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Hadayet was a cliché
"It's a cliché, but it's true. He kept pretty much to himself," said Noah Thurman, who lives across the street from Hesham Mohamed Hadayet's apartment.That's because he hated his neighbors and everyone like them. He hated their dogs, too... Hadayet's name has not been on any law enforcement "watch lists" for terrorist activity in the United States or abroad, and investigators have found no evidence to suggest he was part of an organized conspiracy. No Hamas membership card, no Muslim Brotherhood 10-year's membership plaque on the wall of his den. Just a deep and abiding hatred of Jews, Americans, Candadians, Finns, Hindus, Burmese, Samoans... "So far we have no indication of any type of prejudice against any particular organization or nationality," Richard Garcia, the FBI official leading the investigation, said. But a former employee of Hadayet's, Abdul Zahev, told reporters today that his boss often expressed hatred for Israel and felt the United States was biased against Arabs. "He kept all his anger inside," said Zahev, who said he worked as a driver for Hadayet for a few weeks. "He couldn't hold it anymore." I don't feel comforted that the FBI couldn't notice the hatred — or perhaps equate hatred with bigotry — when the WaPo reporter could dig it out just by asking somebody, probably by phone... On Thursday, some witnesses suggested that Hadayet opened fire after a dispute with an airline employee or someone in the ticket line. But today authorities said it appears he began shooting without provocation. "There was nothing exchanged as far as we know," Garcia said. If he was armed and dangerous when he showed up, he probably didn't shoot the place up because somebody made fun of his turban. He went there to kill people, and he killed them because he hated them in the abstract. If you're stuck lugging the 750 pound gorilla of political correctitude around on your back, you might have a difficult time recognizing real, genuine, dyed in the wool bigotry when it's staring you in the face with rheumy red eyes; that's probably because it's not subtle enough. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-07-06 |
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