Mohammed Taheri-azar, his letter and biography

Mohammed Taheri-azar is the terrorist who planned for months to attack Americans at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Yes, he wasn't just a nutcase who decided one day on the spur of the moment to run down some fellow students. He had a plan and he is fulfilling that plan right now. Read his letter and biographical information, then you can decide what his REAL plan was. (Note: Did you see how clean shaven, head and face, Taheri-azar was at the time of the attack? He has since started growing his hair and beard. By the time of his trial, he should truly look the part of the terrorist.)

...a local television station made available today a handwritten letter that Taheri-azar wrote on March 10 from prison, responding to its request for an interview, in which he explained his goals in the attack (thanks to PipeLineNews for the digital version):

March 10, 2006

Amber Rupinta
111 Liberty St.
Durham, NC 27701

In the name of Allah, the merciful the compassionate

Dear Ms. Rupinta:

I've included a visitor's application. I left a one page letter for the police in the bedroom of my
apartment at 303 Smith Level Rd. A-34 but in brief;

I live with the holy Koran as my constitution for right and wrong and definition of injustice.

The Koran also spelled Quran is a scientific and mathematical miracle so there can be no doubt that it
is from a supernatural source, i.e. Allah the creator and controller of all things. Those who follow the Koran, i.e. the truth, are members of one family, as the Koran states. Allah in the Koran gives permission for those who follow Allah to attack those who have waged war against them, with the expectation of eternal paradise in case of martyrdom and/or the living of one's life in obedience of all of Allah's commandments found throughout the Koran's 114 chapters.

I've read all 114 chapters about 20 times since June of 2003 when I started reading the Koran. The U.S. government is responsible for the deaths and torture of countless followers of Allah, my brothers and sisters. My attack on Americans at UNC-CH March 3, was in retaliation for similar attacks orchestrated by the U.S. government on my fellow followers of Allah in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and other Islamic territories. I did not act out of hatred for America but out of love for Allah instead. I live only to serve Allah by obeying all of his commandments of which I am aware by reading and learning the contents of the Koran.

I would be glad to have an on-camera interview.

Sincerely

Mohammed Taheri-azar source

What can we learn from this letter?

(1). Taheri-azar WANTS to be in the news, he wants to be interviewed, he wants publicity.
(2). Even though he was born an American, he does not honor the US Constitution. He states the Quran is his constitution, or law.
(3). He feels no guilt for what he did, because the Koran (Quran) instructs him to try and kill non-believers.
(4). He does not consider himself an American. He related to his 'fellow followers of Allah'. He "lives only to serve Allah' and obey 'his commandments'.

From the The News and Observer via Daniel Pipes, additional biography:

Taheri-azar, a U.S. citizen, was born in Iran. His parents, Lily and Latif, were married in Tehran in 1972, but divorced in 2003, records show. Mohammed was the middle child with older and younger sisters. … The upper middle class household wasn't overtly religious, friends said. At South Mecklenburg High School, Taheri-Azar wore polo shirts and khakis, did not drink alcohol, ate fast food and played video games. "He was somewhat socially awkward, not to the point that he would shy away from people, but he would never make an effort to go out," said Justin Kirschbrown, a UNC-CH senior and high school classmate who also worked with Taheri-azar at a Best Buy in Charlotte.

He was reserved—"He didn't even cuss," said Sean Cordova, another high school friend—but also stubborn. Taheri-azar was known for making provocative comments in class, just to challenge teachers. "He would dig his heels in even when he was in the wrong," said Phillip Bush, a classmate at South Mecklenburg and UNC. "In high school, you kind of respected it."

Cars revealed a wild side. Taheri-azar claimed to have gotten his license at 12 and talked about driving cars in the Iranian desert, Kirschbrown said. "That was the thing with Mo—you never knew if he was lying," Kirschbrown said last week. A South Mecklenburg yearbook caption labeled him "South's Speedster." In his souped-up Eagle Talon, Taheri-azar would race on Charlotte's highways, often topping 100 mph, friends said. "I think he had the fastest car in school," said Cordova, who remembered watching Taheri-azar lose control in a street race, resulting in two 360-degree turns on a Charlotte highway. Between 2001 and 2003, police ticketed Taheri-azar four times for unnecessary honking, driving down the middle of two lanes of traffic, and failure to obey directions at a police checkpoint. He was last ticketed in June 2003 for traveling at 74 mph in a 45-mph zone along N.C. 54 in Carrboro.

At UNC-CH, Taheri-azar spent time with high school friends at first. He and his first freshman year roommate—a friend from South Mecklenburg—didn't get along, and Taheri-azar moved out in fall 2001. Taheri-azar dropped out the next semester, UNC officials said, but he re-enrolled that summer. He volunteered as an emergency department aide at UNC Hospitals in 2001-2002 and 2004-2005, said Stephanie Crayton, a spokeswoman for UNC Health Care. He did menial chores—stocking medical supplies, fetching wheelchairs and delivering food trays.

In his sophomore year, he was set to move in with another high school acquaintance, Philip Brodsky, but started hanging out with a different group. Brodsky rarely ran into Taheri-azar after that. At one point, out of the blue, Taheri-azar sent e-mail to old friends. "I think the e-mail was like, ‘We haven't talked in a while but we used to be friends. I just wanted to say if I ever did anything to offend you, I'm sorry,' " Brodsky recalled.

Taheri-azar graduated from UNC-CH in December, and apparently had considered graduate school, but at the time of the attack, he was working on Franklin Street in a sub shop.

As for the attack itself:

Police say he plotted the attack for months. About two weeks before, Taheri-azar went shopping for an SUV—a Porsche Cayenne, some of which cost more than $110,000. He strolled into Performance Automall in Chapel Hill. "He just came in and looked at them, ... said he might want to buy one," said Scott Trombley, retail sales manager. In the end, Taheri-azar rented a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

And about Taheri-azar's motives and plans, from a letter he wrote to a News & Observer reporter, received on March 15:

It was fair for me to attack those people because, whether they claim to or not, they support the U.S. government as long as they are in its territory and they are not attacking it to overthrow it, attacking by physical and violent force, to be exact. … If Allah wills, I will plead guilty to all 18 charges currently against me and I expect a life term in prison.

What do we learn from this biography?

(1). He didn't have many friends and didn't seem to fit in.
(2). He never planned to commit suicide as part of his attack.
(3). He does plan to live, even if he has to live a 'life term in prison'.
(4). He is a devout follower of the Koran.

The fact that he wants to live his life in prison leads me to believe this may be his ultimate goal. What is more dangerous, one dead terrorist or one live terrorist in prison, where he has a lifetime to convert prisoners to Islam? Now that's scary!

Comments

[Debbie]

Sean and Paul you are both correct. The US court trial will just be a place for him to rant and get publicity. Gitmo looks good for him. I wish.

[Paul Herrmann]

One of my biggest concerns is putting this SOB on trial here in our courts. This Terrorist should be in Gitmo and tried by the Military, then if the incident warrants,executed.

[Sean]

I want to thank you for putting this on your blog. Because the media sure won't put it on the news. I didn't even know about it until Michael Savage mentioned it on the Savage Nation. I think this moron deserves to be in GITMO with the rest of the terrorists, because thats what he is! If he would have had a bomb or was capable of doing it, he would have.