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1. #1
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:13 am, atheling said:

   You’re welcome for the tip.

2. #2
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:13 am, On-my-soap-box said:

   …not a hate crime though…

3. #3
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:15 am, Yiddish Steel said:

   Just what the United States and the rest of the Civilized, Western World needs: More H1B Student Visas.

4. #4
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:18 am, Michelle Malkin said:

   You’re welcome for the tip.

   Tons of readers e-mailed the article.

5. #5
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:19 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Why 2nd degree murder?

   Master Po: Time for you to leave Grasshopper.”

   Abdulsalam S. al-Zahrani: “I kill you!”

6. #6
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:19 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:18 am, Michelle Malkin said:
   You’re welcome for the tip.
   Tons of readers e-mailed the article.

   I think he wants a cookie.

7. #7
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:20 am, calgirl said:

   the motive is clear to me….this creep murdered the man just because he was Jewish…I wonder if he’ll be charged with a “hate crime”….NOT.

8. #8
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am, regularguy said:

   RAAAAACIST! Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani is enriching and strengthening our cultural diversity.

9. #9
   On December 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am, Stubby said:

   Why do we kiss a** to the middle east? Why are there any middle eastern students here and probably at taxpayers’ expense under some ridiculous program created by our imbecilic politicians with pork funds. Let them get educated in their own country.

10. #10
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:25 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Al-Zahrani: “confrontational, argumentative and ‘acted like a terrorist.’”

    This COULD be just one weird dude but we seem to get a lot of people killed by importing “young men from known terrorist supporting nations”. Saudi Arabia is home to the whaabi sect which being confrontational, argumentative and ‘acting like a terrorist’” is the norm.

    As Al-Zahrani is of The Religion of Peace allowance must be made. No good people this should not be looked at as a murder but merely an expression of differences. Richard T. Antoun was not all that good at bridging that divide was he?

11. #11
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:25 am, b-cat said:

    Well if he hadn’t been living in poverty and poorly educated…

12. #12
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:26 am, behiker said:

    His work focused on bridging the divide between religions and cultures, particularly in the Middle East.

    I could have stopped after reading this sentence. I knew it was going to be followed by a killer’s name I couldn’t pronounce but I would recognize as being mid-eastern.

13. #13
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:26 am, granite said:

    Binghamton is only ~40 miles from islamberg “children’s academy” in Hancock, NY.

    Perhaps merely a coincidence….
    Perhaps not.

14. #14
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am, cheapseat said:

    yes, yes, yes, academias chickens are coming home to roost. for money these colleges invite in criminals and terrorists from every dump around the globe. then they don’t keep track of them, and when they overstay their visa, oh well that’s not my responsibility. when they murder or mass murder, oh well, that’s not my responsibility. when they send our taxpayer funded trade secrets back to the homeland so they too can develop nuclear and biological and space based weapons, oh well, that’s not my responsibility. SO WHO’S RESPONSIBILITY IS IT, YOU BROUGHT THEM HERE.

15. #15
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am, granite said:

    The motive for the attack is unclear.

    Of course.

16. #16
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Rogue Cheddar said

    I want a cookie too, maybe three.

17. #17
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am, RTater said:

    Stereotypes aren’t invented out of thin air.

18. #18
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:31 am, Savage24 said:

    I don’t see anything in the main stream media, so I guess this didn’t happen.

19. #19
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am, Paul Revere said:

    The motive for the attack is unclear.

    Oh, really?

20. #20
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am, b-cat said:

    Souleyman Sukho, a Senegalese doctoral student at BU who was one of Al-Zahrani’s apartment-mates, stated he “‘came at me with a knife . . . asked me if I was afraid of dying . . . behaved like a terrorist . . . . would open his door and would be screaming on the phone . . . [and] claimed he was persecuted.’”

    Yet you remained as his roommate. Either a sheep or a fellow traveller.

21. #21
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am, Speakup said:

    Mr. Zahrani was immediately arrested and charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bail. The motive for the attack is unclear.

    And just as likely to remain unclear.

22. #22
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:41 am, Coregis said:

    My money is on real severe mental health issues (schizophrenia, paranoid/delusional) along with being a radical Muslim. Was it a terrorist act? No. It has no resemblence to the other acts of terrorism we’ve seen recently. Note the lack of “Allah Akbar”. Actually, it resembles a number of cases of doctoral students blowing their dissertation and taking it out on someone.

    That being said, he should be going to prison for a long time…..

23. #23
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:42 am, tre said:

    The motive for the attack is unclear.

    Are they open to suggestions?

    Antoun, an expert on comparative religion, is described as a “gentle man dedicated to dispelling stereotypes about different cultures.”

    I’m sorry his idealism and rose-colored glasses finally got him killed.
    We won’t have a perfect world until Jesus Christ returns.

24. #24
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am, b-cat said:

    It has no resemblence to the other acts of terrorism we’ve seen recently. Note the lack of “Allah Akbar”.

    Of course, the lack of any living witnesses makes that difficult to determine.

25. #25
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am, granite said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am, b-cat said:

    It has no resemblence to the other acts of terrorism we’ve seen recently. Note the lack of “Allah Akbar”.

    Of course, the lack of any living witnesses makes that difficult to determine.

    Agreed.

    Absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence.

26. #26
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am, Truesoldier said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am, b-cat said:

    Yet you remained as his roommate. Either a sheep or a fellow traveller.

    Not to mention that it appears neither one reported it even in the wake of the Maj Hassan terrorist attack at Ft Hood.

27. #27
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:52 am, jangar said:

    Another day in a world of jihad…

    They won’t admit this is a problem until the last guy standing notices he’s the last guy standing, then who’s left to give a $h!t?

28. #28
    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:56 am, spaceycakes said:

    b-cat said:

    Yet you remained as his roommate. Either a sheep or a fellow traveller.

    Or he had really good weed.

29. #29
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am, RedDog said:

    It’s in the genes. I lived next door to a man who worked in the US foreign service in Arab countries for many years. His kids told me that most of the Muslims they came in contact with were total loons.

    Suggestion: If these ivory tower academics want to do cultural anthropology let them examine the negative effects of inbreeding in Arab cultures. Combine that with Mohammedanism and you’ve got a real problem.

30. #30
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am, Ron said:

    But will he be charged under Sharia law?

31. #31
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:17 am, Truesoldier said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am, Ron said:
    But will he be charged under Sharia law?

    Nope he would be rewarded.

32. #32
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:25 am, spaceycakes said:

    saw his head off.

33. #33
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:33 am, tomg51 said:

    The science is settled.

    The last 10 years have been the hottest period for muslim terrorism since the middle ages.

    And it even looks like a hockey stick.

34. #34
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    What part of premeditated murder don’t the authorities understand? This is FIRST DEGREE MURDER with HATE CRIME providing the aggrevated “kicker” that should make this a DEATH PENALTY case.
    ***
    Stop coddling these criminals and “hang em high” if they are convicted–after one appeal. Give them their well deserved “ticket to Allah” and their 72 virgins.
    ***
    Lots of people around this Jihadi could have reported him to the University and didn’t. Canceling his “student” visa and shipping his sorry A** back to his home country would have saved a life. Why do we need to suffer these murderers in our country?
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

35. #35
    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:43 am, RedDog said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:33 am, tomg51 said:
    The science is settled…. And it even looks like a hockey stick.

    LOL. Thanks, I needed that.

36. #36
    On December 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, Misscheryl said:

    blame the liberals and their dream of utopia for this stuff. I can’t really comment on this stuff anymore, it infuriates me so.

37. #37
    On December 8th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, ACHefty said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    I think he wants a cookie.

    Cookie-schmookie! Break out the cheddar!

38. #38
    On December 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm, greenfairie said:

    We have enough dangerous loons here. Why import them?

39. #39
    On December 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Why do we kiss a** to the middle east?

    We won’t drill here and now.

40. #40
    On December 8th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    We have enough dangerous loons here. Why import them?

    Diversity.

41. #41
    On December 8th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, single stack said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:
    Rogue Cheddar said
    I want a cookie too, maybe three.

    Don’t forget the milk. It would be nice to get milk and cookies whenever we come to play at Mrs. Malkin’s house.

42. #42
    On December 8th, 2009 at 1:26 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    We are engaged in the Long War on Terror. Liberal politicians’ position on illegal immigration are the reason we are flooded with these student visas. We need someone with the stones Eisenhower had to throw them the hell out of the country!
    Like Misscheryl – I am infuriated by our immigration policies from Bush to Obeyme. Enough already. Get armed, you too ladies.

43. #43
    On December 8th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am, rocketman said:Lots of people around this Jihadi could have reported him to the University and didn’t.

    You mean like Major Hasan?

44. #44
    On December 8th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, nbarry said:

    On Dec. 8 at 10:20 A.M., Calgirl stated that Mr. Antoun was Jewish. According to the news article, he was Unitarian Universalist. This in no way mitigates his murder or the hateful motive behind it.

45. #45
    On December 8th, 2009 at 1:58 pm, Tuesday said:

    Oh, no. Immediately the DA said there was no religious or ethnic motivation, even when he added the investigation is at its early stages! In other words, he is making sure noone should EVEN think about probable (and apparent) motive!
    Heh!

46. #46
    On December 8th, 2009 at 4:05 pm, Stubby said:

    Aloha Guy…

    You’re absolutely correct. I had a memory lapse during my outrage.

47. #47
    On December 8th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, thetoysurgeon said:

    And how many more thousands like him are running around?

48. #48
    On December 8th, 2009 at 5:48 pm, zyzzyg said:

    I can’t imagine that it was only his roommates that knew about this guys behaviour. Moreover, why did those other guys elect to live with Al-Zahrani?

    A number of jobs can be created to interview and keep tabs on visiting students, workers and vacationers. Part of that job description would include, but not limited, to deporting these individuals who overstay their visas and keeping track of who comes and goes in and out of the country.

    This unfortunate event sounds as if it could have been avoided.

    Our military fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would not have impacted this event, but a more robust law enforcement (State Dept, Homeland Security, Customs, and/or FBI) could have.

49. #49
    On December 8th, 2009 at 7:17 pm, ssnark said:

    On December 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    What part of premeditated murder don’t the authorities understand? This is FIRST DEGREE MURDER with HATE CRIME providing the aggrevated “kicker” that should make this a DEATH PENALTY case.
    ***
    Stop coddling these criminals and “hang em high” if they are convicted–after one appeal. Give them their well deserved “ticket to Allah” and their 72 virgins.
    ***
    Lots of people around this Jihadi could have reported him to the University and didn’t. Canceling his “student” visa and shipping his sorry A** back to his home country would have saved a life. Why do we need to suffer these murderers in our country?
    ***

    I gotta agree with you on that one.

50. #50
    On December 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, corkie said:

    a more robust law enforcement (State Dept, Homeland Security, Customs, and/or FBI) could have.

    The Department of Homeland Security must be willing to enforce our existing laws before any additional personnel will do any good.

    Increased robustness isn’t always about a larger budget.

    zyzzyg, you should stop pretending to be any type of fiscal conservative. A conservative would never refer to increased government spending as job creation.

51. #51
    On December 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm, cabrerski said:

    Cookies for tips??? Prepare for the onslaught, ms. Malkin…

52. #52
    On December 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm, NestingHawk said:

    Making alternative living arrangements isn’t always easy or immediately possible. I don’t think we need to make any assumptions about the roommates.

    Unitarian Universalist is not exactly, er, right-wing.

    http://www.uua.org/

    If this was politically motivated, people who think the Islamofascists would back off if we were nicer to them might want to take note.

53. #53
    On December 9th, 2009 at 12:26 am, YTZGal said:

    The issue isn’t just Islamofascists. It’s crazy people of all stripe, and our reluctance to confront the issue. So, in our efforts to be “non-judgmental”, people die.

    This reminds me of the shooting at the Appalachian school of law back in 2002, where people noted the shooter was “off” and “just wasn’t right” before he went on his rampage, but was most likely coddled because of his protected minority status. That seems to be a trend ….a lethal one.
    

54. #54
    On December 9th, 2009 at 12:04 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    You said it YTZGal…all this PC liberalism is gonna prove disastrous.

55. #55
    On December 9th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, bedje said:

    Has obama said “let’s not jump to any conclusions” yet?