A Very Special Spot In Hell
Long term readers here know how I loathe the intentional murder of children. That loathing extends to those who abuse children. Which leads us to the new detail just released by the police about the shootings in Seattle. The brave Jihadi took a gun and held it to the head of a 13-year old girl to force his way past security.
These are the minutemen of Michael Moore. The abusers of children. The users of human shields. For this was an act of terror. This man, whether acting alone or not, was a Jihadi wannabe at best. There is a special place in Hell for people such as these.
SEATTLE - The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity's foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old girl's head, the police chief said Saturday.
Once inside, police say, Naveed Afzal Haq opened fire with two semiautomatic pistols. One woman, Pam Waechter, 58, of Seattle was killed at the scene. Five more women were wounded.
Haq, 30, was ordered held on $50 million bail Saturday pending formal charges of murder and attempted murder.
Haq, a Muslim, told authorities he was angered by the war in Iraq and U.S. military cooperation with Israel.
"He pointedly blamed the Jewish people for all of these problems," Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said at a news conference Saturday.
According to a statement of probable cause, Haq told a 911 dispatcher: "These are Jews and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East."
Muhammad Ullah, a close family friend and a senior member of a mosque founded in part by Haq's father, described Haq as a quiet loner with few friends.
In a statement, the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities offered condolences to the shooting victims and said "we disassociate this act from our Islamic teachings and beliefs."
Seattle police said Haq picked up the two handguns and spare ammunition just days earlier, and appeared to have targeted the federation after a cursory Internet search for Jewish organizations.
He also was stopped shortly before the shootings in Seattle for a minor traffic infraction, and was cited and released, Kerlikowske said. Haq had a valid driver's license and his actions did not raise any suspicion, the chief said.
One of the women wounded in Friday's shooting — hit in the arm as she shielded her pregnant belly — helped bring the crisis to an end by crawling into her office, calling 911, and convincing her assailant to talk to dispatchers, Kerlikowske said.
"She's a hero in my eyes," he said at a news conference.
That woman, Dayna Klein, 37, was hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center along with the four others wounded.
Jewish Federation officials identified the other wounded women as Cheryl Stumbo, 43; Layla Bush, 23; and Carol Goldman, 35, all of Seattle; and Christina Rexroad, whose age and hometown could not immediately be confirmed.
The 13-year-old girl taken hostage at the beginning of the melee was not shot, police said.
When Haq got on the phone with 911 operators, he identified himself by name and said, "This is a hostage situation and I want these Jews to get out," according to a statement of probable cause.
At one point, he told the dispatcher he wanted police to call the media and that he had a gun pointed at a woman's head. He said he was acting alone and had not been drinking, court documents said.
These are the actions of a barbarian. These are acts of war.
By Guy, Sunday, 30 July , 2006 @ 8:35 am
Unfortunately, the MSM and their followers will label this as the act of a lone gunman, that was perhaps deranged. They will completely miss the point that this was an an of terrorism, perpetrated on American soil. Once again, the American public will go merrily on….whistling in the dark.