http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local...sts-18-year-old-tucson-man-terrorism-charges/
Local for me. Wonder how many times this is happening across the country...
I saw that as well. I noticed the sanpaku eyes.
http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local...sts-18-year-old-tucson-man-terrorism-charges/
Local for me. Wonder how many times this is happening across the country...
The nearly 100 United States residents accused of trying to help the Islamic State share certain characteristics that may have made them more susceptible to radicalization, according to a report from the Center on National Security at Fordham Law.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...er-showed-few-warning-signs-of-radicalization
........investigators say Mateen's profile is more like that of a "typical mass shooter" than an individual radicalized by ISIS, as NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports.
intelligence officials and investigators say they're "becoming increasingly convinced that the motive for this attack had very little — or maybe nothing — to do with ISIS."
al-Qaida and ISIS-inspired attacks tend to follow a different pattern.
"We know that during the attack the gunman posted messages on Facebook saying he was doing this on behalf of ISIS. But officials have yet to find any of the precursors usually associated with radicalization. T
"And they say that they've yet to find any indication that he became noticeably more religious,
The way he dressed didn't change. His relationship with his family didn't change
typically warning signs that parents and friends and educators are told to look for i
the signs of radicalization aren't there,
Investigators have also been struck by "how closely Mateen's biography adheres to profiles that they associate with typical mass shooters,"
"He was bullied as a kid in school. He had well-documented behavioral problems. He was aggressive toward other kids. As he got older, things didn't get much better. He took steroids, he jumped from job to job, he had a history of domestic violence. And all these things together fit into a mass shooter's profile."
Dina says Mateen reportedly beat both his first wife and his second one — and "violence and control and power are often precursors to mass attacks."
had some problems with his sexuality, maybe even had some latent attraction to men. And he lashed out at the gay community as a result."
Sure, and the Ft Hood shooting was workplace violence. If someone says they are doing this in the name of their religion, that is why they are doing it. This twisting of motives to achieve a political goal is wrong, and hopefully the voters will reflect that
in the November elections.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A fire overnight destroyed the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, a mosque once attended by the Pulse nightclub killer and another American terrorist, reports CBS West Plam Beach Florida affiliate WPEC-TV.
The first crews on scene reported seeing flames shooting through the mosque’s roof.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office released a statement Monday morning says the blaze was set.
Authorities said it was unclear if there were any ties to the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
According to the station, the FBI investigated Mateen for terrorist ties twice, including connections to Abu Salha.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/2...sation-with-police-reveal-isis-influence.htmlThe new details of the conversations, released by Orlando Police last week, show Mateen had more than a passing interest in Islamic State, counterterrorism experts said. He specifically singled out the death of Abu Wahib, one of the more visible leaders of the terror group, as one of the main motivations for his attack. Abu Wahib was killed in an airstrike in Iraq just weeks before Mateen opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in June in an attack that killed 49 people and wounded 53. Mateen died in a shootout with police
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke about the attack hours later on Fox News Sunday.
“I think we have to keep our eye on a larger picture here, which is the victims of this crime were from a community that is often marginalized and that, frankly, the LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group,” she said.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/orlando-terror-attack-triggered-pentagon-drone-strike/
http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NEGOTIATION1_6146923_ver1.0.pdf (Transcript of conversation between Mateen and negotiator)
The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the man who carried out the massacre at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub, and charged her in connection with the shooting rampage,*The New York Times reported
Wow. I am so happy they did this.