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| OSU attack suspect visited Washington DC area days earlier, source says | |
| 2016-12-02 | |
| [Fox] An Ohio State University student who injured 11 people when he attacked pedestrians on campus with a car and a knife traveled to the Washington D.C. area days before Monday's assault, a law enforcement source told Fox News. The source said Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, arrived late on Nov. 24 and left the following day. The short duration of the trip suggested his visit was "purposeful," the source added. FBI agents are now seeking court approval to get records from Artan's phone and Internet service provider, which can help determine where he travelled in the D.C. area and whether he contacted anyone.
Investigators confirmed earlier Wednesday that Artan "may have been inspired" by the ISIS terror group, though they aren't aware of any direct contact between ISIS and the attacker. Angela Byers, the FBI special agent in charge of the Cincinnati division, said investigators have not found evidence that anyone else was involved in the attack or the planning of it. Authorities are trying to piece together a gap of several hours between the time Artan bought a knife at a Wal-Mart near his home and the attack. Police don't know if that was the same weapon he used on campus, investigators said. Special attention to the Anwar al-Awlaki graphic contained in this article. | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Excellent! Thanks BBH. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-02 17:21 |
| #11 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cyip9EfXUAoay11.jpg |
| Posted by: Black Bart Hupating6294 2016-12-02 17:01 |
| #10 Thank you, Besoeker. We are now protected three ways against future link rot. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-02 16:57 |
| #9 A more inclusive list at CT Project. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-02 16:07 |
| #8 I was unable to copy the graphic. This wiki link may be of use. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-02 16:01 |
| #7 The table in the article of the various jihadi attacks over the years linked to the deceased Imam al Awlaki is a useful one. If someone could paste it into a comment in this thread so we have it for future reference, I'd be grateful. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-02 15:48 |
| #6 isn't it possible there is a second participant? That was conjectured here at the time this went down. Apparently those more expert in these things, and their media purveyors, have deemed it otherwise. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-12-02 15:40 |
| #5 To my Rantburg colleagues I would pose two questions : first why did the FBI's seem urgently interested in what he did in the hours just before the attack? Second wasn't there a report of someone having pulled the fire alarm in the building moments before the attack and that fire alarm the reason that the police officer was responding and was fortunately on scene. If you were going to attack the building with the car and then a knife what better way to ensure a dense population of people than the crowd that mills around the entrance of the building right after a fire alarm? isn't it possible there is a second participant? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-12-02 12:17 |
| #4 The Falls Church mosque was a slight favorite over the White House. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-12-02 07:41 |
| #3 The Falls Church mosque was my second thought. The first was the idiot wanted to kill Trump. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2016-12-02 07:04 |
| #2 As a follow-up to TW's in-line comment and Betty's comment at #1 (thank you ladies for the set up), permit me to pose a potentially inconvenient but nonetheless haunting 'link analysis' question: If US Law Enforcement (LE) and US Intelligence were aware of, or monitoring the communcations between MAJ Nadal Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki (to which they have admitted), were they also aware of, or monitoring the potential communications or inspirational links between al-Awlaki and the other 8 domestic terrorist attacks listed in this article? (Now 9 attacks, counting the recent Abdul Razak Ali Artan attack at OSU). Was the drone zapping of al-Awlaki in Yemen an attempt to terminate those contacts? If so, why were the US contacts not detained or at least closely monitored ? If the first three contacts resulted in domestic terror attacks, would it not be logical to assume other contacts would produce similar tragic results? I might add, warnings regarding the Tsarnaev bros. were allegedly issued to US officials by the Russians. And from wikipedia, which includes a 9/11 connection (10th domestic attack), not included in the article graphic: As imam at a mosque in Falls Church, Virginia (2001–02), al-Awlaki spoke with and preached to three of the alleged 9/11 hijackers, who were al-Qaeda members. In 2001, he presided at the funeral of the mother of Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who later e-mailed him extensively in 2008–09 before the Fort Hood shootings. During al-Awlaki's later radical period after 2006–07, when he went into hiding, he was associated with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted the 2009 Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner. Al-Awlaki was allegedly involved in planning Abdulmutallab's attack. Emphasis added. Lastly, did the recently revealed D.C. trip of the late Abdul Razak Ali Artan also include a visit to the Falls Church Mosque ? Gross incompetence or patent obstructionism? You decide. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-12-02 00:50 |
| #1 Fort Hood massacre Muslim was from the DC area. |
| Posted by: Betty Ghibelline5754 2016-12-02 00:28 |
