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Seattle: Muslim who said gays should be “exterminated” pleads guilty to arson at gay nightclub

May 3, 2014 2:07 pm By Robert Spencer

140101_neighbours_fire_lgThis report doesn’t give a hint as to Musab Mohamed Masmari’s motive; it doesn’t even give his full name. But in another report from February, we learn that an informant told the FBI before this attack that Masmari may be planning “terrorist activity,” and that Masmari “opined that homosexuals should be exterminated.”

This incident should have been the impetus for a national discussion of violent Sharia enforcement in the U.S., and an examination of what could be done to stop Sharia vigilantism. Instead, the mainstream media largely ignored the obvious motive, as in this report, and government and law enforcement are nowhere to be seen. The gay community should have been pressing for such a public discussion, but it is so dominated by the Left that it remained entirely mute. This was an isolated incident. Masmari has pleaded guilty. End of story. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

“Man pleads guilty to setting fire at Capitol Hill club on New Year’s Day,” KOMONews.com, May 2, 2014 (thanks to Phil):

SEATTLE — A former Bellevue resident who federal prosecutors say set fire to a packed Seattle nightclub just after midnight on New Year’s Day pleaded guilty Friday to a count of arson, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said.

Masmari carried a one gallon tank of gas hidden in a shopping bag into the Neighbours club in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. as 750 partygoers were inside, according to prosecutors. Then just after midnight, Masmari poured some of the gasoline on a carpeted staircase inside the club and hid the gas container behind a planter at the top of the stairs.

The container was still more than half full of gasoline, prosecutors said.

Moments later, Masmari lit the gas on the stairs and ran off from the club, prosecutors said. A U.S. Army staff sergeant and an Air Force member quickly put out the fire before it spread. The club’s sprinkler system activated, and no one was hurt.

Investigators identified Masmari from surveillance videos and he was arrested on Feb. 1 as he was getting ready to head to Sea-Tac Airport and board a flight out of the country.

Under the terms of a plea agreement, prosecutors and Masmari’s defense agreed to recommend a 5-year prison term with 5 years supervised release when Masmari is sentenced on July 31. However the judge is not bound by their recommendations and could sentence Masmari to up to 20 years in jail, prosecutors said.

“This defendant violated people’s right to gather safely: he put more than 700 lives at risk when he purposely started a fire at a crowded nightclub on New Year’s Eve,” Durkan said in a press release. “Thankfully, the staff and patrons at Neighbours moved quickly to evacuate the club and extinguish the flames.”

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  1. Salah says

    May 3, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    “The club’s sprinkler system activated, and no one was hurt.”

    When the sprinkler system is full of…gasoline!

    Burn them in the name of Allah.
    “The most beneficent, the most merciful” (Qur’an 1:1)

    (graphic)
    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2010/09/burned-alivebrules-vifs.html

    • Ima says

      May 3, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      Hope the FBI has your number Salah. Or better yet, Maybe the American Defense League!

      • Salah says

        May 4, 2014 at 2:45 am

        Why? I’m only exposing the cruelty of the jihadists. That’s what the JW site is all about: Exposing jihad and the evil ideology behind it.

      • Champ says

        May 5, 2014 at 3:02 am

        Ima-ding-a-ling!

    • muhammad is a pedophile says

      May 5, 2014 at 10:13 pm

      islam is less than garbage. Muhammad is a pedophile and a false prophet. if islam is so great, why are all Islamic countries sh!tholes? why are you in a Christian country?

  2. Mirren10 says

    May 3, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    If the judge is really not bound by the recommendations of these pusillanimous dhimmi wankers,, then he should give this evil pos the maximum term allowed.

    I hope common sense, and justice, prevails, and this evil piece of scum gets the 20 years.

  3. Champ says

    May 3, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    “This report doesn’t give a hint as to Musab Mohamed Masmari’s motive” …

    Yeah he’s motivated by a hate filled religion, islam, and a hate filled manual-4-murder, the unholy quran!

    • Jay Boo says

      May 3, 2014 at 8:28 pm

      No doubt the SPLC receives donations from gay advocacy groups judging from their website promotion of diversity and prominent frequent use of the acronym LGBT.
      If SPLC wants to make a claim that Jihad Watch promotes hate, they should first list websites that promote Islam.

  4. Myxlplik says

    May 3, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Clearly a review of our immigration policy is in order. Countries who prosecute homosexuality should have immigration and travel restrictions put on them, active visas reviewed suspended and persons deported. In light of the spread of fascism, like witnessed in the Brunei “Stone the Gays” law we must make a stand for human rights, and public safety.

  5. jewdog says

    May 3, 2014 at 5:31 pm

    Homophobia and warmongering are a couple of things that Islam and Nazism have in common. Luckily, Hitler forgot to proclaim himself a prophet or we would be hearing about Naziphobia from the PC crowd.

  6. duh_swami says

    May 3, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    “This defendant violated people’s right to gather safely: he put more than 700 lives at risk when he purposely started a fire…

    Violated their safety? Put them at risk? He tried to murder them.
    What a lackluster PC remark that is.

  7. citycat says

    May 3, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    With full respect i don’t get this gay thing.
    Why tell the world that you don’t wank alone?

    • Jay Boo says

      May 3, 2014 at 8:36 pm

      All one needs to know in this context is that it is one of many vulnerabilities tearing at the veil of the great Muslim lie that Islam is Peace.

  8. Notta_allah_followa says

    May 4, 2014 at 5:36 am

    Something else you would not have read on KOMO; he was an 0bama appointee. As part of the 0bama administration’s Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program , Masmari, a native of Benghazi, Libya, was also a cultural ambassador on behalf of the 9/11 Media Arts Center for the Arabic speaking visitors. A “cultural advisor”, LMAO, no surprise that one’s not out in front of this story.

    • Pekin says

      May 4, 2014 at 8:27 am

      REALLY??? Where are Your sources on this?? This would be nice to inform the public with, then we can demand ACTION from the “Administration…. J.W. would love this!

  9. Hellosnackbar says

    May 4, 2014 at 10:50 am

    This action was clearly attempted mass murder!
    The fact that this was unsuccessful is irrelevant ;insofar as this psychopath deserves a very heavy sentence!

  10. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 5, 2014 at 2:48 am

    From the article –

    “Masmari carried a one gallon tank of gas hidden in a shopping bag into the Neighbours club in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. as 750 partygoers were inside, according to prosecutors.
    “Then just after midnight, Masmari poured some of the gasoline on a carpeted staircase inside the club and hid the gas container behind a planter at the top of the stairs.

    “The container was still more than half full of gasoline, prosecutors said.

    “Moments later, Masmari lit the gas on the stairs and ran off from the club, prosecutors said.

    “**A U.S. Army staff sergeant and an Air Force member quickly put out the fire before it spread. ** {my emphasis – dda}.
    “The club’s sprinkler system activated, and no one was hurt.”

    Nota bene – “A US Army staff sergeant and an Air Force member”.

    Employees of the club, or partygoers? Most likely partygoers. Sounds like they were alert and aware and on the ball, even at midnight in a crowded nightclub. Sheepdogs never go offduty. Well done, guys.

  11. gravenimage says

    May 5, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    Seattle: Muslim who said gays should be “exterminated” pleads guilty to arson at gay nightclub
    ……………………………

    If it hadn’t been for the quick thinking of a couple of sharp military personnel then this would likely have resulted in grisly mass murder.

    Clearly, this is how this pious Mohammedan wanted to “ring in the new year”. *Ugh*.

    And who will be the next Musab Mohamed Masmari? I’m glad this pos is behind bars, but all too many of his homicidal coreligionists are not.

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