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Both family and school deny terror motives
March 21, 2006
MIM: Denial 101: What would Mohammed drive?
Next time a Muslim student with a shaved head tries to kill you with a jeep for the sake of Allah, rest assured that he's just a criminal - not a terrorist..."
Which begs the question of why the SUV wasn't full of explosives, unless he was planning to ask for his deposit back.
UNC Chancellor: Not School's Role To Call Attack Terrorism
"...Moeser said he understands how some students may believe they were the victims of a terrorist.
"I agree, this could feel like terrorism, especially if you're standing in front of a Jeep that's heading toward you trying to kill you," Moeser said.
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March 10, 2006 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --
The chancellor of the University of North Carolina says it's not up to his administration to label the attack on campus last week that injured nine people. "The fact is, this is not the university's call," Chancellor James Moeser said Thursday in response to students who have asked school leaders to condemn the attack by a former Muslim student as a terrorist act. "The U.S. attorney will determine whether or not this is an act of terrorism." Mohammed Taheri-azar, a 22-year-old UNC graduate, has been charged with nine counts of attempted first-degree murder and nine counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury after racing through a crowded campus gathering spot in a rented Jeep Cherokee. No one was seriously injured.
Taheri-azar told police that he intended to kill people to avenge the treatment of Muslims around the world. He is being held at Central Prison in Raleigh with bond set at $5.5 million. A small group of students protesting Monday called for university administrators to condemn the act as terrorism. "The chancellor should be out here with us, to be frank," said Luke Farley, speaker of the school's Student Congress. Moeser said he understands how some students may believe they were the victims of a terrorist. "I agree, this could feel like terrorism, especially if you're standing in front of a Jeep that's heading toward you trying to kill you," Moeser said. "As we have investigated this, we've come more and more to the conclusion that this was one individual acting alone in a criminal act."
Moeser also said there was no way university officials could have anticipated the attack by Taheri-azar. "There never were noticeable signs" of a problem with Taheri-azar before his graduation last fall, he said. "He was a good student. He also was very much a loner." Moeser said certain "criminal minds" don't reveal themselves easily. "They don't raise red flags until they commit a crime," he said. The campus is safe, Moeser said, warning that students should be more concerned about traveling safely during spring break next week. Previous Stories:
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UNC Hit-And-Run Suspect Refuses Legal Representation
UPDATED: March 6, 2006 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The man charged with plowing an SUV into a crowd of University of North Carolina students on Friday as part of a political protest refused legal representation during his initial court appearance Monday morning. Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 23, is charged with nine counts each of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Taheri-azar, a December 2005 UNC graduate, was taken into custody Friday afternoon, shortly after an SUV plowed through "The Pit," a popular gathering spot on campus. He called police to surrender and then waited for officers about two miles from campus. » Listen To 911 CallThis item is available on the Militant Islam Monitor website, at http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/1776