TN - Five killed in shootings at 2 US military centers, Chattanooga, 16 July 2015

New Posts

  • #601
FBI, NCIS search banks of Tennessee River off River Canyon Road July 30/2015

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/...nks-tennessee-river-river-canyon-road/317325/

Investigators with the FBI and NCIS searched the banks of the Tennessee River off River Canyon Road today.

Six people searched the riverbank, although they declined to say why. The area of the search appeared to be a campsite, and the investigators were searching with a metal detector.

About 200 FBI personnel flooded Chattanooga after the July 16 shooting at two military sites in Chattanooga that killed five service members.

The FBI has said they are investigating 400 leads in the case, and last week agents were spotted searching a wooded area near the intersection of Amnicola Highway and Highway 153, along the shooter's route.
 
  • #602
  • #603
  • #604
Montjoy said:
The passage you quoted mentioned that some of the folks were 'private militia members'. I would suggest that in general, I'd be reluctant to call militia members 'true Americans', considering how many terrorist acts militias have been responsible for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_organizations_in_the_United_States
Click to expand...

These people stepping up to serve by offering protection to members of our military are doing an honorable thing, regardless of whether they are a private militia member or not. BTW, private militia are not traditionally terrorist organizations so I think it would be good to set the over-generalizing and stereotyping aside, TIA.
 
  • #605
  • #606
What's in a name? The absence of terror label after attacks sparks national debate

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/...me-absence-terror-label-after-attacks/317783/

When a city goes on lockdown and five servicemen are killed and fear ripples across the country, talking about words and definitions seems like semantics.

Stamping July 16 as "terrorism" doesn't change what happened. It doesn't bring back fathers and sons or return Chattanooga to the small town sense of security it had before Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez armed himself and methodically attacked two local military sites with the purpose of bloodshed.

But to many the label of terrorism is critical.

To the families, it means their loved ones died for something bigger than random violence. It means they were casualties of war, of the same dangerous ideology that has taken so many American soldiers. It means, in the truest sense, that they were heroes, sacrificing their safety for ours.
<snipped - read more>
 
  • #607
  • #608
UNBELIEVABLE report coming out of Chattanooga!

A local woman was fired from her job at the Belk Department Store and banned from the Northgate Mall after someone overheard her saying things critical of the Islamic Terrorist who killed the brave Marines.

http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Woma...Mall-I-will-Sh-on/GFo0r8pYmUuHkijxnhCYqQ.cspx

"I made a comment specifically towards the terrorist Mohammad and his family by stating that he was a piece of sh** scum and his family was too for killing our men. And then I was fired because I refused to apologize for it," Grubbs said.
Click to expand...

What an outrage! <modsnip>
 
  • #609
KEVINinTO said:
UNBELIEVABLE report coming out of Chattanooga!

A local woman was fired from her job at the Belk Department Store and banned from the Northgate Mall after someone overheard her saying things critical of the Islamic Terrorist who killed the brave Marines.

http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Woma...Mall-I-will-Sh-on/GFo0r8pYmUuHkijxnhCYqQ.cspx



What an outrage! <modsnip>
Click to expand...

Wow. She needs some serious sensitivity training before she tries to get another job. I can sympathize with her employer, and whatever customers who had to deal with her. She might not think so, but what she says and does (and puts on her car) can reflect on her employer. IMO, after reading this article, she's not just anti-terrorist (which I'm fine with, and I'm sure everyone else is) she's straight up hateful and anti-Islam. JMO.
 
  • #610
bluesneakers said:
Wow. She needs some serious sensitivity training before she tries to get another job. I can sympathize with her employer, and whatever customers who had to deal with her. She might not think so, but what she says and does (and puts on her car) can reflect on her employer. IMO, after reading this article, she's not just anti-terrorist (which I'm fine with, and I'm sure everyone else is) she's straight up hateful and anti-Islam. JMO.
Click to expand...

I think it's as much about her crude language as anything else. She could have been fired for talking about roses the way she did. This is not a story about someone being fired for being anti-terrorist at all -- in fact, the idea of that is ludicrous.
 
  • #611
Montjoy said:
I think it's as much about her crude language as anything else. She could have been fired for talking about roses the way she did. This is not a story about someone being fired for being anti-terrorist at all -- in fact, the idea of that is ludicrous.
Click to expand...

I agree the language she used and refusing to apologize are likely what led to her being fired, but if you work for an equal opportunity employer one would hope (well, I would hope) being so obviously hateful of any religion, race, gender, etc., would be grounds for dismissal.
 
  • #612
  • #613
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/30514157/fbi-motive-in-chattanooga-shooting-may-never-be-released

FBI: Motive in Chattanooga shooting may never be released

Posted: Nov 13, 2015 2:26 PM PST
Updated: Nov 13, 2015 3:42 PM PST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The public may never know what motivated a 24-year-old Chattanooga man to kill four Marines and a sailor in an attack on Chattanooga's U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center last July.

Investigators have said Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (muh-HA'-med YOO'-sef ab-DOOL'-ah-zeez) was a homegrown violent extremist but have not offered more details about what motivated the attack.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to Nashville's FBI office on Friday, FBI Director James Comey said the shooting is still under investigation.

Comey said he understands the public interest in the shooting, but he did not know whether there would ever be a public report on it. He said the way the agency investigates sometimes makes it is necessary to keep information secret.

<snipped - read more>
 
  • #614
Oh how silly. The motive is not rocket science. jmo idk
 
  • #615
Elley Mae said:
Oh how silly. The motive is not rocket science. jmo idk
Click to expand...

I agree Elley Mae.. There is a whole lot more to this terrorist's investigation, imo..
 
  • #616
Joyce McCants, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, which oversees Chattanooga, said Thursday that the bureau is likely to provide an updated statement this week about the July 16 killings by Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez.


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-12-14-06-45-52


The word "terrorism" is used by civilians and government officials alike to describe many killings that may have political or religious overtones, but terrorism is also a federal criminal charge.

Soon after the attack, investigators found writings from Abdulazeez that reference Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric who encouraged and inspired attacks on the homeland and was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2011.

bbm
 
  • #617
  • #618
  • #619
  • #620
[video=youtube;exi1BuVZEFU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exi1BuVZEFU[/video]

FBI Director James Comey speaks at the New York Police Department
Washington Post

The Director's remarks begin @ 13:34 minutes on the video above
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Staff online

Members online

... and 136 more.
Total: 1,846 (members: 137, guests: 1,709)

Online statistics

Members online
137
Guests online
1,709
Total visitors
1,846
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
632,451
Messages
18,626,927
Members
243,160
Latest member
Tank0228
Back
Top