(Los Angeles Times) Norah Vincent - Why is the U.S. government in so much denial about the motives and label to apply to Hesham Mohamed Hadayet? As Middle East Forum Director Daniel Pipes pointed out, Hadayet's crime "fits a well-established pattern." Rashid Baz, a Lebanese, opened fire on a van of Hassidic Jews in New York City in 1994. Ali Hasan Abu Kamal, a Palestinian professor from Gaza City, shot seven tourists--killing one--on top of the Empire State Building. Gamil El Batouty, an Egypt Air copilot, crashed a plane full of passengers leaving Kennedy Airport in 1999. (The author is a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a think tank set up after Sept. 11 to study terrorism.)
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