What makes a terrorist?

[Richard]

What makes a terrorist?
NPR Talk of the Nation, 21 Jan 2010

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/...71&m=122818457

John Horan, Intl Ctr for the Study of Terrorism

Randy Blazak, Hate Crimes Research Network

I sent you a PM regarding the possibility of finding written transcripts for this broadcast. I am not sure if that is possible or not. I had no luck and was wondering if you had any. I'd like to share this with a few people and think it would be easier if they had a hard copy.

[Sigaba]

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Much appreciated sir exactly what I needed. I appreciate your time.

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From the NPR transcript:

ROBERTS: And you know, we've been talking about this in the context of the Christmas Day bomber and, of course, Islamic extremists, which get a lot of play, but we have to remember that for a long time, the worst attack on American soil was perpetuated by Timothy McVeigh, a white Christian U.S. citizen.

Mr.�HORGAN: Absolutely.

Mr.�BLAZAK: Right, and a veteran and white supremacist.

Was Timothy McVeigh a Christian? In his "Dear Tracy" letters, he is claiming to be agnostic:

Now awaiting death, McVeigh says he is unafraid, that he doesn't believe in heaven and hell. 'If I'm wrong then I'll adapt, improvise and overcome,' he says. 'But if there is a hell, then I'll be in good company with a lot of fighter pilots who also had to bomb innocents to win the war.'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/apr/22/mcveigh.usa


'Dear Tracy' - by mass killer Timothy McVeigh
In a letter to Observer reporter Tracy McVeigh, Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh, who faces execution in 10 days, talks about the 'triggers' that led him to kill people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...6/news.mcveigh

These two articles also suggest he wasn't a Christian:

http://townhall.com/columnists/Maggi...tian_terrorist


http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...5/ai_n9113667/

[T-Rock]

These two articles also suggest he wasn't a Christian:

What's key and often overlooked when folks throw religion into the mix, is that violence in the Bible is descriptive, whereas violence in the Qur'an is prescriptive - commanded by Allah and Muhammed. To say otherwise would be orienting on a "narrative" as opposed to orienting on facts. Christianity doesn't have any theological legal imperative commanding Christians to go out and do violence on Christianities behalf, whereas Islam does.

Islam is unique in having a developed doctrine, theology, and legal system that mandates warfare against unbelievers - terrorism.

"...I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them." (Sura 8:12)

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Moderator Roberts asserts that “Extremism is a relative judgment.” Blazak and Horan agree. Horan adds that people holding radical views “is a sign of a very healthy, functioning, democratic society. We’re not really trying to prevent radicalization per se: we’re trying to prevent a particular kind of radicalization from taking root…”
As long as it’s not anti-gay, Talk Radio and Tea Parties (two places where White Supremacist rhetoric is used a lot, according to Blazak) (Glen Beck is of particular concern), people opposed to illegal immigration or in favor of gun rights, and anti-government types (especially on the internet), which are the areas where Blazak finds the greatest concern for breeding terrorists. He mentions Islamic terror only as an equivalent to Christian terror.
Roberts reminds us of Christian, veteran, and White Supremacist terrorist Timothy McVeigh.
The lady professor from Islamabad finds injustice and lack of opportunity as a major source of terror in Pakistan. She believes that “you cannot identify terrorism with any religion.” Islam is not germane to their discussion.
No mention of Fort Hood. The Christmas Day Bomber is not directly discussed in any significant way: their discussion is “in the context of” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, not about him. His name is never mentioned.
This is how the Left morphs Civil Rights activism and their political agenda into the War on Terror.
Hate Crime = Terror.