jihad amongst us - were salt lake city
murders act of jihadists?
Feb. 2007
The Salt Lake City murders highlight a deep and dangerous problem we face in America today. But the more terrifying question is this: are these acts merely those of violent individual criminals with mental health issue or these acts indicative of greater plots – evidence of jihadist activity in the U.S? Below are key points highlighted from an article, which appeared in the Conservative Voice. After our summary, a link to the full article can be found below.
An evolving pattern of terror
- The FBI and main stream media have all but ruled out the murders had any link to terrorism.
- Research has revealed the FBI set the investigation to reach this conclusion from the beginning. It is no national secret the FBI inserts itself into any criminal act that looks as though it will gain national attention.
- Sources suggest that the Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) relied on the FBI at the onset to provide them with guidance on how to conduct an investigation that may have ties to terrorism. From that point, things have not proceeded in a professional way.
- The first mistake the FBI made was not insisting the computer of Sulejman Talovic be seized.
- There is ample evidence Talovic was savvy with computers. To take the computer days later simply means the evidence could have been tampered with and lost forever.
- The FBI’s second mistake was to pre-judge the results of the investigation and to quickly inform the main stream media that terrorism does not appear to be the motivating factor in Talovic’s killing spree. This young man got his hands on weapons prohibited to an 18-year old without his family's knowledge.
- The investigation has not been properly focused from its onset. Members of the SLCPD have been informed here are so many different law enforcement agencies involved that no one knows what the others are doing.
- The FBI does not want to even suggest this may be linked to terrorism because it may alarm and upset the general public, creating “bad feelings and hostilities” toward the Muslim population. This may happen and I do not advocate reactionary violence against anyone, but the people of Utah and America can no longer hide under their safety blanket and continue discarding possible links to terrorism.
- 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.”
- Omeed Aziz Popal, a Muslim from Afghanistan, who killed one person and injured fourteen during a murderous drive through San Francisco city streets in August 2006, during which he targeted people on crosswalks and sidewalks, identified himself as a terrorist after his rampage, according to Rob Roth of San Francisco’s KTVU. Later the murders were ascribed to Popal’s mental problems, and to stress arising from his impending arranged marriage.
- On July 28, 2006, a Muslim named Naveed Afzal Haq forced his way into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Once inside, Haq announced, “I’m a Muslim American; I’m angry at Israel,” and then began shooting, killing one woman and injuring five more. FBI assistant special agent David Gomez stated: “We believe...it’ s a lone individual acting out his antagonism. There’s nothing to indicate that it’s terrorism-related. But we're monitoring the entire situation.”
- In March 2006, a twenty-two-year- old Iranian student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove an SUV onto the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, deliberately trying to kill people and succeeding in injuring nine. After the incident, he seemed singularly pleased with himself, smiling and waving to crowds after a court appearance on Monday, at which he explained that he was “thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah.” Officials here again dismissed the possibility of terrorism, even after
- Taheri-azar wrote a series of letters to the UNC campus newspaper detailing the Qur’anic justification for warfare against unbelievers, and explaining why he believed his attacks were justified from an Islamic perspective.
- Doing its part for a PC investigation, the FBI is leaking information suggesting Talovic may have been using drugs for mental health problems, suggesting that drug abuse or mental health complications were the cause of his violent acts, thus ruling out a terrorism link. If the FBI truly believes this, it is another indicator the FBI has poorly trained agents working counter-terrorism and we have major security issues and concerns not being met by the ones in charge of dealing with them.
Get the full scoop
The Salt Lake City Murders: A Jihad?
THE CONSEVATIVE VOICE (Feb. 21, 2007)
Our take
We need to pay careful attention to evolving patterns of terror around us. We can’t afford to act like we are isolated from acts of terrorism in our homeland around us. There is too much at stake. We need to scrutinize all such criminal acts for hints of wider plots. It is not the paranoid thing to do – it is the smart thing to do.
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