My Own Side

On Friday, July 28th 2006, Naveed Afzal Haq pushed his way into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building, said “I am a Muslim-American, angry at Israel” and shot six women, including one who was pregnant. One woman died at the scene, three of the others were critically injured. The woman who died was a member of B’nai Torah in Bellevue, according to a Rabbi that I spoke to at the scene.

The pregnant woman was shot in the arm, however, she may have saved her child’s life by covering her belly with her arm when she saw Naveed point the gun at her.

You can see the security, including a camera in the upper left corner. Below is a picture of the security pad. The early reports are conflicting. Some say a women had just entered the code when Naveed pushed past her and others say that he held a gun to the head of a 13 year old girl to gain access.

Daniel, a Christian, was there with Israeli and American flags showing his support for the Jewish community.

Unfortunately, not everyone was supportive. A young woman had left her anti-Israeli message on cardboard next to the flowers. She was mad at the idea that all this media attention might cause some to feel sympathy for Israel. How sweet.

As nasty as that was, it was topped by this guy, out for a stroll with a little girl that I assume is his daughter.

As he walked by and saw Daniel with the flags, he yelled down the street “F**k Israel! Burn that flag!” while flipping us off. She looked a little scared, but if you want to train your kids up for Jihad, you have to start training them early to hate Jews, I guess. How disgusting of an example.

I have some more pictures in my gallery here.

Washington Times story.

Seattle Times here, here and here.

King County Journal here.

Seattle Post Intelligencer here.

Also, check out the photo gallery here, pictures 6-9. There are reports that Naveed had left his Muslim faith and converted to Christianity last year, causing a fallout with his Muslim family.