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Frankfurt Shooting Suspect Had Links to Radical Islamists
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | MARCH 3, 2011 | DAVID CRAWFORD, LAURA STEVENS and MARCUS WALKER
Posted on Friday, March 04, 2011 9:22:51 AM by KeyLargo
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
* EUROPE NEWS * MARCH 3, 2011, 9:57 P.M. ET
Frankfurt Shooting Suspect Had Links to Radical Islamists
Suspect Had Contact to Radical Islamist Groups via Facebook
By DAVID CRAWFORD, LAURA STEVENS and MARCUS WALKER
FRANKFURT—The suspected gunman who killed two U.S. servicemen at Frankfurt airport Wednesday had links to Germany's radical Islamist circles, but German investigators say they currently believe he carried out the attack on his own.
U.S. President Barack Obama said he is "saddened" and "outraged" by the shooting of a group of U.S. airmen in Germany. Video courtesy of Reuters
Investigators suspect Arid Uka, a 21-year-old ethnic Albanian whose family moved to Germany from Kosovo, had an "Islamist" motivation for firing at U.S. Air Force personnel on a bus at the airport, according to the office of Germany's chief federal prosecutor, Monika Harms.
Among other leads, German authorities are investigating witness statements that Mr. Uka had befriended more than two years ago a known Islamist, Rami Makanesi, a Syrian-German currently in German custody on terror-related charges. Mr. Makanesi, frequented the radical mosque in Hamburg where leaders of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks met and prayed.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
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Obama Admin. Refuses to Call Attack in Germany an Act of Terrorism, Compares It to Giffords Shooting
Nation.Foxnews ^ | Mar 3, 2011
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley on whether the murder of two U.S. airmen was a terrorist attack:
"Was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack? I mean, you have to look at the evidence and look at the motivation and then you make a judgment," Crowley told the Press.
The suspect in the murder of two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport confessed that he specifically wanted to kill Americans as revenge for the Afghan war, a German investigator said Friday.
Prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum told reporters that 21-year-old Arid Uka from Kosovo said he went to the airport with the intent to shoot “as revenge for the American mission in Afghanistan.”
Griesbaum also said that Uka’s pistol malfunctioned during the attack, preventing further loss of life. After shooting and injuring two more.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
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Obama is right. He probably was just so angry about the way the tea party crowd is treating Obama that he lost his mind and decided to shoot American soilders.
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Obama Admin. Refuses to Call Attack in Germany an Act of Terrorism, Compares It to Giffords Shooting
Nation.Foxnews ^ | Mar 3, 2011
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley on whether the murder of two U.S. airmen was a terrorist attack:
"Was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack? I mean, you have to look at the evidence and look at the motivation and then you make a judgment," Crowley told the Press.
The suspect in the murder of two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport confessed that he specifically wanted to kill Americans as revenge for the Afghan war, a German investigator said Friday.
Prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum told reporters that 21-year-old Arid Uka from Kosovo said he went to the airport with the intent to shoot “as revenge for the American mission in Afghanistan.”
Griesbaum also said that Uka’s pistol malfunctioned during the attack, preventing further loss of life. After shooting and injuring two more.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
Now that is disgraceful. Honest to goodness that piece of shit should be fired. Terrorism has a political motivation by definition. More incompetence by the Osama administration.
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"Was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack? I mean, you have to look at the evidence and look at the motivation and then you make a judgment," Crowley told the Press.
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Worst fucking admn ever.
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Not surprising. This guy has spent the last two years kissing Muslim ass at the expense of American citizens so why should the next two be any different? Best keep kowtowing to the supremacists as it's clearly working so well. ::)
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Not surprising. This guy has spent the last two years kissing Muslim ass at the expense of American citizens so why should the next two be any different? Best keep kowtowing to the supremacists as it's clearly working so well. ::)
You really can't make up just how freaking awful this admn is.
And yes, I consider those who still support it equally at fault and blame for the stupidity of Obama. In fact, they are worse.
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"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”
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If a campaign is run correctly/aggressively by his opposition in the 2012 election, they should be able to DESTROY him over the terrorism bullshit. Can you imagine pulling up those type of quotes in a debate and the reaction it would get across the US? If played correctly, it would cost Odrama a boatload of votes....even among blacks as there are a ton of blacks with military ties whether personal, thru family, etc...
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(Mirror) — The airport worker who allegedly killed two US soldiers is claimed to have told police: “I did it for Allah.”
Kosovan Arid Uka, 21, is accused of shooting dead the airmen and wounding two others after attacking their bus outside the main airport in Frankfurt, Germany, earlier this week.
He allegedly shouted Islamic slogans and opened fire, later telling police he “wanted to do my bit for Jihad”. Officers said further deaths were only avoided as his pistol jammed.
Last night it was revealed that Uka’s Facebook page contained hate-filled rants against Jews. He was listed on the social networking site under his real name but had changed it to Abu Reyann, his “warrior” title.
The page is littered with references to a Holy War and attacks on “non-believers”. One message he posted said: “If someone would call you to Holy War . . . yeah, and? That is part of this beautiful religion. One is allowed to fight unbelievers when attacked.”
He calls German Chancellor Angela Merkel an unbeliever, claiming she has sided with Israel, which he described as “a declaration of war”.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/04/arid-uka-admits-terror-outrage-at-frankfurt-airport-115875-22964545/
Not an act of terrorism. ::)
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The page is littered with references to a Holy War and attacks on “non-believers”. One message he posted said: “If someone would call you to Holy War . . . yeah, and? That is part of this beautiful religion. One is allowed to fight unbelievers when attacked.”
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KCBaller - "Its an isolated incident"
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The page is littered with references to a Holy War and attacks on “non-believers”. One message he posted said: “If someone would call you to Holy War . . . yeah, and? That is part of this beautiful religion. One is allowed to fight unbelievers when attacked.”
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KCBaller - "Its an isolated incident"
kcballer's post history regarding Islam looks like it was ripped right out of the Messiah's playbook. ::)
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Ha. Even the Germans are calling it an act of Islamic terrorism. Then again, Merkel also had the balls to be the first to admit that multiculturalism has completely failed in Germany.
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When the Obama Admn acts like it is lately, I feel completely vindicated in all of th things I have said since day 1 about this horrible admn, even when it was not popular to do so.
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When the Obama Admn acts like it is lately, I feel completely vindicated in all of th things I have said since day 1 about this horrible admn, even when it was not popular to do so.
333- as each day goes by, you look less and less crazy. ;D
I've been less vocal about a lot of this stuff, but I agree with you almost completely.
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Define act of terrorism? I mean any killing can be seen as an act of terrorism. I'm not saying this guy is not a terrorist but just asking what makes one a terrorist and one a murderer? Terrorism by definition is the act of the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.
Key word civilians.
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Ha. Even the Germans are calling it an act of Islamic terrorism. Then again, Merkel also had the balls to be the first to admit that multiculturalism has completely failed in Germany.
He's excellent.
Not surprised by the Administration's failure to speak the plain truth. Reminds me of this:
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Define act of terrorism? I mean any killing can be seen as an act of terrorism. I'm not saying this guy is not a terrorist but just asking what makes one a terrorist and one a murderer? Terrorism by definition is the act of the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.
Key word civilians.
Unarmed airmen sitting on a bus at a public airport in Germany = they're not combatants on a battlefield = they're civilians.
Quran 8:12: Instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.
Could you seriously kneepad for Islam any more than you already do? You are easily the most clueless and naive person on this board when it comes to it. It's almost nauseating watching you try to spin every negative thing about this off of Islam and onto something else (usually the US or the people who were murdered by some adherent of this totalitarian geopolitical ideology masquerading as a religion).
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Define act of terrorism? I mean any killing can be seen as an act of terrorism. I'm not saying this guy is not a terrorist but just asking what makes one a terrorist and one a murderer? Terrorism by definition is the act of the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.
Key word civilians.
Committing premeditated murder for political reasons is terrorism. I mean, are you that fucking dense? Are radical islamist groups putting out newsletters, broadcasts on the internet and actively recruiting "Lone Wolf's" ( a call to arms to muslims around the world to engage in jihad) because they aren't terrorists seeking to radicalize and influence more terrorism? Get a clue reatrd. This was an act of terrorism. So was Fort Hood. So was the failed Times Square bombing. So was the incident at the airport last Xmas in Chicago. So was the failed attempt to blow up JFK a couple of summers ago. So was and so was and so was. Face reality and take your head out of your ass.
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Wow.....I honestly did not realize that kcballer was this stupid or willing to excuse a blatant terrorist act because of empathy for the cause.....not sure which...
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Must have been the climate of hate created by Palin, Beck, et al.
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Wow.....I honestly did not realize that kcballer was this stupid or willing to excuse a blatant terrorist act because of empathy for the cause.....not sure which...
He does it every single time. I'm guessing it's a little bit of both.
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He does it every single time. I'm guessing it's a little bit of both.
He can't bring himself to admit he has been wrong all these years buying into the drivel and tripe from the likes of CAIR, MoveOn, Code Pinko, INTL ANSWER, etc.
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He can't bring himself to admit he has been wrong all these years buying into the drivel and tripe from the likes of CAIR, MoveOn, Code Pinko, INTL ANSWER, etc.
Can't blame him really. He's one of those guys that also thinks Obama is doing a bang-up job.
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He does it every single time. I'm guessing it's a little bit of both.
There are certain cases that might come up that someone MIGHT have an argument.....but there hasn't been a shred of anything other than this guy was a terrorist who attacked Americans because of his political and religious belief......if that doesn't define it, then I don't know what does. And trying to put "military" members in some type of separate category just further erodes and and all credibility.
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Can't blame him really. He's one of those guys that also thinks Obama is doing a bang-up job.
Don't know about that BF - I see a fizzure now.
1. People like Benny, Mal, Andre etc - who would support Obama no matter what. We all know why.
2. People like KC, Straw, TA, and a few others are pissed at Obama because he has not even gone more over the cliff on the crazy WTF policies.
I could be wrong, but it seems like there is a contingent of people not thrilled with Obama because he has not gone far enough for them.
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Suspect's gun jammed during airport shootings
MSNBC.com ^ | March 4th 2011 | NBC, msnbc.com and news services
KARLSRUHE, Germany — U.S. Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden was standing outside of a bus at Frankfurt airport when a young man first asked him for a cigarette, then whether he was bound for Afghanistan.
When Alden answered yes, the man fatally shot him, point blank, in the back of the head, then stormed aboard the bus shouting "Allah Akbar" — Arabic for "God is great." He shot and killed Airman 1st Class Zachary R. Cuddeback, who was at the wheel, then shot and injured two others, German authorities said Friday.
The gunman, identified as Arid Uka, a 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian, then pointed his FN 9mm pistol at yet another airman seated on the bus. "He pointed his pistol at his head and pulled the trigger twice, but the pistol jammed and no shots came out," prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum told reporters in Karlsruhe.
Jammed, empty shell casings prevented the weapon from firing again
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
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So more would have been dead but for the jamming. Yup - no terrorism there.
FFFFUUUCCCKKK YYYOOOOUUU OOOBBBAAAMMMAAAA AAADDDMMMNNN ! ! ! !
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German Shooter Had Links to Radical Islamists, Obama rules out Terrorism
where did you get that from
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German Shooter Had Links to Radical Islamists, Obama rules out Terrorism
where did you get that from
I posted the links no?
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obama rules out terrorism where did that come from
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obama rules out terrorism where did that come from
I went based on his statements, crowleys' statements, etc.
They are treating this the same way they did Ft. Hood,etc., like traitors, like communist Cun%s, like islamists, like progressive leftists, and like pieces of fucking shit you should hold your head in shame for eternity for voting for and supporting.
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so you made it up
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so you made it up
Obama compared this to a bus accident yesterday no?
Blacken serious question - doesnt the daily acts of utter WTF by this admn ever give you pause?
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The U.S. has launched an FBI-led investigation into the shooting and officials told ABC News it is too soon to determine whether the attack was an act of terror and if the suspect acted alone. However, a senior U.S. intelligence official told ABC News the attack was likely terror-related.
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The U.S. has launched an FBI-led investigation into the shooting and officials told ABC News it is too soon to determine whether the attack was an act of terror and if the suspect acted alone. However, a senior U.S. intelligence official told ABC News the attack was likely terror-related.
Was FT Hood Terrorism related?
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
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The U.S. has launched an FBI-led investigation into the shooting and officials told ABC News it is too soon to determine whether the attack was an act of terror and if the suspect acted alone. However, a senior U.S. intelligence official told ABC News the attack was likely terror-related.
::) http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/frankfurt-airport-shooting-act-islamic-terror-european-officials/story?id=13045312
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
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Yeah, I'll bet - in between helpings of kobe beef, champagne, blus and r&B night at the WH, his fat pig wife looting everything not bolted down, etc
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of course it's terrorism.
obama doesn't want another terrorist attack on his watch.
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where did he say it wasn't terrorism
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where did he say it wasn't terrorism
It's right there in the thread title.
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of course it's terrorism.
obama doesn't want another terrorist attack on his watch.
I dont give a fuck what he wants - its not about him and his elfish communist/islamist/marxist/leninist agenda - its about American pride and interests, not that he cares.
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yeah 333386 made that up
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yeah 333386 made that up
I have ample evidece bth past and present to go from.
Crowleys' statements, FT Hood, et al speak volumes.
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I dont give a fuck what he wants - its not about him and his elfish communist/islamist/marxist/leninist agenda - its about American pride and interests, not that he cares.
elfish?
33, what is obama's exact quote please? You said he ruled out terrorism. What did he say?
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I made up the title based upon Obama Admn's response to this.
BTW - has Dear Imam said a word about the 4 sailors murdered by the Somalis?
Probably thinking those crackers had it coming too.
I can't wait for the medal ceremony at the WH for that one.
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I made up the title based upon Obama Admn's response to this.
What was their response that indicated "RULED OUT" terrorism?
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What was their response that indicated "RULED OUT" terrorism?
Compared it to Giffords' shooting.
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
these are his words you do an investigation you don't just jump to conclusions. nowhere did he say he rules out terrorism
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these are his words you do an investigation you don't just jump to conclusions. nowhere did he say he rules out terrorism
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yeah - just like Ft Hood.
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Wow.....I honestly did not realize that kcballer was this stupid or willing to excuse a blatant terrorist act because of empathy for the cause.....not sure which...
I'm not opposed to labeling this a terrorist attack at all. I'm just asking the question - what is a terrorist attack? This does look like one but internationally there is no legal definition accepted. Oh and Obama is wrong for not calling it a terrorist attack because i too believe it is or was one.
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There is enough evidence out there to make a conclusion, uneless of course you are a deluded left wing freak.
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like you could come to an unbiased conclusion ;D
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like you could come to an unbiased conclusion ;D
Shouting Allah Akhbar, posting on Face book that you want to do jihad, havng ties to muslim freaks, saying you did it for holy war and o get at the US for a variety of perceived grievances, etc, should lead 95% of people to all come to the same conclusion.
Its the 5% of circus clown car freaks like on this board who try to convince themselves otherwise.
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Shouting Allah Akhbar, posting on Face book that you want to do jihad, havng ties to muslim freaks, saying you did it for holy war and o get at the US for a variety of perceived grievances, etc, should lead 95% of people to all come to the same conclusion.
Its the 5% of circus clown car freaks like on this board who try to convince themselves otherwise.
who says it's not terrorism
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who says it's not terrorism
Crowley from the Obama Admn who compared it to the giffords shooting.
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so crowley said it not obama
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so crowley said it not obama
He represents the Obama Admn and so far everything from bama has been along the same lines.
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maybe you should read more than fox nation :D :D
WSJ: "U.S. Official Said Early Indications Suggested That The Shooting Was A Terrorist Assault And Not A Random Act Of Violence." In a March 3, 2011, article on the shooting, the Wall Street Journal reported:
A lone gunman killed two American servicemen and wounded at least two others on a U.S. military bus outside Frankfurt Airport in what officials described as a possible terrorist attack.
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A U.S. official said early indications suggested that the shooting was a terrorist assault and not a random act of violence. German police said they had no evidence of a terrorist motive but couldn't rule one out. A senior military official in Washington said the suspect has "some kind of Islamic ties, but we do not know exactly what those are or how deep they are." The official said it was too early to tell if the suspect was aligned with Al Qaeda or localized Islamic organizations in Kosovo, a former Yugoslav territory that is majority Muslim. [The Wall Street Journal, 3/3/11]
NYT: American Military Official: "There Is Enough Information...To Indicate That He Identifies With Islamist Terrorist Ideology." A March 2, 2011, New York Times article reported:
An American military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the United States was not ruling out terrorism, although it was unclear if the suspect was acting alone or with partners. "I don't know if he's tied to a group," said the official. "But there is enough information at this point to indicate that he identifies with Islamist terrorist ideology." [The New York Times, 3/2/11]
Fox News: U.S. Officials Investigating 'Substantial Evidence That Uka Has Links To Islamic Fundamentalist Groups.'" A March 3 FoxNews.com article reported, "U.S. officials confirm that the suspect was extremely active on the Internet, specifically Facebook. They say they are looking for any potential contacts with the American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is seen as the new generation of digital jihadist." From FoxNews.com:
U.S. officials tell Fox News that German authorities are investigating "substantial evidence that Uka has links to Islamic fundamentalist groups in Germany." Officials also say evidence supports the view so far that Uka did act alone -- which he stated -- but no final conclusions have been reached. [FoxNews.com, 3/3/11]
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God forbid is comes directy from obama, biden, hillary, right?
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
intelligent people investigate they don't just jump to conclusions
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
intelligent people investigate they don't just jump to conclusions
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President Obama made an unscheduled appearance before reporters Wednesday to say he was "saddened and I am outraged by this attack" and that U.S. investigators would work with German authorities and "spare no effort" to ensure that "all of the perpetrators are brought to justice."
He added that the killings were a "stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices" of American service members.
intelligent people investigate they don't just jump to conclusions
Intelligent? Something you most definitely are not. Jumping to conclusions? You do this with every single post. But it's ok, I'll forgive you on the basis that you never finished middle school.
As for the topic, 333 posted this yesterday:
Obama Admin. Refuses to Call Attack in Germany an Act of Terrorism, Compares It to Giffords Shooting
Nation.Foxnews ^ | Mar 3, 2011
U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley on whether the murder of two U.S. airmen was a terrorist attack:
"Was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack? I mean, you have to look at the evidence and look at the motivation and then you make a judgment," Crowley told the Press.
The suspect in the murder of two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport confessed that he specifically wanted to kill Americans as revenge for the Afghan war, a German investigator said Friday.
Prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum told reporters that 21-year-old Arid Uka from Kosovo said he went to the airport with the intent to shoot “as revenge for the American mission in Afghanistan.”
Griesbaum also said that Uka’s pistol malfunctioned during the attack, preventing further loss of life. After shooting and injuring two more.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
Crowley is Obama's mouthpiece. He speaks for Obama. And I would guarantee that Obama would tell him whether to address it as a terrorist attack or not.
For that matter, I've yet to see him refer to it as a terrorist attack. The Germans have. The press has. Obama hasn't. Then again, this is the same guy who won't acknowledge Fort Hood as being a terrorist attack, either.
Remember, intelligent people investigate. ;)
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Suspect's gun jammed during airport shootings
KARLSRUHE, Germany — U.S. Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden was standing outside of a bus at Frankfurt airport when a young man first asked him for a cigarette, then whether he was bound for Afghanistan.
When Alden answered yes, the man fatally shot him, point blank, in the back of the head, then stormed aboard the bus shouting "Allah Akbar" — Arabic for "God is great." He shot and killed Airman 1st Class Zachary
R. Cuddeback, who was at the wheel, then shot and injured two others, German authorities said Friday.
The gunman, identified as Arid Uka, a 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian, then pointed his FN 9mm pistol at yet another airman seated on the bus. "He pointed his pistol at his head and pulled the trigger twice, but the pistol jammed and no shots came out," prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum told reporters in Karlsruhe.
Jammed, empty shell casings prevented the weapon from firing again.
Uka, who was raised and schooled in Germany, refused to speak Thursday when brought before a judge and formally charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
But shortly after the attack, he told police that he had taken the weapon and two knives to the airport specifically to kill Americans "as revenge for the American mission in Afghanistan," Griesbaum said.
"Preliminary evaluations and evidence show it was the act of an Islamist-inspired single perpetrator," Griesbaum said. "There is no evidence at the moment the act was coordinated with others or that he was a member of a terrorist organization."
Uka said a YouTube video he saw the day before the incident allegedly showing a brutal raid on a home by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan had inspired him to prevent what he considered "further atrocities."
When he saw the busload of 16 airmen parked outside Terminal 2 awaiting transport to the nearby Ramstein Air Base, he approached Alden, 25, from South Carolina, who was assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Lakenheath in England.
Cuddeback, 21, hailed from Virginia and was assigned to the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He was the only airman in uniform. The others were dressed in civilian cloths.
After his weapon jammed, Uka fled, authorities say. The 22-year-old airman he last tried to shoot chased him into the airport terminal, where he and police overpowered the attacker.
German authorities believe that Uka only recently radicalized and that he acted alone — but Griesbaum said the incident shows there is a serious danger from what he called "virtual jihad," or those attracted to
extremism through the Internet, not part of a radical network. "It underscores the danger of Islamists acting alone," he said.
Police said Uka was shy, had few friends and appeared to get his ideas not from mosque attendance or personal contact but from the Internet. He had not been observed at any of the mosques that police keep under surveillance, they said.
Police said they have not been able to identify the video he said had inspired him to violence, or whether such a video exists.
Griesbaum said the case underscored the threat from Internet extremism but added that the investigations could be slow and painstaking: "Gathering the evidence is extremely difficult."
The two U.S. airmen who were wounded have not been identified, and one of them remained hospitalized in critical condition on Friday.
Germany's Bild newspaper said Uka worked as a "sorter" for German postal service at Frankfurt Airport, NBC News reported.
Bild quoted spokesman Stefan Hess as saying that they "were very happy with his work" and that he had a short-term contract which was due to finish at the end of the month.
Another spokesman, Dirk Klasen, was quoted as saying that a background check had been conducted before Uka was hired, but there were no "abnormalities."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41902481/ns/world_news-europe/
Typical Muslim pussy shooting an unarmed man in the back of the head.
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So, in actuality, the guy would have killed many more if possible.
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So, in actuality, the guy would have killed many more if possible.
Yup. All while screaming "Allahu Akbar", having a facebook page littered with jihadist worship and other documented examples of his desire to wage jihad and kill infidels.
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hay ed ;D did you read my post about 4 above the one you just posted. get with the game or were going to have to put you out to pasture ;D
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High school dropout, read the underlined portion of my post. Who does Crowley speak for, jobless vagrant? Get with the game or we'll force you to get a job and get off welfare. ;D
Here's a hint because you're so slow on the uptick: he speaks for Obama. ;)
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this coming from a guy that lives with his mommy priceless
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You 're a jobless high school drop living in your parent's basement and possessing the reading comprehension skills of a third grader. I daresay acquiring a job at McDonald's might prove difficult for an intellectual powerhouse of your caliber. :D :D :D :D :D
Here comes another illegible retort.
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i have my own house where do you live, oh with mommy :D :D :D :D
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No, your parents have a house. You happen to occupy the basement. :D :D :D :D
Stellar command of English in that response, by the way. You must surely work for a firm of Goldman Sach's caliber. :-X
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do you live with your mommy, yes or no
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do you live with your mommy, yes or no
blackass - was Ft. Terrorism - yes or no?
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why don't you change the subject title to something that's a little more truthful
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To what?
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German Shooter Had Links to Radical Islamists, 333386 says Obama rules out Terrorism ;D
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Did obama declare ft hood as being terrorism.
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title of post German Shooter Had Links to Radical Islamists, Obama rules out Terrorism
where does it say ft hood, lets stick with this post and not change the subject
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I'm trying to see under what circumstances obama would call somethingh terrorism.
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Did Edited Clip of Brian De Palma’s Redacted Lead Frankfurt Shooter to Kill?
Pajamas Media ^ | March 8, 2011 | John Rosenthal
Arid Uka said he was motivated by a YouTube video of American soldiers raping a girl in Afghanistan. The likeliest source of such a clip is the De Palma feature.
As reported here on Pajamas Media, Arid Uka, who shot and killed two American servicemen at Frankfurt Airport on Wednesday, has told German police that he was motivated in part by a video that he saw showing American soldiers “plundering a house and raping a girl” in Afghanistan. According to Germany’s deputy Attorney General Rainer Griesbaum, Uka is supposed to have viewed the video on YouTube.
An Islamist propaganda video roughly matching Uka’s description is in fact to be found on YouTube. On November 20, 2010, a German-language YouTube user going by the name “24jasmina” uploaded the video under the title “American Soldiers Rape our Sisters! Awake Oh Ummah.”
The video begins with roughly 80 seconds of footage apparently showing American soldiers marauding in a family’s home and raping a teenage girl. The footage appears to be filmed with a night vision camera and comes complete with vulgar and incriminating dialogue. At one point during the rape scene, gunfire can be heard off-camera and then a soldier on camera says: “I f****** killed them all.”
The same footage can also be seen on YouTube under the English-language title “Footage of Abeer Qassim.” The description specifies “rape footage of Abeer Qassim.” Unlike the German-language YouTube page, however, the English-language page indicates that the footage comes from the Brian De Palma film Redacted. In addition to the rape scene, the propaganda video on the German-language YouTube page contains three further scenes from Redacted.
De Palma’s 2007 release was largely made to look “as if” it was filmed by an amateur cameraman documenting real events. A disclaimer that is shown at the beginning of Redacted states that the film is “entirely fiction,” but “inspired by an incident widely reported to have occurred.”
The incident in question occurred in Iraq, not Afghanistan. The allusion is to the 2006 rape and murder of 14-year-old Abeer Qasim al-Janabi near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, and the murder of three other members of her family. Five American servicemen have been charged and convicted for their roles in the crime by American civilian or military courts. The principal suspect, Steven Dale Green, is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
A second related video was uploaded to a German-language YouTube account on February 21, just nine days before the Frankfurt Airport shooting. This clip was posted by a YouTube user going by the name “IslamDwR,” which apparently stands for “Islam, the true religion” [Die wahre Religion]. The title given to the clip is “American soldiers: a girl raped and shot dead.”
The clip consists of a German television report on the Mahmudiyah incident. The report was first broadcast in August 2006 on Germany’s ARD public television network. Ironically, it appeared on the television news magazine Panorama: the very program that first reported Arid Uka’s claim that he had been motivated to kill by a video he had seen of American soldiers raping a girl.
Like De Palma’s Redacted, the Panorama report also contains “re-enacted” segments. In comparison to Redacted, the re-enacted segments in the Panorama report are merely suggestive. When the rape is mentioned, for example, a girl’s hand is shown being pinned to the floor. Moments later we see close-up images of the barbecue that the soldiers, according to the narration, are supposed to have prepared for themselves shortly after the crime.
The report, moreover, presents the crime of Steven Green and his fellow soldiers as somehow emblematic and explicitly suggests that it was not merely an isolated incident, but rather a “foreseeable” outcome of U.S. government policy. This view is reinforced by the testimony of an “expert” who, among other things, explains that “all Iraqis” hate the American soldiers and that “fifteen percent” of the latter have criminal records. The “expert” in question is none other than Marc Garlasco, then of Human Rights Watch. In 2009, Garlasco would be famously suspended by Human Rights Watch, after it was revealed that his “hobby” was collecting Nazi memorabilia.
The Panorama report has been posted several times on YouTube, each time provoking a torrent of anti-American bile from German-speaking commentators. For example, the two “highest rated” comments on a May 23, 2008, posting of the report run as follows:
First of all, I’m German. But what I would do with this Green and the other sons-of-bitches is hang them, shoot them, and skin them. F*** war. F*** Amerika. becouse amerika is war [sic. – in English in the original].
And:
Now I hate the Americans [die Amis] even more.
The author of the last comment, incidentally, goes by the name “Stop the Jews” [stopptdiejuden].
It should be noted that German public television itself makes a regular practice of “illustrating” supposed news reports with footage taken from pseudo-documentaries like De Palma’s Redacted or Michael Winterbottom’s The Road to Guantanamo. The technique is especially favored by the “second” German public television network, ZDF. (For one example, see here.)
A third video posted on a German-language YouTube page on February 26 is titled “American soldiers rape Iraqi women.” It shows a veiled Arabic-speaking woman recounting the details of her alleged rape by American servicemen. German subtitles have been added. The source of the clip is Al-Jazeera.
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Yawning at Assassinated Troops
www.Townhall.com
March 9, 2011 | Brent Bozell
On March 2, two U.S. airmen, Nicholas Alden and Zachary Cuddeback, were gunned down at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Two other Americans were wounded. The assailant was a radical Muslim. This was a huge story to most Americans -- but, naturally, not to our news media. If the amount of airtime is any measure, the assassination of our troops drew a yawn.
That night, ABC's "World News" offered a full report, but CBS and NBC each gave it less than 30 seconds. "Troops under attack in Germany, targeted by a gunman shouting in Arabic about jihad," reported ABC anchor Diane Sawyer. Neither CBS nor NBC found room for "jihad" talk and never found time to ask about the young American lives extinguished.
CBS saved room that night for Mickey Rooney's testimony about "elder abuse." NBC needed to save four minutes and 15 seconds for semi-retired Tom Brokaw's report on the decline in Reading, Pa., and then devoted another two and a half minutes to promoting the Smithsonian's attempt to find a "'Candid Camera' in the Wilderness" with animal spy cams.
Even after the radical-Muslim motivations were confirmed, the anchors were still downplaying it. On March 3, Katie Couric relayed: "It appears 20-year-old Arid Uka had a grudge against the U.S. military. Sources tell CBS News that when he was arrested, Uka said, 'They are at war with us.'"
I'm sure Mark David Chapman had a "grudge" with John Lennon, too. CBS did go to a reporter in Germany on Thursday morning ... but the whole story was over in 90 seconds. NBC offered two minutes.
The same yawning thing happened at the newspapers. No one put this story on the front page. USA Today just reprinted the Associated Press on A-5. The New York Times put it on A-4. The Washington Post offered a story on A-6 that day, and then when it discovered over the weekend that one of the assassinated airmen was a Virginia native -- Cuddeback, gunned down at the wheel of the bus -- they promptly reported it on B-6.
The story itself is far more offensive than anything chronicled in last week's obsession over the craziness of Charlie Sheen. The Times reported a German security official said, "The bus was waiting at the terminal, and one serviceman after the other got on it," Uka asked the last one for a cigarette, "then he asked the soldier if they were heading to Afghanistan."
When the serviceman answered yes, Uka shot him with a handgun in the back of the head. "He then entered the bus, shouted 'God is the greatest' and opened fire and killed the driver with a shot in the head and injured two other soldiers," the official said.
Uka meant to kill them all. He held his gun to the head of a fifth man and pressed the trigger twice, but it jammed. Our media showed more concern about cartoons mocking Muhammad than they did for this crime.
The Times did put another Islamist-violence story on the March 3 front page: Shahbaz Bhatti, the lone Christian cabinet member in Pakistan, was shot dead by the local Taliban for opposing an Islamic anti-blasphemy law. ABC, CBS and NBC all skipped that story on the evening news and offered tiny scraps of it on their morning shows.
Their "public service" function was served by displaying Charlie Sheen and "Candid Camera in the Wilderness."
These journalists have lost a connection to the war on Islamic extremism and the troops fighting in Afghanistan. The Washington Post recently published a touching story of how Lt. Gen. John Kelly went to St. Louis and delivered a "passionate and at time angry speech about the military's sacrifices and its troops' growing sense of isolation from society."
He told the crowd, "Their struggle is your struggle ... If anyone thinks you can somehow thank them for their service, and not support the cause for which they fight -- our country -- these people are lying to themselves. ... More important, they are slighting our warriors and mocking their commitment to this nation."
Kelly did not tell the crowd he'd lost his 29-year-old son, Robert, in Afghanistan four days earlier. He became the most senior U.S. military officer to lose a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan. Like many in the military, he fears the American public is unaware of the price that military families pay in one of the longest periods of sustained combat in U.S. history.
This passage underlined the problem: "President Obama devoted only six sentences to the war in Afghanistan in his State of the Union address in January. The 25-second standing ovation that lawmakers lavished on the troops lasted almost as long as the president's war remarks."
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Not surprised that they didn't cover it. If it paints Islam in the bad light it warrants then the MSM isn't interested. How sad.
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Not surprised that they didn't cover it. If it paints Islam in the bad light it warrants then the MSM isn't interested. How sad.
The TRAITOROUS LEFT is too busy attacking Peter King now to report on this.
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The TRAITOROUS LEFT is too busy attacking Peter King now to report on this.
He's been receiving death threats left and right over this. Mission accomplished for those hearings!