Seattle gunman found guilty
JTA reports that the man who killed a woman and injured six others when he opened fire at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in July 2006 has been found guilty of murder in his second trial:
A jury found Naveed Haq, 34, guilty on all eight counts against him. Haq, of Pasco, Wash., will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Following nearly two months of testimony, the jury agreed with the prosecution that Haq knew full well what he was doing when he wounded six women, killing one, at the federation building 2 1/2 years ago.
Haq suffers from a bipolar disorder and his defense claimed he could not understand his actions.
Comments (1) »Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 4:19 PM | Stand For Israel
Round-up: Obama pushes Lebanon on smuggling, girl stabbed in West Bank, Chicago terror trial
During a meeting with the Lebanese President Michel Sleiman yesterday, President Obama pressed Lebanon to crack down on arms smuggling to Hezbollah. Israel has criticized the 12,000-strong UN Peace-keeper force stationed in southern Lebanon for doing nothing to stop arms from reaching the terrorist group, but the UN says that it’s not their job and that the Lebanese authorities are responsible for it.
A 20-year-old Israeli woman was stabbed in the back yesterday at the Gush Etzion junction, which is a 10-minute drive south of Jerusalem. The young woman was waiting at a bus stop when a terrorist jumped out of a cab at attacked her. The girl was taken the hospital; her attacker remained at large.
Prosecutors in the Chicago trial of an American charged with aiding and abetting the terrorists who murdered 166 people in Mumbai last November not only knew in advance what the planners intended to do, but sent them “congratulations” after the fact. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a 48-year-old businessman, is charged with helping fellow Chicagoan David Coleman Headley, 49, gather information to help the Mumbai terrorists carry out their plan.
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Feds charge Chicagoan in Mumbai Attacks
The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago today announced charges against one of two men under investigation for aiding last year’s deadly Mumbai terror attacks that killed 170 people, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Prosecutors allege David Headley made several reconnaissance trips to India where he conducted extensive surveillance of targets, including the Chabad Jewish Center, for more than two years leading up to the November 2008 attacks.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald released a statement saying that the investigation is ongoing and that prosecutors “will continue to seek charges against the other persons responsible for these attacks.”
Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, who was pregnant, were murdered in the Chabad House, along with several of their guests. In the aftermath of the Mumbai massacres and the special targeting of the Jewish outreach center, the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews has under-written costs of improving security at several Chabad centers around the world. For more information on how to help, visit ifcj.org.
Comments (0) »Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 2:14 PM | Stand For Israel
Heroine
Sgt. Kimberly Munley
Our prayers and gratitude go out to Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the civilian officer credited by Ft. Hood commanders for bringing down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan with four shots. Sgt. Munley is in hospital recovering from wounds sustained during the incident.
May the Source of Comfort bless her and the other survivors of the attack with a speedy and full recovery, and may He bless those who lost their lives and send comfort to their bereaved families.
If Hasan does turn out to be a jihadist, it’s particularly delightful that he was brought down by an American woman.
After all, Jihadis don’t tend to be too fond of uppity women.
Update: The Washington Post reports that Hasan refused to have his photo taken with female co-workers, which was an issue even for group photos taken during the Christmas season. Shooting them, though, is perfectly fine. (And it was one of them who took him down!)
Comments (1) »Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 2:13 PM | Stand For Israel
The elephant in the room
Twelve servicemen and women were murdered yesterday at Ft. Hood by an army psychiatrist gone mad (physician clearly did not heal himself).
Funny thing: Early coverage of this atrocity twisted itself into pretzels to avoid mentioning that the shooter is Muslim and of Palestinian descent. Israeli blogger Treppenwitz marvels at how deeply that fact gets buried:
Jerusalem Post – First mention of his religion comes in the 10th paragraph.
New York Times – Amazingly never actually says he was a Muslim. In the 34th paragraph they have a condemnation of the shooting from the Muslim Public affairs Council… but that seems odd since in the 20th paragraph they go out of their way to mention that the shooter had indicated ‘No Religious Preference’ in his service record… a point completely contrary to easilyavailable interview material from his fellow Mosque members.
Haaretz waits until the 10th paragraph to mention his religion.
The Washington Post waits until the 16th paragraph to mention the shooter’s faith.
YNet doesn’t see fit to mention his religion at all, although well into the article they say that it is unclear if his name (a very Islamic sounding one) was given at birth or if he converted at some point to Islam.
The Chicago Tribune doesn’t mention the shooter’s religion in all 29 paragraphs of their coverage. Nada.
A common thread in all the articles is a quote from the Base Commander saying that they are not treating this as a terror attack.
Treppenwitz notes that if the shooter was an Orthodox Jew, his religion would have been in the lead paragraph of every article. We’ll add that if he was an Evangelical Christian, it would have been the headline.
Day-after coverage is now acknowledging that he was a devout Muslim and, oh, by the way, he’s been on FBI watch lists for internet posts praising suicide bombers and other aspects of…
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