Source at FlyDubai: The Omani Co-Pilot Was a "Religious Extremist" (Non-Amish Division), "We Hired the Services of a Terrorist"

Via Ed Morrissey, "We may never know the motive" once again becomes "We knew the motive all along because of course."

But the media will never get tired of playing this game.

According to GB News and Israeli media, FlyDubai's so-far-unnamed terrorist pilot offered plenty of clues to warn the airline about assigning him to a Tel Aviv route. The pilot was already known as a "religious extremist" who prayed ostentatiously and refused physical contact with females, even to shake hands. A FlyDubai employee offered an anonymous condemnation of his employer as betraying the UAE by assigning an Omani to the route:

News anchor Yosef Yisrael said the source detailed how the pilot "was someone characterised by very strange behaviour, especially around religious observances that were out of step with his surroundings".

He added: "For instance, he used to pray a lot, and would not shake hands with women."

The source also claimed that usually only Emiratis fly to Israel - and accused the airline of betraying his country.

"There is no other way to put it, we hired the services of a terrorist and nearly caused the deaths of 180 people," the source said.

"If you see something, say something" was the vague advice offered by Bush for about a year after 9/11. He was very careful not to say what somethings we should consider worth saying something about.

But then the leftist NGOs and Islamist advocacy groups began fighting back against even this vague caution, and the rule soon became "Ignore all behavior of Muslims, o matter how strange or alarming, or else you're a bigot who will be cancelled out of your job."

And here we are.

Via Twitchy: CBS says the FlyDubai terror pilot's motive may never be known (Inshallah).

Just as Beyamin Netanyahu announces the co-pilot who stabbed his captain and attempted to crash the plane full of Israelis underwent Islamic radicalization...

...CBS says there are "questions" swirling about his motive which, Allah willing, will never be answered.

CBS News @CBSNews

Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.

They also aver that he "allegedly" stabbed his co-pilot.

Um, who else was in the cockpit?

One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday.

The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The captain was able to fight off the co-pilot long enough to unlock the cockpit door. Passengers then overpowered the co-pilot, and two off-duty pilots who were on the flight managed to gain control of the aircraft and make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

There were 174 people aboard the plane. No passengers were seriously injured in the incident. The pilot sustained stab wounds in the attack. Saudi authorities said two crew members were hospitalized with unspecified injuries, and the co-pilot remained in custody on Thursday.

The co-pilot of the flight has not yet been publicly identified.

An Omani official confirmed to CBS News that the attacker was born in Oman and currently holds Omani citizenship, but the Omani government has not publicly confirmed his nationality.

The co-pilot's motive in the alleged attack remains unknown.

Netanyahu speculated to CBS News on Wednesday that the incident looked "like a suicide attempt," referring to witnesses who said the co-pilot had tried to jam the plane's equipment instead of stabilizing the aircraft. After passengers subdued the co-pilot, he shouted for someone to kill him, Netanyahu told Fox News on Thursday.

In the same interview with Fox, Netanyahu said "personal information" gathered during ongoing questioning had led Israel to the conclusion that the co-pilot "underwent Islamist radical indoctrination." He did not offer more information.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called the incident "an attempted jihadist terror attack," and referred to the co-pilot as a "terrorist."

An Israeli security official told CBS News that authorities were investigating the possibility the incident could have been an attempted Sept. 11-style terror attack, and whether the attacker was working alone. Netanyahu has warned in recent days of unspecified, escalating security threats to Israel and its interests amid its ongoing operations against Iran-allied Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Related: Stephen Greene wants to know why we haven't executed "Workplace Violence-Doer" Nidal Hassan yet.

It seems impossible that it's been almost exactly 17 years since U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire on soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center in Killeen, Texas. By the time Department of the Army police officer Kimberly D. Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd exchanged gunshots with Hasan and disabled him; he had killed 14 people -- including an unborn baby -- and wounded 32 more.

Before going down, Hasan shot Munley three times, in the right hand, left thigh, and left knee. She survived, but never fully recovered from her injuries. Hasan's attack lasted about 10 minutes because of all the many absurdities about modern life; soldiers are generally not allowed to carry firearms on base.

It is the height of outrageous absurdity that the Obama administration described the jihadi terrorist attack as an act of mere "workplace violence." Hasan, the son of naturalized Palestinian immigrants, was reportedly radicalized online by Imam Anwar al-Awlaki -- under the watchful eye of the FBI. The Bureau cleared him shortly before what a Senate report called "the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001."

Obama's Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said, "I'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers... Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse."

Fourteen dead in an Islamic terror attack, and all Casey could do was praise our precious diversity.

But the absurdities continue.

It took four years to complete Hasan's court-martial and sentence him to death.

Thirteen years later, he remains on death row.

But here's the part that really gets me and ought to have you blood boiling, too -- and it comes courtesy of Homeland Security two days ago:

The Supreme Court removed the last remaining legal obstacle to Hasan's long-awaited execution in October 2024 -- two years ago -- when the court declined to hear his appeal. That was under Presidentish Joe Biden.

It should come as no surprise that Biden did not take the final executive step. Under U.S. military law (UCMJ), a death sentence cannot be carried out until the President personally approves it -- and President Donald Trump has yet to do so.

"Once a prisoner's case reaches final judgment, their sentence becomes ripe for presidential review of the adjudged death sentence pursuant to Article 57 of the UCMJ. In accordance with Article 57, the President is the only authority who can approve a sentence of death," Line of Departure explained earlier this year. "At the point of review, the President may approve, commute, or remit a Service member's death sentence. If the President approves a death sentence, the process for carrying it out begins."

War Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Trump to give his approval, but the Commander-in-Chief has yet to grant it.

Give the order, Mr. President.

A society which refuses to execute those who mass-murder us is telling potential mass-murderers that we agree with them, that we deserve to be murdered. They hear the message loud and clear -- we agree that we are degenerate infidels who should be put to the sword.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:23 PM

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