.a. palm stated: " And don't forget Ibrahim al Hussaini one of the drivers who parked the truck in front of the Murrah bldg in OKC."

Did you mean Hussain Al-Hussaini, as described by Jayna Davis?

If so, absolutely. It's about time his name is placed on a list like this.

Then consider adding:

* On January 31, Ismail Yassin Mohamed, 22, stole a car in Minneapolis. He went on a rampage, ramming the stolen car into other cars and then stealing a van and continuing to ram other cars, injuring one person. His father told officials that Mohamed was suffering from mental problems; his mother added he had been depressed and hadn’t been taking his medication. During his rampage, Mohamed repeatedly yelled, “Die, die, die, kill, kill, kill,” and when asked why he did all this, he replied, “Allah made me do it.”


and

Federal investigators concluded the co-pilot Gamil al-Batouti of EgyptAir Flight 990 intentionally killed himself and everyone else on board. The plane nose-dived into the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Mass., on Oct. 31, 1999.

Posted by: justamomof4 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 4:46 PM

"tgusa - don't forget 'taqiyya' which means for them to be deceptive in their words to us while in dar al harb."

Not just words, s_sgt7. Taqqiya allows a Muslim to drink booze, eat pork, ostensibly convert to another religion, swear oaths on a Bible or whatever other form of haram behavior that is required to further Islamism.

Taqqiya represents an immense ethical and moral crime against humanity. There is absolutely no way possible to properly assess or determine the honesty of a Muslim. fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) may provide one of the few valid truth-telling tests.

Islam has given itself carte blanche to do everything and anything in its pursuit of global domination. No atrocity is too heinous, no attack too barbaric, no slaughter too savage if it satisfies the ends of jihad. This is one of many reasons why it is not a religion but a political ideology. By permitting itself every imaginable form of unfair advantage, Islam has almost mandated the need for its total annihilation.

Posted by: Zenster [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 4:56 PM

It would be easy for Talovic or any number of muslims to go on solo or near solo jihads.
#1. They are muslims.
#2. They have submitted to Allah.
#3. They believe The Quran, is Allahs direct words.
#4. They believe that jihad is an 'obligation'.
#5. They believe the georgeous 72 is their reward.
#6. They listen to hate sermons at mosque or net.
#7. They have no conscience. Allah has stolen that.
#8. They have a tendancy toward Allahic psychosis.
#9. They have heard who Allahs enemies are.
#10. They seek to kill Allahs enemies.
#11. They are 'good' muslims, the best.

No surprises here...just getting on Allahs good side. The gates of Allahs tonsilarium and brothel have opened for Suljman, the 72 are waiting.
Wont he be surprised when he finds out they all look like Miss Piggy, the wine is sour, the grapes are rotten and the couch has lumps in it.
You could do better than that with some cheap wine, a cheap room, and a friend. And you dont have to die, or kill anyone...I guess no one ever told Allah or Suljman about that...there's always 10% that dont get the word...



Posted by: duh_swami [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 4:56 PM

From American Congress for Truth, Brigitte Gabriel's group:


Utah killer's father was in Bosnian Muslim army


Utah killer's father was in Bosnian Muslim army
Serbianna.com

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina-The Bosnian teen who killed five shoppers at a Salt Lake City mall fled the war in his homeland at age 10, neighbors and friends said Wednesday.
Sulejman Talovic, an 18-year-old immigrant fatally shot by police after Monday's rampage, was only 4 when he and his mother fled their village of Talovici on foot after Serbian forces overran it in 1993, people close to the family told The Associated Press.
Talovic lived as a refugee in Bosnia from 1993 to 1998, when his family moved to the United States, they said.
During that period, he spent some time in Srebrenica. Before being captured vy Serb forces, Srebrenica was used by Bosnian Muslims to massacre all the Serbs in all of the nearby villages only for themselves to be captured in the fall of the town.
The teen gunman left Srebrenica two years before the massacre, but acquaintances suggested it may have left an indelible mark on the quiet little boy they knew.
"That's why I'm convinced the war did this in Utah," said Murat Avdic, a friend of the family. "There cannot be any other reason."
Avdic, 54, said that when the village of Talovici fell, the family split.
"Sulejman and his mother walked to Srebrenica, and from there were later evacuated by a U.N. convoy," he said.
"Suljo, the father, headed over the mountains and forests with his comrades as well. Many left the village, but only a few made it."
Avdic described the family as "very normal, very decent and quiet."
A 1995 peace agreement ended the war but left their native Talovici in the Serb-controlled half of the country to which the family did not dare return.
"We know they ended up in the United States. We never saw them again. It was a wonderful family," said Zijad Cerkic, 33, the family's next-door neighbor in government-controlled Tuzla.
Apart from eight elderly returnees, Talovici village has been a virtual ghost town since 1993. All but two houses are in ruins, including the home of Sulejman's family, said former neighbor Adem Huric, 38.
Many mujahedeen from Muslim states came in Bosnia to fight in 1992-95 war and committed monstruous atrocities againsy Serb civilians.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyday, American Congress for Truth (ACT) is a 501c3 non profit organization on the front lines fighting for you in meeting with politicians, decision makers, speaking on college campuses and planning events to educate and inform the public about the threat of radical Muslim fundamentalists to world peace. We are committed to combating the global upsurge of hate and intolerance.
To continue and bolster our efforts, we need your continued solidarity, activism and financial support. We are only as strong as our supporters. We thank you for helping us carry on this important work.

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 5:06 PM


are you unhappy

mad??

pissed off??

angry???

or

furrious???

about our government doing nothing..........

call, email and write you congressmen and senators

http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

and if possible visit them in DC, for they just hate it when angry voters coming to DC..........

I have done all four and will keep doing all four.

America can be lost if we do nothing....

The Texican.
God Family America Freedom the only choice at any cost.

Posted by: The Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 5:26 PM

Isabellathecrusader

http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/mostert/070215

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 6:23 PM

What does the FBI want? A note spelling out that the perpetrating Moslem is doing this in the name of Islam, as his part in the jihad, or in the name of__________
(fill in Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc. whichever is applicable)?


Any time a Moslem goes on a mass killing spree such as this, whether he kills five or fifty, his motive need not be questioned so deeply. It's the jihad, stupid!

Posted by: unicorns62000 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 7:08 PM

There ya go.....cow-tow to the criminals and the good people will go back to sleep. Where'd he get the hand-gun ? Oh, I see, he was just back-packing to do some window shopping at the neighborhood Mall !

Posted by: Jeff [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 9:14 PM

dear remote control,

You must bear in mind that Serbs are/were the most numerous of the Yugoslav peoples. Tito---a croat/slovene, believed that a strong Yugoslavia was only possible through a "weak Serbia" therefore, the regions of his communist state were divided into administrative units...leaving large numbers of Serbs as minorities in various autonomous republics/provinces.

Posted by: ujaklija [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 10:39 PM

What's going on in Britain ?

"Armed patrols as UK gang violence claims new victim"

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0217/breaking14.htm

Posted by: arjun.sevak [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 17, 2007 9:42 AM

Ah, Reverend Sutter - I believe you've posted here in error. Perhaps you thought you were on CAIR's website?

As a New Yorker, I think the NYPD could use more Brue Teffts.

Posted by: Vee [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 17, 2007 11:01 PM

Comments are turned off and archived for this entry.


Web Site Counter