Police still refuse to call American Muslim terrorism by the word “terrorism”:
Staff members said they overheard him saying “‘I am a Muslim American, angry at Israel,’ before opening fire on everyone,” Meislin-Dietrich said. “He was randomly shooting at everyone.”
Police would not confirm the account. When asked if the suspect was Muslim, Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said at a news conference, “you could infer that that was his background.”
And check out the weasel words AP uses to try to prove that it wasn’t Muslim hatred of Jews:
Authorities said a man walked into the Jewish agency on Friday and opened fire, killing one woman and injuring at least five others in what they call a hate crime. Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of homicide and attempted homicide, police said.
The gunman, who employees said claimed to be a Muslim angry at Israel, forced his way through the center’s security door after an employee had punched in her security code, said Marla Meislin-Dietrich, a co-worker who was not at the building at the time.
And of course, there is the obligatory “retaliation” claim. Because Jews all over America have been taking revenge on Muslims here for the actions of Muslims abroad. Oh, wait. No, they haven’t. It’s Muslims doing that to Jews.
Authorities said officers were moving to protect both synagogues and mosques around the city but there was no evidence of a broad threat. Police were protecting mosques “because there’s always the concern of retaliatory crime,” Kerlikowske said.
And look, CAIR condemned the attack:
“We condemn this senseless attack on a religious institution and offer sincere condolences to the loved ones of those killed or injured. The American Muslim and Jewish communities must do whatever is within their power to prevent the current conflict in the Middle East from being transplanted to this country. We also urge local, state and national law enforcement authorities to step up security measures at synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions of both faiths.â€
Yeah, step up those security measures at mosques for all those dangerous Jewish American terrorists. All zero of them.
Maybe part of the security measures at mosques could be investigators listening for incitement?
Nah.
From Wikipedia:
Don’t you all remember the retaliatory crime (?)
Actually, in the interest of factual reporting and fairness, there have been attacks on mosques and Moslem centers in this country. Firebombings, as well as defacings. Not by Jewish groups, but by Americans who believe that all muslims are terrorists.
I personally had to take care of a teenage boy who was beaten to a pulp by schoolmates on September 13, 2001; he was greek, but “looked like a terrorist.” An officer of our synagogue, when I mentioned this in passing at a board meeting, said “they’re probably all terrorists, there’s no way of knowing.” Sure, and all Jews are assassins, since a Jew killed Rabin…
I have absolutely no issue with Moslems requesting extra security at their facilities. If there’s evidence of some ties to terrorism, let the authorities deal with it. But innocent people [and yes, there are innocent muslims in this world] deserve peace and security just as much as we do.
How about this quote that also downplays the situation:
“We believe it’s a lone individual acting out his antagonism,” said David Gomez, who heads the FBI’s counterterrorism efforts in Seattle.