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Yesterday local prosecutors officially declared that Sodhi was killed by homegrown hate. His killing part of a 30-min-ute shooting spree that also targeted immigrants from Afghanistan and Lebanon was the first classified as motivated by ethnic hatred since last week's attacks on the wait for the federal government to decide how to retaliate against alleged terrorist bin Laden and his network. Quality uprights starting at $2,223 Grand pianos starting at $5,250 Huge Selection of Vintage STEIMWAYS 25 minutes from Boston fit. 3 south to fit. 53 (Exit 13) "I hope there's enough rational, compassionate people who come forward so that this doesn't happen again," said Sheryl Van Vooren, who recently moved to Mesa from Longmeadow, and had brought a copy of the prayer of St.

Francis to Sodhi's gas station. The person who did this isn't any different than the terrorists who hijacked the planes," Van Vooren said. Sleiman said he was comforted by the flowers that surrounded him, dropped off by customers. At thp intprspotinn whprp Pentagon and World Trade Center. The classification allows for harsher penalties.

It also confirms the fears of people of Middle Eastern descent, as well as those thought to resemble them: They may be in unwarranted, but not unexpected, danger. Sodhi "was killed for no other apparent reason than that he was dark-skinned and wore a turban," said Maricopa County District Attorney Richard Romley. "He was murdered for no other reason than he was different from the majority." Romley's office has charged Frank Silva Roque, 42, of Mesa, with first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. No one else was injured as Roque allegedly raced Saturday from target to target in his black Chevy S-10 pickup, from Sodhi's station to one owned by Lebanese immigrants to a house he had sold to an Afghan family four years ago. "I'm a patriot, I'm an American, Fm a damn American all the way," Roque shouted as he was handcuffed, according to Mesa police.

As Roque was put into a police car, he added: "I'm an American. Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild." According to one acquaintance, Sodhi had donated blood to the survivors of the terrorist attacks. Roque, arrested at the mobile home where he has lived since January, is being held on $1 million bail. Police released little information about him, but the Arizona Republic reported that his wife was granted a restraining order against him in March. The East Valley Tribune said he at one time worked as a machinist, was transferred out of state, and only recently returned to Mesa, a fast-growing city of 400,000 near Phoenix.

"It really takes an uneducated person to do this," said Zia Sahak, an Afghan-American whose modest brick house allegedly was hit by Roque's gunfire Saturday. "This person is so stupid he cant tell the difference between a Hindu, a Sikh, and a Muslim Pakistani He wasn't a true American like he says he is. We are Americans." At the sound of gunfire on Saturday, one brother threw his wife to the ground and used his own body to shield hers. Afterward, Sahak moved his bed from the living room to a safer spot in the house. His family has been in the United States since 1988.

For now his mother and father are staying with another brother, and his young nieces and nephews are forbidden from visiting. Usually, they drop by on Saturday afternoon. They play on the front lawn. Last weekend, they were elsewhere. "We're not going to worry about living here; it's a good neighborhood," said Sahak, 31.

"My mom trades recipes with the neighbors. We exchange bread because ours is different, and they like it" At the gas station that Roque also allegedly fired upon, manager Hussein "Harry" Sleiman said he wasn't surprised. The store's employees had discussed the possibility of trouble as soon as they heard about last week's attacks. Sleiman has lived in the United States for 26 years. On Sunday, he replaced a glass window that had been shattered, as well as the glass on a refrigerator case on the other side of the store.

A bullet hole in the counter remained. "I hope they catch Osama bin Laden, and I'd rip him to pieces myself," Sleiman said. "He can't do that here. In America, it doesn't matter your religion, where you're from. We're American.

We're all American." But some Americans are now under attack by other Americans. The FBI is investigating whether a Pakistani convenience store owner was gunned down in Dallas because of his ethnicity, which would make the killing a hate crime. The US Justice Department has already reported 40 hate crimes Sodhi recently opened his gas sta tion, locals lighted candles and rioured out their aneuish in writ ten prayers and poems, reminders that America has many faces. nf thp shppts of nanpr rp- called Sodhi as gentle and polite, always calling his customers "sir" and "ma'am." The writer described how glad neighbors were when the station opened months ago. She wrote that Sodhi and his family had just donated blood for the victims in the terror attacks and were looking for other ways to help.

"I'm ashamed that my new home is the first place in the nation to have this stupidity," said Robert Welsh, a medical technician who moved to Mesa from New York, where some of his friends remain among the missing. "I don't know these people from Adam, but I had to show my support I had to show my solidarity as an American. We all do." The citizens and the Government of Israel express shock and profound sorrow, at the deaths of innocent civilians in the United States, who were murdered in a series of reprehensible terror attacks and share the heavy sorrow of the President and citizens of the United States and the bereaved families. 1 SOD tK3S0iuS GSM? 3 IT'S LIKE GETTING A FREE INTERNET-READY PHONE! WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THE QUALIFYING PLANS. Waived activation fee with 2-year service agreement that's $35 in savings! For a limited time, you can receive a $50 rebate when you purchase an Ericsson Internet-ready and 2-way text messaging enabled R289LX phone and sign up for a select Wireless digital calling plan.

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