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| Terrorist's Daughter Admits What MSM Denied: 10 Year Ago NY Attack Was Terror |
| 2007-02-18 |
| Ali Abu Kamal's relatives say they are tired of lying about why the Palestinian opened fire on the observation deck of Empire State Building, killing a tourist and injuring six other people before committing suicide. Kamal's widow insisted after the shooting spree that the attack was not politically motivated. She said that her husband had become suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. But in a stunning admission, Kamal's 48-year-old daughter Linda told the Daily News that her dad wanted to punish the U.S. for supporting Israel - and revealed her mom's 1997 account was a cover story crafted by the Palestinian Authority. "A Palestinian Authority official advised us to say the attack was not for political reasons because that would harm the peace agreement with Israel," she told The News on Friday. "We didn't know that he was martyred for patriotic motivations, so we repeated what we were told to do." But three days after the shootings, Kamal's family got a copy of a letter that was found on his body, they said. The letter said he planned the violence as a political statement, his daughter said. "When we wanted to clarify that to the media, nobody listened to us," she said. "His goal was patriotic. He wanted to take revenge from the Americans, the British, the French and the Israelis." She said the family became certain that he carried out the attack for political reasons after reading his diary. "He wrote that after he raised his children and made sure that his family was all right he decided to avenge in the highest building in America to make sure they get his message," said Linda, who works for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. She said her mom burned the diary, fearing that it would cause the family trouble. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 No. It wasn't terrorism. And it wasn't terrorism when that Bosnian opened up in the Utah shopping mall last week either. Or when that guy shot up the Jewish center in Seattle last year...or when...etc. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-02-18 18:01 |
| #6 Originally, it wasn't terrorism according to NY and the Feds but a simple case of misplaced phallus envy--garden variety craziness. Now the truth comes out. If it is printed by the MSM or the Feds, it probably is not true or has spin. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-18 15:14 |
| #5 "He wrote that after he raised his children and made sure that his family was all right he decided to avenge in the highest building in America to make sure they get his message," In 1997, the Empire State was at most the fourth-tallest building in America. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-02-18 14:48 |
| #4 I hate to say it, but I forgot about it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-18 14:35 |
| #3 But three days after the shootings, Kamal's family got a copy of a letter that was found on his body, they said. The letter said he planned the violence as a political statement, his daughter said. So New York and Federal authorities lied through their teeth in claiming this wasn't terrorism. CLINTON LIED, TOURISTS DIED!!! Ahh, that felt better. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-02-18 14:01 |
| #2 Do I smell... taqiya?!? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-02-18 13:43 |
| #1 Ummm, lemme see. Isn't Chuckie Schumer from Noo Yawk? Anyone think he'll care, or even acknowledge this? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-02-18 13:40 |