Authorities are treating Thursdays beheading at an Oklahoma food distribution center as an incident of workplace violence but that is prompting raised eyebrows among some terrorism experts. The FBI is investigating the incident in which fired employee Alton Nolen, 30, allegedly attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head. Nolen also stabbed another women at the plant. The company’s COO, a reserve sheriff’s deputy, thwarted the second attack, shooting Nolen, who is in stable condition. Co-workers reportedly said Nolen tried to convert them to Islam after his own recent conversion. And Fox 25 in Oklahoma City reports that the FBI is looking into Nolens Facebook page. The page has anti-American rants under the name JahKeem Israel. VIDEO: 911 Phone Call The station said the Facebook page has several photos of Usama bin Laden and a screen shot from the 9/11 terror attacks. It also shows a man with a quote: I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smile ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them. Colin Clarke, a Rand Corp. terrorism expert, told Fox & Friends Saturday that the beheading was an act of terrorism and should be characterized as such. Calling it workplace violence is counterproductive, he said. Chad Sweet, CEO of the Chertoff Group and a former Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff and CIA official, also appeared on Saturdays Fox & Friends program. He said he expected the Obama administration to change its tune quickly and call it terrorism. Youll see this change very shortly, he said Saturday. The only thing that is causing a pause I think is the fact that the triggering event was the termination of his employment.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:54:49 +0000
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