[Washington Post] Sharyn L. Decker - Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, waited behind large potted plants before holding a gun to the head of a teenage girl to force his way into the headquarters of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. He then fatally shot assistant director Pamela Waechter, 58, and injured five others, three of whom were in serious condition. Haq described himself as a Muslim and said: "These are Jews and I'm tired of getting pushed around and our people getting pushed around by the situation in the Middle East." The shooting came a day after the FBI had warned Jewish organizations nationwide to be on alert, after Hizballah leaders in Lebanon and al-Qaeda's second in command urged that the war raging in the Middle East be carried to the U.S.
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