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March 16, 2006
Climate of Fear Part 40
This is probably the worst entry I have had to do in my climate of fear series. I have meant to post about it since it first happened, but have not had the opportunity. You have probably hear about so here is the take of Eric Pfeiffer of the Weekly Standard on the former UNC student named Mohammed who decided the best way to protest America was to drive an SUV into a crowd of innocent college students. For some reason many people do not think this counts as terrorism and some major news organizations have ignored the story, even though Mohammed has been very open that this was religiously motivated violence against innocent people in order to create fear and make a political point:
IT WASN'T A CAR BOMB, but the University of North Carolina must now come to terms with its first potential case of vehicular terrorism after an Iranian born, recent UNC graduate confessed to authorities his motive for driving a rented Jeep Grand Cherokee across the UNC campus into nine students was to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world.""The Pit" is a popular area on the UNC campus and on Friday, March 3rd, made a ripe target for 22-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, who simply said "Yes," when asked by reporters if he was trying to kill people. No one was seriously injured in the attack even though Taheri-azar admits to renting the heaviest model available to inflict the largest amount of damage.
Taheri-azar is already facing nine counts of "attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill." If convicted, he could face more than 100 years in prison and is currently being held on $5.5 million bail. No one appears to question the validity of his surrender and subsequent confession, which included his intent to "punish the government of the United States for their actions around the world." Nonetheless, there is a heated debate as to whether or not his actions amount to terror.
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Posted by Pete at March 16, 2006 09:00 PM
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