If you don't have a lot of time, here it is in bullet points.
From Quartz:
Malaysian authorities are searching the homes of the pilot and co-pilot of flight MH370, which vanished mysteriously with 239 people on board on March 8. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on Saturday that the plane had been steered far west of its scheduled route, and that the cockpit crew was being investigated for possible motives.
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So far, material found in the homes of 27-year-old first officer Fariq Abdul Hamid and 53-year-old Zaharie Ahmad Shah has offered nothing conclusive about their possible involvement in a deliberate sabotage of the flight. In fact, many of the postings on the Facebook and YouTube pages of Captain Shah suggest that he was far from being a religious fanatic. If anything, he seems to have veered towards atheism.
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Here are some things Zaharie Shah’s social media use tells us about his preferences and personality.
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1) He did not sympathize with terrorists
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The day after bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon last year, Shah posted a video of the event and wrote a message offering his condolences.
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2) He watched a lot of debates about atheism
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The playlist of Shah’s YouTube channel, which he set up in April 2010, has several videos related to atheism and rationalism. In addition to this clip, there’s a link to a documentary called The God Delusion featuring the British biologist Richard Dawkins. Shah also subscribed to the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason channel.
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3) He loved to tinker with home gadgets
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Shah posted several videos giving viewers advice on how to get the best out of their domestic devices. In addition to this one about tuning air-conditioners to cut down their electricity consumption, he also dispensed tips about ice makers, window seals and more. He was a big fan of videos posted by a user calling himself CrazyRussianHacker, who helped viewers perform such tasks as cutting a bottle in half with fire and string.
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4) He was crazy about aviation
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Shah was obsessed with flying, even on the ground and had a flight simulator at home. He posted pictures of it on his Facebook page and also kept up a stream of updates about the new software packages he bought for it. He also flew radio-controlled model aircraft. This picture is of an outing he took with friends in July 2012 to fly this plane by a lake. The same month, he and his friends also played with a model helicopter.
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5) He loved to cook and to eat
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Shah’s Facebook page is filled with images of him whipping up meals and eating them with his family. He seems to have been especially fond of noodle dishes, and his pictures suggest that he experimented with creating his own concoctions.
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6) He tried to twist balloons into crazy shapes
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Shah watched videos about twisting balloons to make pirate swords, bears, cats and, not surprisingly, helicopters.
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7) He was a strong supporter of Anwar Ibrahim
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Shah watched a lot of videos about Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, whose criticism of the government earned him lengthy jail time on sodomy charges.
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This post originally appeared in Scroll.
5 comments:
Osama bin Laden had a collection of porn...I deduce bin Laden was a porn star!
What I'm trying to say is, the videos watched and liked don't mean much. He may very well have been innocent...it is even possible that he was an atheist all along but "reverted". It is possible he didn't do anything wrong.
But every single muzzie terrorist is described as "loving, caring, not a fanatic, great neighbor...he or she couldn't hurt a fly" yet they somehow end up hurting way more than flies.
9/11 terrorists were drinking alcohol and gambling before they went to the US to murder 3000 innocent people.
Nicoenarg
Nico,
My hunch is, this guy is not directly involved in the plot. I think he was hijacked.
The man could well have been searching for answers, and he finally found them in the faith his idol professes. Also, if this was an attack, it was planned for months if not longer, which gave him time to plant enough taqiyya elements to distract anyone's suspicions.
The final 54 minutes of communication from MH370
The entire 54 minutes of cockpit communication aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight can be revealed, from its taxi on the runway to its final message at 1.07am of 'all right, good night'
Zaharie Ahmad Shah the pilot of missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH370. Photo / YouTube
It is being reported The Telegraph has obtained the full communication record of MH370, including the crucial moments in the lead-up to the disappearance of the Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers. It reveals the messages relayed between the cockpit and air traffic controllers during the period when the plane is believed by investigators to have already been sabotaged.
Yeah I know its possible someone else hijacked the plane. Maybe the First Officer. But any grand theories about terrorists blowing up the cockpit door and gaining entry that way don't make much sense. There's way too much silence for there to be this much mayhem on board (and blowing up the cockpit door, since these doors had been reinforced after 9/11, would very likely damage a whole lot of the rest of the plane too).
Its also possible as Charles Martel said that all the videos and subscriptions were/are a smoke screen.
With that said, it is also possible the plane just crashed...I would love to hear/read an explanation though that actually makes sense in that case.
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