OKC bombing: the possible Middle Eastern ties

In the past few years, there has been some discussion of the possible connections between the Oklahoma City bombing of the local FBI headquarters and Middle Eastern terrorism. Jayna Davis has written about it in "The Third Terrorist: The Middle East connection to the Oklahoma City bombing".

Now, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is calling for an investigation by Congress into the deeper ties this case could have to Arab/Muslim terror groups in the mideast:

The congressman said there are two major targets of inquiry which indicate a foreign connection to the OKC bombing:

"First, Terry Nichols and, to some degree, Timothy McVeigh appear to have had contact with Arab, Muslim, or Middle Eastern terrorist elements prior to and during the implementation of the bomb plot," he wrote. "Second, just as significant, there is evidence of a personal relationship between Timothy McVeigh and Andreas Carl Strassmeier, a German national who was promoting violent insurrection to white supremacists at their nearby stronghold called Elohim City."

Rohrabacher concludes in his memo to Hyde: "(I)t is highly likely that the Arab connection and or the Strassmeier connection played a significant role in the planning and execution of the murderous bombing of the OKC federal building. In both possible scenarios, the official investigation fell short and further investigation has been discouraged ever since."

It's time to start investigating the really big details that could be lying underneath. At the time, few might have thought that this could have any real connections to Islamic terrorism, but now, as is becoming apparent, the OKC bombing most certainly could have some. And if it does, then it should not go over/underlooked.