In a message dated 07/07/2002 8:14:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,=20 scotty@aviatsiya.ru writes: > Cmon......terrorism. Wouldn't want to get the facts first and then make an > unemotional and informed judgement after an investigation. >=20 >=20 Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said they believe that 41-year-old= =20 Hesham Mohamed Hedayet, who moved to the United States from Egypt 10 years=20 ago, approached the El Al ticket counter carrying a Glock .45-caliber pistol= ,=20 a Glock 9mm pistol and a 6-inch knife. The suspect "had extra ammunition and= =20 magazines ready to go," said Matt McLaughlin, an FBI spokesman. =20 There was a bumper sticker on the front door of the apartment that said, " Read the Quran." =20 =20 Sherrina Thurman, a neighbor in the Woodbridge Pines Apartments, said that=20 Hedayet seemed to be a devout Muslim whose family kept to themselves. =20 =20 Police were investigating a rumor among neighbors that Hedayet was annoyed b= y=20 the presence of the American flag, and Marine Corps flag, that hung from an=20 apartment above his first floor dwelling. =20 =20 She said his wife and two children, left on vacation earlier this week. =20 =20 "had extra ammunition and magazines ready to go," "It seems like terrorism. It looks like terrorism," Israel=E2=80=99s consul=20= general=20 in Los Angeles, Yuval Rotem, told a news conference. "The way it was=20 conducted was very much similar to previous attacks at El Al counters=20 throughout European countries. And therefore given this history we presume=20 that it may be, and would appear to be, a terrorist attack."=20 =20 The FBI said Hedayet appeared to be acting alone when he opened fire with th= e=20 .45-caliber handgun. "We=E2=80=99ve never said it=E2=80=99s not terrorism,"=20= McLaughlin said.=20 "We can=E2=80=99t rule that out, but there=E2=80=99s nothing to indicate any= one else was=20 involved." =20 =20 =20 ha ha ha hoo ha hee hee right "not every incident is a 'terrorist'= =20 attack"=20 "we don't know anything about the dead man who walked into the airport and a= t=20 the El Al counter started spraying bullets at everybody (only dead are El Al= =20 employees)...but it isn't terrorism" oh, did we forget to mention he wa= s=20 an Egyptian who practiced Islam? we must've not known it yet ha ha= =20 hardy har Well anyway, he had to pick July 4th to do this.. he had to pick an=20 airport..(raising the spectre of 911), and to date I don't think the FBI has= =20 connected Timothy McViegh to any known "terrorist organization" "cells", yet= =20 what he did...without much in the way of explanation from HIM...is called=20 (rightly), a terrorist act. =20