TERRORISM- BURBANK MAN BOMBS MUSLIM VAN

[PsychoDad]

BURBANK MAN GUILTY OF "INTIMIDATING" MUSLIM FAMILY
Michael Higgins, Chicago Tribune, 3/7/06
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0603070268mar07,1,2036268.story

A Burbank man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to intimidate a Muslim family in 2003 by throwing a fireworks-type explosive into their unoccupied van.

Eric K. Nix, 27, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of criminal interference with the right to fair housing. The plea came two days before Nix's trial was set to begin in federal court in Chicago.
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Nix pleaded guilty "blind," or with no plea agreement, in federal court. But in a written statement, Nix admitted that he had targeted the family because they were of Arab descent and had chosen to live in Burbank.
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Prosecutors said that on March 21, 2003, Nix tossed a "commercial aerial explosive shell" into a Ford Econoline van that was parked outside the family's home.

The shell exploded and totaled the vehicle.


I'd be pretty intimidated too if someone blew the crap out of my van.

Isn't this Terrorism? He admitted he wanted to terrorize these people.

[Random_Australian]

1. Yep. That's textbook case terrorism n/t.

[xultar]

2. It is only terra if it is conducted by a Muslim not TO a Muslim...whitey

Christians and Jews can't do terra.

:sarcasm:

[xchrom]

3. it's the same kind of terrorism carried out by t. mcveigh.

this time he didn't kill anybody -- but i'm sure that was an over sight.