memeorandum: BREAKING: Beheading Suspect Fired After Argument Over Stoning Women (Caleb Howe/Truth Revolt)

7:00 PM ET, September 27, 2014

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Caleb Howe / Truth Revolt:

BREAKING: Beheading Suspect Fired After Argument Over Stoning Women — Hometown paper reveals details about suspect in the Oklahoma murder.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, his vorpal sword, No More Mister Nice Blog, Ed Driscoll, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Banter, The PJ Tatler, Daily Mail, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs and Roger L. Simon

Jordan Schachtel / BREITBART.COM:

OKLAHOMA BEHEADER LINKED TO AL QAEDA LEADER AWLAKI, BOSTON BOMBER'S MOSQUE — Suhaib Webb, an Imam with ties to former Al Qaeda mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki, had also previously been the leader of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, which had been attended by Alton Nolen …

Discussion: Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, The Gateway Pundit and American Power

Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:

Suspect in co-worker's beheading was recently released from probation — A man suspected of beheading a woman he worked with and stabbing another was a convicted felon who had been released from probation this year, Oklahoma corrections officials confirmed Thursday.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, New York Times and Hullabaloo

Fox News:

Critics blast authorities for treating beheading as case of workplace violence — Authorities are treating Thursday's beheading at an Oklahoma food distribution center as an incident of workplace violence but that is prompting raised eyebrows among some terrorism experts.

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, Washington Post, protein wisdom, Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:

Police: Woman beheaded at Oklahoma workplace — Associated Press 1 hr ago — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man fired from an Oklahoma food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police said Friday.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, CBS News, BREITBART.COM, Scared Monkeys, Truth Revolt, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air, Clayton Cramer, KFOR-TV and The Jawa Report

Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma beheading: Attacker had just been fired from food company, police said

Discussion: Fox News, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Power Line and Washington Free Beacon

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

The Khorosan Group Does Not Exist — We're being had. Again. — For six years, President Obama has endeavored to will the country into accepting two pillars of his alternative national-security reality. First, he claims to have dealt decisively with the terrorist threat, rendering it a disparate series of ragtag jayvees.

Discussion: his vorpal sword, CANNONFIRE, The Gateway Pundit and American Power

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

3rd-Party Names May Tip Scale as 2 Parties Battle for Control — WASHINGTON — In an election year shaped by voter anger toward the political establishment, the outcome of an unusually large number of close Senate and governor's races could be determined by the outsize role of third-party candidates.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Reuters:

Justice Department tells Ferguson police to stop wearing bracelets — (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death an unarmed black teenager last month, sparking protests.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Mashable and Hinterland Gazette

Andrew Knittle / Daily Oklahoman:

Team bus/truck collision leaves 4 dead and more than 15 injured — Four college students from North Central Texas College died in the crash on Interstate 35 near Turner Falls, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. — Four members of a Texas college softball team are dead after a tractor-trailer crossed …

Discussion: NEWS 9, Scared Monkeys, Mashable, Guardian and Associated Press

Vindicator:

TRAFICANT VIDEO, PRINT TRIBUTE | Funeral details to come Monday — YOUNGSTOWN - A spokeswoman for the family of James A. Traficant Jr. confirmed that the former congressman died today at St. Elizabeth Health Center. — Heidi Hanni, the family spokeswoman, said no details about Traficant's death …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Third group wants in on NSA case — A third civil liberties organization is asking a federal appeals court for time to defend the only federal court ruling challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's bulk collection of information on U.S. telephone calls.

Ian Lovett / New York Times:

Presidential Candidate in Navajo Nation Protests a Language Requirement — TUBA CITY, Ariz. — In his run for president of the Navajo Nation, Chris Deschene has presented voters with impressive credentials: A veteran of the Marine Corps, he is a lawyer, a trained engineer and a former member …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway