The Crime of Being Gay (Boy George) – YouTube – Posted by “firstonethrough” – 12/12/2013
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“I feel that the streets are a little bit safer tonight,” said Neighbours Spokesman Shaun Knittel. “Why do 750 people have to potentially pay for your ideals, your beliefs, your anger?”
Muslim Torches Iconic Gay Night Club in Seattle | Atlas Shrugs – 2/3/2014.
Incident:New Year’s Eve Fire At Seattle Gay Bar Neighbours Investigated As Arson – video included – 1/2/2014.
Suspect arrested: Musab Masmari.
A Muslim charged with and videotaped pouring gasoline on a gay club and setting it on fire was an “Arab Cultural Ambassador” for the State Department when it hosted visiting Iraqi “journalists” in Seattle.
Masmari was scheduled to appear in court Monday for a hearing following his conviction and jail sentence on an assault charge stemming from an incident last summer. Municipal court officials told CHS the hearing was planned to discuss the probation office’s monitoring of Masmari while he received court-ordered mental health treatment.
Nothing is simple.
It appears the suspect now associated with a Seattle gay nightclub fire had a presence in the business district and a record with the courts pointing to aggressive and unstable behavior.
Contempt for the infidel?
Mental illness?
A little bit of both?
Seattle resident Musab Masmari, a Libyan/US citizen, was also in attendance to act as a cultural ambassador on behalf of 911 Media Arts Center for the Arabic speaking visitors.
Iraqi Journalists visit 911 Media Arts Center | 911 seattle media arts center – appears to have been published around 6/1/2011 – as viewed – 2/4/2014.
How off the wall could Masmari, who evidently participated in civic activities (or, say, played nice with other) in 2001, have been?
Still, this combination of apparent psychological trouble, attempted or successful mass murder, and motives associated with Islamic Jihad would seem to form a motif for investigators and watchers.
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Muhammad’s lawyers had argued he was “innocent by reason of mental disease or defect”. But on Monday afternoon, Muhammad, who faced capital punishment for Pvt. Long’s slaying, stood before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Hubert Wright and pled guilty to more than a dozen charges in connection with shootings.
Little Rock Jihadist Sentenced to Life :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism – 7/25/2011
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“Put it this way,” says one official familiar with the conversations that took place. “Everybody felt that if you were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, you would not want Nidal Hasan in your foxhole.”
Walter Reed Officials Asked: Was Hasan Psychotic? : NPR – 11/11/2009
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“I was immediately struck by how bizarre he looked.”
The Shoe Bomber’s World – TIME – 1/6/2002
The intimation may be of mental illness, but the machinery would seem to run deliberately and logically enough. “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid’s story has that Twilight Zone aspect to it no less than the stories of others who have latched themselves to a now familiar motivation — and in the name of God too — for committing horrendous crimes.
We’ll see what comes out in court for alleged arsonist Musab Mohamed Masmari, but if experience now has a track record, we may expect some combination of the appearance of nuttiness — not to be too formal on this blog that may have well cited DSM-V (probably second-hand from the web too) — along with a chilling recounting concerning the purchase of a gasoline can, filling it, securing matches, walking the assembly to the top of a staircase, pouring out the gasoline, walking back down, and striking a match.
Related Reference
Police Arrest Musab Mohamed Masmari in Neighbours Arson Case | Slog – 2/1/2014.
FBI investigating Neighbours arson suspect | www.kirotv.com – 1/3/2014.
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