Well, let’s see. He is a Muslim — not one who recently converted, but one who has been a Muslim for at least three years. His father is a veteran of the jihad in Libya. His photo was sent out yesterday by the Islamic State, which has repeatedly called upon Muslims in the West to stage freelance jihad attacks. In other words, the gunman’s motive is staring ABC News and the Canadian authorities in the face, but it is the one thing that the mainstream media and all too many Western officials do not wish to see, and spend a great deal of time trying to obfuscate. “The Most Pressing Question About the Ottawa Shooting,” ABC News, October 23, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
Authorities in Canada are trying to understand what motivated a gunman to kill a soldier in the country’s capital Wednesday, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling the shooting the country’s second “terrorist” attack this week.
“We will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated,” Harper vowed in a nationally televised address after a masked gunman killed a soldier standing guard at Ottawa’s war memorial. The victim was identified as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24.
Following the shooting — which was reported at 9:52 a.m. Wednesday — the suspect stormed Parliament but was shot to death by ceremonial sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, 58, authorities said.
The gunman was identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a 32-year-old Canadian national who had recently converted to Islam, ABC News has learned.
At this point, authorities are still gathering details about the gunman, Harper said.
“In the days to come, we will learn about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had,” Harper said.
Canada had already raised its national terrorism alert level following an incident Monday in which a Canadian soldier was killed in a hit-and-run by a man suspected to have been a radicalized jihadist….
Don McKellar says
Stop the lies ABC! Stop trying to obscure the Islamic motivations that EVERYBODY can see for themselves! Start doing your job! You are supposed to be a news agency dedicated to uncovering the facts — instead you are running interference for the most evil force on the planet we face today! Stop lying ABC!
Champ says
True …
And obama’s name could just as easily be used in place of ABC:
Stop the lies obama! Stop trying to obscure the Islamic motivations that EVERYBODY can see for themselves! Start doing your job! You are supposed to be our president dedicated to uncovering the facts — instead you are running interference for the most evil force on the planet we face today! Stop lying obama!
Don McKellar says
That fits the template very well!
manuel-rafael says
THE STATE OF WAR THAT HAS REACHED CRITICAL MASS WITH THE OBAMA LEGITIMIZATION OF RACIAL ETHNIC CLEANSING AS THE STATE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT SUBMISSION BY DECREE IGNORES THE LAWS OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND THE ADVANCES THAT MUST BE DENIED IF IT PREDATES MOHAMMEDAN ISLAMIISM.
Paula Boddington says
I noticed on the UK news yesterday that immediately it was reported that the gunman was a recently converted Muslim, there were straight away questions over whether the gunman had any connections with Islamic State. As if THAT could be the only explanation for his behaviour.
So, the same old game again … since Islamic State is being portrayed as an outlier group of non-Islamic nutjobs, (since of course we have Cameron et all bleating all the time about how Islamic terrorism is ‘nothing to do with Islam’ and how Islamic State are ‘not true Muslims’) – of course anybody who commits acts of terrorism in the name of Islam now can be portrayed as linked, not to Islam per se, but to Islamic State (or ISIS or ISIL whatever you want to call it).
As if, since not all Christians believe in transubstantiation, you could say that transubstantiation was ‘nothing to do with Christianity’. Since many Catholics practice birth control, prohibitions against birth control is ‘nothing to do with the Pope’. The situation is literally insane.
This gunman commits to an ideology that espouses violent jihad, and we are left scraping the barrel for reasons why he commits violent jihad???? Duh? to quote Homer Simpson.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
So, the same old game again … since Islamic State is being portrayed as an outlier group of non-Islamic nutjobs…
And matters are made worse by the news that when a New Caliph mujahidin is killed or capture alive, they don’t have official ISIS memberships in their wallets. And the official spokesperson for ISIS will neither confirm or deny whether they even issue such photo IDs. On this last part, maybe they aren’t issuing ISIS photo IDs cuz of the same reason Secretary of “Justice” Eric “The Red” Holder is suing states that require them for voting.
So it could be that the guys running ISIS aren’t using photo IDs cuz they’re sensitive that doing so could lead to perceptions of racial prejudice. Perception is reality, ya know.
DaniEl says
He’s just a frustrated diabetic protestor outraged at the high sugar content of maple syrup. Yeah, that’s it. Let’s run with that. #godlysarcasm
duh_swami says
Authorities in Canada are trying to understand what motivated a gunman to kill a soldier in the country’s capital…
I understand their confusion, I’m still trying to come to grips with a sun that sets in a muddy spring.
Al Rose says
Some idiots in Canada are a bit ignorant and would say that ,but Harper (Prime Minister) knows full well, he full realizes it was a radicalized idiot who had converted to Islam.
He knows full well what motivated the gun,an to kill the soldier.
On the other hand, Justine Trudeau ,the leader of the Liberal party here in Canada, who aspires to be Prime minister would say that, he called the gunman a criminal, the word terrorist will never pass by his lips.
Micheal Brennick says
The Canadian talking heads are pushing the identical “see no jihad” line that was used for the Fort Hood attack, the Boston bombings, the Oklahoma beheading etc.
The favored template: a “lone wolf” (or if not available, a nasty older brother and a dupe younger brother) suffering from some kind of mental problems using Islam as a justification for killing. Our elites are quite content to continue this delusion and hope that the casualties won’t mount to such an extent as to wake up the sheeple. They will contine the absurdity of coddling Islam, leaving the borders open and projecting multicultural delusions.
Al Rose says
Michael, if you are in Canada, watch Sun News Network,they are the only network that tells the truth and reports in depth all this stuff.
Ezra Levant, Alex Pierson, Michael Coran etc
Al rose says
Michael, if you live in Canada, you know full well Harper knows who is behind this and understands Jihad and ISIS for what they are and is standing up to them.
But i cannot say the same for Justine Trudeau, ( leader of the Liberal party and poss, next Prime Minister) he coddles Muslims and Islam, flitting from mosque to Mosque, his motive? the one million muslim vote in 2015.
The gunman wasn’t a terrorist to him, the gunman did a criminal act to him
Champ says
Are they really that stupid? Perhaps ABC is stooping to asking rhetorical questions; since stating the obvious and ugly truth about islam & company has become so unpopular with muslims, and their ilk, and dangerous, as well–like stepping on a minefield!
Jaladhi says
Message for ABC News: IT’S THE RELIGION, STUPID!! LOUD AND CLEAR, CAPISCE!!
OR
You are either too dumb and stupid to understand it or too clever and deceitful to tell the truth about Islam and Muslims!! Which is it–if it is the former then learn the truth and if letter you are scum of the earth!!
Think of England says
You could have stopped with “he is a Muslim”.
gerard says
Sane people are trying to understand why Authorities in Canada are trying to understand what motivated a gunman to kill a soldier in the country’s capital.
mariam rove says
They have to do it this way. Otherwise Muslims get their feelings hurt. M
Al Rose says
Mariam, please do not lump all into .”they” Prime Minister Harper knows full well why and understands the reasons.
Refer your remarks to Justine Trudeau leader of the Liberal party, he definitely does not want to offend muslims and will not say the word terrorist to him the gunman was a criminal not a terrorist, , he condemned Harper for sending planes to bomb ISIS, all JT wanted to do was send aid.
JeffS says
I know what motivated him! Poverty, global warming, the occupation, oppression, American adventurism, racism, inadequate social services, alienation, marginalization and Islamophobia. /sarc
Bezelel says
This is what jihad looks like. The attack could be used as reference in Websters.
dumbledoresarmy says
Let’s hope that, writ large, this *is* what Jihad looks like…because THIS is how this bloke’s Jihad ended:
“…the suspect stormed Parliament but was shot to death by ceremonial sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, 58.”
May all the little local jihads *and* the big, global jihad all meet an identical sticky end.
Obliterated, suddenly and completely, by the equivalent or equivalents of that “ceremonial sergeant-at-arms”.
dumbledoresarmy says
Here’s a piece of music that my husband brought to my attention, when I told him about Kevin Vickers, sergeant-at-arms.
The chorus from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Yeomen of the Guard” : “Tower warders, under orders”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoELfTW2qE8
“…This the autumn of our life,
This the evening of our day;
Weary we of battle strife,
Weary we of mortal fray.
But our year is not so spent,
And our days are not so faded,
But that we with one consent,
Were our loved land invaded,
Still would face a foreign foe,
As in days of long ago,
Still would face a foreign foe,
As in days of long ago,
As in days of long ago,
As in days of long ago.”
“Tower warders,
Under orders,
Gallant pikemen, valiant sworders!
Brave in bearing,
Foemen scaring,
In their bygone days of daring”.
Bezelel says
I hope that since a worse disaster was prevented that it will not be soon forgotten. “his jihad” could go on one of Pam Gellers bus ads.
Wtf? says
I want a Kevin Vickers Tshirt .
I wonder if his bullet entry was politically correct.
WAKE UP CANADA , KEVIN DIDNT HESITATE!
Wellington says
Well, I can certainly understand ABC News’ difficulty here since I’m still trying to figure out the motive of Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood, and the motive of the underwear wannabe bomber, and that of the Time Square wannabe bomber, and that of the killer at the Arkansas recruiting station, and that of…, and that of…, and that of….
Sam says
I bet he was being discriminated in Canada for being a minority which led to his financial problems and loneliness coupled with not having enough welfare dough. To me it is clear that Islam has nothing to do with this. Islam is nothing but peace.
Kieran Pavlick says
Keys to attack trigger, “Other groups think I am ,inferior,stupid, ugly, they are keeping me down,poor, women laugh at me, other religions teach Islam is wrong, stupid, inferior, say Muslims dress funny. There are as many possible reasons, as there are grains of sand in a handful picked up on the beach.
BlueRaven says
I’ve been thinking very hard about this too. I think the climate changing is making certain people belonging to a very ‘peaceful’ religion known to the mankind, crazy that they want to kill whoever doesn’t believe their religion is peaceful. Of course all these killers are ‘Mosad’ agents, pretending to be Muslims. Therefore, it is to do with climate change and Mosad and the Jooos, the West, the Hindus, the elephants, the ants, the sun, the wind, the blue sky, the sand. Islam has nothing to do with it.
There you have it ABC. You can get to sleep. It is all cleared up.
Dennis says
Just a wild thought, ABC, but perhaps it is islam in all its perversities. Once you get beyond the ABCs you might understand.
pumbar says
I was thinking of a film called, “In the mouth of madness” the other day, it has strange parallels to what is happening. It’s about a book that turns its readers into zombie like killers. It begins with the protagonist being attacked in NYC by a lunatic with a hatchet…
Prinz Eugen says
It is sad to see the islamo-marxist regime in DC and their media allies twist themselves like a nightcrawler being put on a fish hook. The lies from the regime must stop — why is there no opposition? No oushback?
The moslem hatchet attacker complained about US and Zionist involvement in the mideast — he conveniently forgets that all of madman Mo’s murderous ravings were compiled long before there was a USA. The first “crusade” was the moslem attacks to conquer the world. That was hundreds of years before the first Christian crusade (retaliation!).
Jack Gordon says
Those here who point out that Canadian authorities may be nervous and unwilling to offend Mohammedans may be right. Walk the streets of any big Canadian city these days and you will see entirely too many hijabs with a veritable tribe of kids in tow. Canada hasn’t been as careless about welcoming this cancer as, say, Britain, Germany, or France, it has still been far to insouciant for its own good. ABC and Barack al-Hussein ibn-Obama, naturally, are a case apart. They are simply feminized leftists incapable even of blaming a mole for digging up their ruined backyard.