Tel-Chai Nation

There's a possibility that the following crime was committed in retaliation to the United American Committee's conference at the Irvine University in California, which was being held to discuss the Mohammad cartoons from Denmark: In North Carolina, a student named Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove his Jeep Cherokee through the Chapel Hill campus, injuring at least five people (Hat tip: Pirates Cove). From the WRAL-TV report:

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, who drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, may have acted to avenge American treatment of Muslims.

Police intend to charge Taheri-azar, who graduated from UNC in 2005, with nine counts of attempted murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, said Capt. George Hare of the UNC Department of Public Safety.

The FBI joined the case because Taheri-azar, a native of Iran, "allegedly made statements that he acted to avenge the American treatment of Muslims. The ongoing investigation will work to confirm this," said Special Agent Richard Kolko, an FBI spokesman in Washington.

The highlighted statement may be an apologist tactic, typical of the MSM. But as the following should show, this was no accident:

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

“He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn’t care,” said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

This is just simply filthy. And if WRAL is trying to excuse Taheri-azar's actions by implying that they sympathise with him, that's even worse.

This report from a local ABC affiliate should help show that it was as intentional as it sounds:

(03/04/06 -- CHAPEL HILL) - The driver of an SUV that plowed into a group of pedestrians at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday told police it was retribution for the treatment of Muslims around the world, sources tell Eyewitness News and ABC News.

As The Jawa Report notes, it's hard not to come to conclusions on such cases when there's an Islamist involved. And in the case of this Taheri-azar, there's one who's certainly convicted himself of resorting to jihad in whatever form he can.

Also available at Adam's Blog, Basil's Blog, Bloggin' Out Loud, bRight & Early. Others on the subject include Michelle Malkin (plus, here's another important update), Ace of Spades, Confederate Yankee, Smooth Stone, Survival Theory, The Galvin Opinion, Canadian Sentinel.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, United States