Yeah, we can see why the FBI was unsure about the motive here (sarcasm)
Texas synagogue terrorist Malik Akram’s last call: Of course he hated the Jews
Toward the end of the 11-hour standoff Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel, Malik Faisal Akram, the 44-year-old homegrown terrorist from northern England, ranted to his younger brother about issues close to any jihadist’s heart.
American imperialism in Muslim lands? Check. The plight of an Islamist prisoner? Check. An optimistic look forward to martyrdom? Check.
“I’m opening the doors for every youngster in England to enter America and f–k with them!” Malik told Gulbar, 33, who was on the line in a Blackburn, England, police station, urging him to surrender after his brother, armed with a pistol, took a rabbi and three congregants hostage.
“Live your f–king life, bro, you f–king coward! We’re coming to f–k America! F–k them if they want to f–k with us! We’ll give them f–king war!” Malik roared during the 11-and-a-half-minute recording, which the Chronicle obtained from a security source.
His family — and the FBI, which was listening in — soon realized that persuasion was pointless. “I’d rather live one day as a lion than 100 years as a jackal,” Malik declared. “I’ve asked Allah for this death. Allah is with me, I’m not worried in the slightest.”
The newspaper I edit, London’s Jewish Chronicle, published a global scoop this week: a recording of a British terrorist’s final telephone call to his brother as he held four Jews hostage in a Colle…
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