Chicago Sun-Times describes Muslim terrorist as a generic “man” with “no clear or known ties to terrorism”
Continuing on the same subject as the previous
entry, here’s the opening of the
Chicago Sun-Times story on the Islamic terrorist act—i.e., an act the purpose of which is “to strike terror, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies”—that took place aboard an American Airlines plane approaching San Francisco Sunday evening:
SAN FRANCISCO—Police say a man who pounded on the cockpit door as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco from Chicago has no clear or known ties to terrorism.
San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez tells the San Francisco Chronicle that authorities have not yet established a motive for why 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi got up from his seat and went toward the cockpit door 10 minutes before the flight was supposed to land Sunday evening.
Police say he had a Yemeni passport and was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant.
Unlike CBS, which in the opening paragraphs of its story doesn’t tell us anything about the man except that he lives in Vallejo, California, the
Sun-Times helpfully informs us in the first paragraph that the man
has no known ties to terrorism, and in the second paragraph that he
has no known motive for doing what he did. As though the fact that he’s a Yemeni Muslim yelling “Allahu Akbar” and trying to force his way into the cockpit of an American commercial passenger plane doesn’t establish his terrorist credentials—and thus his motive. No. Unless the man has an al Qaeda membership card in his wallet, he has nothing to do with terrorism.
Of course the problem is much larger than explicit terrorist groups such as al Qaeda. The simple truth the media never tells us is that all believing Muslims belong to a terrorist organization. The name of the organization is Islam.
Here’s the rest of the article:
A retired Secret Service agent and a retired cop were two of several passengers aboard a San Francisco-bound flight from O’Hare who authorities say helped subdue a man as he charged towards the cockpit Sunday night.
Authorities say 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi stood up from his seat in the coach section aboard American Airlines Flight 1561 about 8:45 p.m., then walked forward. A nearby flight attendant assumed he was going to the lavatory, but Almurisi instead started beating on the cockpit door, San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said.
The flight attendant tried to pull Almurisi away but he resisted, Rodriguez said. With the help of another flight attendant, a uniformed pilot in first-class, as well as a retired Secret Service agent and a retired San Mateo, Calif., police officer, they were able to subdue Almurisi, Rodriguez said.
“This guy struggled pretty violently, apparently even putting his shoulder into the door,” Rodriguez said. He was placed in plastic cuffs and seated in the front of the plane until the Boeing 737, which carried 162 passengers, landed safely at 9:12 p.m.
Members of the San Francisco International Airport Bureau took Almurisi off the plane to San Mateo Hospital for abrasions to his elbow and chin. Once he was cleared, Almurisi was taken back to the San Francisco Police Dept, where he was met by federal agents, officials said.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said there was never a breach of security aboard the plane, which left Chicago at 7:05 p.m.. “As always, the door was fully secured and there was no breach of security,” Smith said. “He got nowhere.”
Smith called the American Airlines pilot who assisted, “the leader of the subduing,” saying the uniformed pilot acted quickly to help.
Smith said Almurisi was closely monitored until the plane landed and was uncooperative as he was taken from his seat to the jet bridge.
Almurisi, who was carrying a Yemen passport, as well as a California identification card, was charged with interfering with a flight crew, a felony offense, authorities said.
Authorities are continuing their investigation into why he charged the door. It was the third disturbance of the day in U.S. airspace.
During the afternoon, a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago diverted in St. Louis after a 34-year-old man from Illinois tried to open a plane door during the flight, officials said.
Continental spokeswoman Julie King said Flight No. 546 landed around 1:30 p.m. and was grounded about an hour before resuming it journey.
FBI and airport police questioned the passenger. No charges have been filed.
Shortly before that, a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to San Diego was landed instead in Albuquerque, N.M., because of a security scare but authorities found “no suspicious devices” on the plane, an FBI spokesman said.
Agency spokesman Frank Fisher declined to clarify the nature of the “potential security threat” that caused Flight 1706 to land in New Mexico. He said agents searched the plane and interviewed the crew and 107 passengers before clearing the aircraft to fly again.
Albuquerque International Sunport spokesman Daniel Jiron also declined to say what the potential threat was. No one was arrested.
The flight was diverted at 10 a.m. MDT, and Jiron said it was cleared to fly again around 12:30 p.m.
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Daniel S., who sent the Sun-Times article, writes:
To demonstrate the almost every day nature of Muslim violence or attempted violence in the U.S., a Muslim man from Yemen rushed the cockpit on an airliner that had departed Chicago.
How long until one of these numerous jihad provocations actually succeeds in killing a large number of Americans?
May 10
James P. writes:
The Sun-Times says,
Almurisi, who was carrying a Yemen passport, as well as a California identification card
Isn’t it amazing and absurd that someone from Yemen, a well-known terrorist haven, can obtain a California ID card?
LA replies:
Leaving aside the fact that Yemen is a well-known terrorist haven, the answer is no. He’s probably a legal resident alien. Meaning that he is a Yemeni citizen with the permanent right to reside in the U.S.
James replies:
I think it is amazing and absurd that Yemenis are permitted to reside here legally.
LA replies:
Yes, absolutely.
Charles T. writes:
You wrote:
“Of course the problem is much larger than explicit terrorist groups such as al Qaeda. The simple truth the media never tells us is that all believing Muslims belong to a terrorist organization. The name of the organization is Islam. ”
Absolutely. The more the media tries to cover up the identity of Muslims commtting acts of violence against Westerners, the more they self-identify as a leftist fifth column aligned against the Western nations. I just hope more Westerners are paying attention.
There was also this interesting bit of information buried in the piece:
Authorities are continuing their investigation into why he charged the door. It was the third disturbance of the day in U.S. airspace.
During the afternoon, a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago diverted in St. Louis after a 34-year-old man from Illinois tried to open a plane door during the flight, officials said.
Continental spokeswoman Julie King said Flight No. 546 landed around 1:30 p.m. and was grounded about an hour before resuming it journey.
FBI and airport police questioned the passenger. No charges have been filed.
Shortly before that, a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to San Diego was landed instead in Albuquerque, N.M., because of a security scare but authorities found “no suspicious devices” on the plane, an FBI spokesman said.
Agency spokesman Frank Fisher declined to clarify the nature of the “potential security threat” that caused Flight 1706 to land in New Mexico. He said agents searched the plane and interviewed the crew and 107 passengers before clearing the aircraft to fly again.
So, during the course of yesterday there was one attempted cockpit intrusion, one attempt to open an aircraft door in flight, and one report of an aircraft landing in order to be searched for a “suspicious” device.
It certainly is possible the incidents are unrelated. However, given the insanity of our times, I would be willing to consider just about anything.
Paul K. writes:
The first articles reporting on this incident said the unruly man (at that time unidentified) “started to yell unintelligibly.” With inexplicable prescience, I guessed that what he was yelling was “Allahu Akbar,” and of course that turned out to be the case. I have to wonder, though, how an unruly Arab shouting “Allahu Akbar” can be said to be yelling “unintelligibly.” Isn’t “Allahu Akbar” exacty what we are accustomed to hearing from unruly Arabs and don’t we all know what it means by now? It’s like writing “The Nazi extended his arm in a salute and said something unintelligible that sounded like ‘Heil Hitler.’”
Dimitri K. writes:
I think that the Sun-Times said what it had to say, but in a secret modern language. In that language, “a man with no ties to terrorism” means a Muslim man. If the paper had not described the suspect as a man with no ties to terrorism, readers might think that he was a drunken redneck.
Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 10, 2011 01:56 AM | Send