The unusual suspects

The fire that wouldn\'t stop burning

FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1946, THREE MEN STOOD AND TALKED IN A BUILDING IN JERUSALEM’S BUKHARIAN QUARTER. THESE FOUR WERE BRIEFED FIRST BECAUSE THEIR PLAN FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE HOTEL REQUIRED THEM TO ARRIVE FIRST. THE OTHER MEMBERS WHO WERE TO TAKE PART IN THE ATTACK, THE EXACT NUMBER OF WHICH IS UNKNOWN, WOULD GATHER LATER. ONE OF THEM JUMPED INTO A PAIR OF BAGGY WHITE TROUSERS, WRAPPED A RED SCARF AROUND HIS WAIST, PUT ON A SHORT RED JACKET AND VEST AND PLACED A FEZ, A TRADITIONAL MUSLIM HEAD COVERING, ON HIS HEAD. ANOTHER OF THOSE PRESENT, A LARGE TEENAGE BOY, DONNED THE BLUE OVERALLS WORN BY MOST TRUCK DRIVERS AND MESSENGERS IN JERUSALEM AT THE TIME. THE LAST MEN PRESENT WORE LONG ARABIC BLUE CLOAKS AND WHITE AND RED CHECKERED HEADDRESSES. THEY POINTED AT EACH OTHER, LAUGHED AT THE CLOTHES, JOKED IN ARABIC AND DID PIROUETTES. AT 12:37 ON THE SAME DAY, A BOMB THAT THIS GROUP OF MEN HAD PLACED AT THE KING DAVID HOTEL IN JERUSALEM, LOCATED IN THE MANDATED AREA OF PALESTINE, WENT OFF, KILLING 91 PEOPLE. MUCH OF THE HOTEL’S SOUTH WING, WHICH HOUSED THE BRITISH SECRETARIAT, WHICH AT THE TIME CONTROLLED THE AREA, COLLAPSED, AND IT TOOK RESCUERS 2,000 TRUCKLOADS OF RUBBLE OVER THREE DAYS TO FIND THE DEAD AND SURVIVORS. BUT NOTHING IN THIS ATTACK WAS AS IT SEEMED. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS CONFLICT, MAKING HEAD AND TAIL OF THE STORIES AND CONFLICTS WAS AND IS STILL CHALLENGING. Sources: By blood and fire by Thurston Clarke Bethell, Nicholas (1979). The Palestine Triangle. Andre Deutsch. Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 9, 2023. Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 26, 2009. Jerusalem – British Beneath the surface Archived April 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 26, 2009. Music used in this episode: Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/ Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion Arabic Dance by Giulio Fazio: https://uppbeat.io/track/giulio-fazio/arabic-dance Hava Nagila by Music_for-Videos: https://pixabay.com/music/folk-hava-nagila-violin-128866/ Pour Oil - Hanukkah Band (Simu Shemen) - P5 by Soundphenomenon https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/143109141-pour-oil-hanukkah-band-simu-shemen Crying Violin 30 Second Edit by Soundphenomenon: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/108114928-crying-violin-30-second-edit Traditional Jewish Music: Shalom Aleichem Clarinet Trio by mbanksbenson: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/107349401-traditional-jewish-music-shalom-aleichem-clarinet-trio Jewish Folk - Oseh Shalom Bimromav -Slow And Dramedy (Violin And Accordion) - P5 by eyeformusic: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/105999167-jewish-folk-oseh-shalom-bimromav-slow-and-dramedy-violin-and See pictures from today's story and follow me on: TerrorTalks on Facebook [\'https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=terrortalks\'] and TerrorTalks on Instagram [\'https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkspodcast/\']

Terrorists, who hate women

25-YEAR-OLD MARC LÉPINE SAT ON THE FLOOR BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY SECRETARY’S OFFICE. HE WAS ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, A THREE-STORY ENGINEERING SCHOOL AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL IN MONTREAL, CANADA. HE HAD ARRIVED SHORTLY BEFORE THIS WEDNESDAY, 6 DECEMBER 1989. MARC LÉPINE RUMMAGED A LITTLE IN A PLASTIC BAG. HE LOOKED PRETTY LOST AS HE SAT THERE, AND MOST OF ALL, HE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN BURNED BY A DATE. HE DIDN’T MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ANYONE, AND HE DIDN’T TALK TO ANYONE. HIS POSTURE WAS STIFF, AND HE HAD A GRIM EXPRESSION. FINALLY, AN EMPLOYEE APPROACHED HIM AND ASKED IF SHE COULD HELP HIM. MARC LÉPINE DID NOT ANSWER, BUT GOT UP, TOOK HIS BAG AND LEFT. THE EMPLOYEE SHRUGGED. MANY STUDENTS WERE TIRED AND WORN OUT AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. BUT MARC LÉPINE WAS NOT A TIRED STUDENT. IN FACT, HE WAS NOT A STUDENT, EITHER AT THE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE OR AT ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY. MARC LÉPINE WAS A MAN ON A MISSION. A CRAZY IDEA HAD FORMED IN HIS HEAD, SENDING HIM ON A TERRORIST MISSION THAT WOULD END UP COSTING THE LIVES OF 14 INNOCENT PEOPLE. THAT IS, IN MARC LÉPINE’S OWN MIND, THEY WERE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. THE 14 PEOPLE HAD ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY WERE WOMEN. Kilder: globalnews.ca,  Weston, Greg; Aubry, Jack (February 8, 1990). \"The making of a massacre: The Marc Lepine story Part II\". The Ottawa Citizen, www.philo5.com, Arie W. Kruglanski and Shira Fishman Current Directions in Psychological Science Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2006), pp. 45–48, www.theguardian.com, www.diarmani.com/Montreal_Coroners_Report.pdf, montrealgazette.com, www.cbc.ca, RJ Parker: Marc Lépine - the Montreal massacre, Crimes Canada, Vol. 2, Boileau, Josée (2020). Because They Were Women: The Montreal Massacre. Musik brugt i podcasten: Music from #Uppbeat : Living waters by Brock Hewitt, https://uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/living-waters Music from #Uppbeat: The wound between us by Cory Alstad https://uppbeat.io/t/cory-alstad/the-wound-between-us Music from #Uppbeat: Speak to me by Cory Alstad https://uppbeat.io/t/cory-alstad/speak-to-me Music from #Uppbeat: As you continue by Dan Barracuda https://uppbeat.io/t/dan-barracuda/as-you-continue Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/ Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion See pictures from today's story and follow me on: TerrorTalks on Facebook [\'https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=terrortalks\'] and TerrorTalks on Instagram [\'https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkspodcast/\']

The unusual suspects

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS WALKING HOME THROUGH THE DARK STREETS OF BELFAST IN THE BITING EVENING CHILL. ON HIS WAY HOME, HE PASSED THE FAMILY-OWNED PUB MCGURK'S, WHICH WAS A POPULAR MEETING PLACE FOR MANY OF THE LOCALS IN THE NEW LODGE AREA OF THE NORTHERN IRISH CAPITAL. THE MOMENT HE PASSED THE PUB, HE SAW A MAN WEARING A DARK OVERCOAT AND A MASK GET OUT OF A CAR AND LEAVE A BOX IN FRONT OF THE PUB. A GUEST WAS PASSING THE PUB WHEN THE LITTLE BOY CALLED OUT: \"WATCH OUT, THERE'S A BOMB\". THE MAN STARTED RUNNING. A FEW SECONDS LATER THERE WAS A DEAFENING EXPLOSION. Sources: weatherspark.com, www.thenewlodge.com, www.britannica.com, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government, Police Ombudsman's report, mcgurksbar.com/collusion/, BBC, mcgurksbar.com, Ciran McAirt: The McGurks Bar Bombing Music used in this episode: Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/folk-round The Green Horse Inn provided by EagleCinematics / Pond5 When Angels Cry  provided by williamlpearson / Pond5 Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/ Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion Produced and narrated by Natasja Engholm Creative input: Lars Hvidberg, www.whiteberg.dk Male voices by Voice talent Jon Lob See pictures from today's story and follow me on: TerrorTalks on Facebook [\'https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=terrortalks\'] and TerrorTalks on Instagram [\'https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkspodcast/\']

The terrorist, who lost the battle, but won the war

IT WAS FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON NOVEMBER 20, 1979. THE AGEING IMAM OF THE GRAND MOSQUE IN MECCA WAS PREPARING FOR THE DAY'S PRAYER MEETING.  MEANWHILE, THE MOSQUE'S COURTYARD, WHERE THE AUDIENCE COULD FOLLOW THE DAY'S CEREMONY, WAS SLOWLY FILLING UP. MANY HAD SPENT THE NIGHT ON BROUGHT BLANKETS IN SEVERAL OF THE MOSQUE'S THOUSANDS OF ROOMS. BUT JUST AS THE IMAM APPROACHED THE MICROPHONE, HE WAS PUSHED ASIDE, AND SHOTS RANG OUT IN THE MOSQUE. THEN A TALL THIN MAN WITH DARK HALF-LENGTH HAIR AND A WILDLY GROWING BEARD CALLED OUT: \"FELLOW MUSLIMS, WE ANNOUNCE TODAY THE COMING OF THE MAHDI … WHO SHALL REIGN WITH JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS ON EARTH AFTER IT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION.\" THE TALL, THIN MAN WAS A TERRORIST, AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS, HIDING  AMONG THE WORSHIPERS, SUDDENLY REVEALED THE GUNS THEY HAD HIDDEN UNDER THEIR SUITS.  Sources: weatherspark.com, BBC, data.worldbank.org, Bowen, W. H. (2014). The History of Saudi Arabia (2 ed.), Manea, E. (2008). The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Case of Saudi Arabia. The Limits of the Possible, Al-Rasheed, M. (2013). A Most Masculine State. Gender, politics and religion in Saudi Arabia, Sater, j. (2009). Human rights in Saudi Arabia. In S. Maisel, & J. Shoup III, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Arab States, Sallam, A., & Hunter, M. (2013). Where is Saudi Arabian society heading? Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice,(Moaddel, 2006), Foley, S. (2010). The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam, www.alhakam.org, Vejen til 11. september af Lawrence Wright, www.globalsecurity.org, www.britannica.com, www.npr.org, Yaroslav Trofimov: The siege of Mecca (2007),  Krämer, Gudrun (2000). \"Good Counsel to the King: The Islamist Opposition in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Morocco\". In Joseph Kostiner. Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity, en.yabiladi.com, www.arabnews.com Music used in this episode: Egypt: provided by SoundPhenomenon / Pond5 Desert voices by ArtSlop_Flodur: https://pixabay.com/no/music/verden-desert-voices-11468/ Sudanese Desert provided by ExCantibusGaudium / Pond5 Voice of Arabia provided by SoundPhenomenon / Pond5 Arabic Sadness: https://pixabay.com/music/world-arabic-sadness-13404/ by https://pixabay.com/users/sergequadrado-24990007/ Arabic Ethnic Oriental African Adventure:  provided by eitanepsteinmusic / Pond5 Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/  Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion Produced and narrated by Natasja Engholm Male voices by Jon Lob Creative input by Lars Hvidberg, www.whiteberg.dk  See pictures from today's story and follow me on: TerrorTalks on Facebook [\'https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=terrortalks\'] and TerrorTalks on Instagram [\'https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkspodcast/\']

The most hated man in America

It was 9.10 AM in the American city of Oklahoma City. The city was waking up, and the citizens were going about their everyday routines. Families were handing over their children in daycare and heading to work. But an ordinary morning was soon to develop into the biggest nightmare. A nearly six-foot-tall, lanky man with a narrow face and dark blond, crewcut hair drove his truck across the city. The tall man had a giant bomb with him in the truck, and seven minutes later, he parked the truck under a government building and lit the bomb's two fuses. Sources: BBC, CNN, law2.umkc.edu, www.researchforprogress.us, Michel, Herbeck 2002, The Second Suspect -- A special report, Michel, Lou; Dan Herbeck (2001): American Terrorist, http://www.digital-exp.com, TIME, Washington Post, https://www.police1.com, LA Times, www.aparchive.com, nbc, kfor.com, www.npr.org, Leland, John (April 22, 1996). \"The orphans of Oklahoma City\", www.trutv.com, famous-trials.com Music used in this episode: Calm Piano Music - Peaceful And Relaxing: Stock Media provided by BorisZaborski / Pond5 Sad Guitar And Backingvocals \"Days In Grief\": Stock Media provided by tristandietsch475 / Pond5 Inspiring Epic Cinematic Trailer: Stock Media provided by Holman / Pond5 Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/ Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion Produced and narrated by Natasja Engholm Creative input by Lars Hvidberg, https://www.whiteberg.dk/ Male voices by Voice talent Jon Lob See pictures from today's story and follow me on: TerrorTalks on Facebook [\'https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=terrortalks\'] and TerrorTalks on Instagram [\'https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkspodcast/\']