All signs are pointing to this being a jihad-motivated attack. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in the investigation. Interviews with survivors and co-workers reveal familiar patterns to other jihad attacks. Will the media and the Left finally confront the obvious?
“Police, feds probe terror as possible motive in SoCal massacre,” Fox News, December 3, 2015:
UPDATE: AS CHILLING DETAILS EMERGE about Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, the Muslim couple who stormed a county social services office in San Bernardino, Calif., yesterday morning killing 14 at an office gathering, before dying themselves hours later in a shootout with police, evidence is mounting that when the pair left their ‘IED factory’ home brandishing assault weapons and pipe bombs, and decked out in body armor — they were hell-bent on jihad.
Dressed in body armor and wearing GoPro cameras, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, burst into the San Bernardino facility and shot up a conference room where Farook’s employer, the county health department, was hosting a holiday party. The pair escaped in a black SUV after the attack, which authorities said was over within minutes, only to resurface three hours later and less than 2 miles away in a fierce gun battle on the city’s main drag…
Law enforcement officials said late Wednesday they could not rule out terrorism as a possible motive. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force was aiding in the investigation…
“Farook described by co-workers as a ‘devout’ Muslim… had traveled to Saudi Arabia for about a month this past spring…”
Farook, who authorities said was born in Illinois, and raised in California and had worked as a restaurant inspector at the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health for five years, was described by co-workers as a “devout” Muslim, who lived in a home in nearby Redlands, which sources described as “an IED factory.” Bomb squads working with robots swept the home late into the night Wednesday, and witnesses reported hearing several explosions…
“Farook showed no signs of unusual behavior, although he grew out his beard several months ago…”
Patrick Baccari, a co-worker of Farook who suffered minor wounds from shrapnel slicing through the building’s bathroom walls, told The Associated Press he had been sitting at the same table as Farook at the banquet before his colleague suddenly disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair.
Baccari also said that Farook had traveled to Saudi Arabia for about a month this past spring. When Farook came back, word spread that he had gotten married and the woman he described as a pharmacist joined him shortly afterward. Baccari added that the reserved Farook showed no signs of unusual behavior, although he grew out his beard several months ago…
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ConnectingDots says
As many have noted, growing a beard is typical sign that a Muslim man is becoming more devout.
What’s fascinating is the denial from the federal executive branch that this is true and that it can be used as part of profiling to identify potential jihadis.
Budvarakbar says
Wise up — they’d just all grow beards – or all go clean shaven — you are being played and sucking it up —- how many hijabs did ya see before 9-11? within a few weeks they were popping up like mushrooms — the fruiting bodies of decay and rot
Kepha says
I knew a guy who started growing his beard–he was Jewish and had become a Ba’al Teshuvah. I seriously doubt he was planning to blow up anything, though.
? says
Taqyyia–they’re out to get people I’m sure of it.
mortimer says
ConnectingDots wrote: “As many have noted, growing a beard is typical sign that a Muslim man is becoming more devout.”
Devout Muslims grow the JIHAD BEARD which is a full uncut beard with a curious, short-clipped mustache according to the commands of Mohammed in the hadiths.
They do this to show to other Muslims that they are jihadists prepared to offer their lives for Allah and to murder dirty kafirs.
Mohammed stated that purpose of the beard and clipped mustache is so that Muslims will not resemble dirty kafirs. The jihadist with such facial hair will not be slain accidentally by a BROTHER MUSLIM, but dirty kafirs without such a style will be identified and slain!
Normative Islamic supremacism, rather than an aberration. Let him who has eyes see.
Dr. Divinity says
But….but….but…. isis is telling people not to look too Muslim…not to act too Muslim. Blend in….It’s all right to act western…..Think about the murdering scum of 9/11….They were partying the days before 9/11.
Bantheburka says
http://www.clarionproject.org/islamist-organizations
What about the mosque he attended?Clearly should be raided! 89 radical mosques in the usa.
jihad3tracker says
Hussein Obama’s struggle to explain away THIS MASSACRE is going to be very hard. But it will be fascinating to watch.
underbed cat says
I see a lot of men growing beards lately, some are neat some are wooley, especially among young men,
this popular beard growing thing can make one a little nervous, so now the future jihadi’s can shave and look normal, or have a beard and blend, do they have to have a beard before acting.
Lately even politicians are sporting them….which I find strange..but then there is ….never mind…I guess I have a beard phobia.
Watching the news, in the horrific,sickening aftermath of San Bernadino Christmas party, the debate of motive is really watching political correctness, ignorance of an enemy’s declarations,and denial in action, however the response to locate was excellent.
I think traveling over seas to any OIC country has got to be a clue to use in the future, hopefully this refugee situation at this point gets turned around. It would not only be a possible jihad population increase but the resources could cause a financial disaster just what Osama wanted to occur to weaken our nation to spread a conquering religion.
Julio says
Easy. Muslims don’t kill people, guns kill people.
Don McKellar says
Obama is SO RELIEVED that this happened at his workplace. Now he can forever refer to it as “workplace violence” and never, ever mention Islam or jihad. That’s how Obama looks at these things: Islam first!
Pig Jizya says
Exactly Don, for Obama, Islam first and America is last. I think he will be happy when it comes out that this is obviously Islamic Jihad because it will give him another opportunity to stump and proselytize for Islam. He does so after every Muslim massacre. Mark my words, in a day or two you will see Obama doing that again — saying how great Islam is.
I wonder how many have converted to Islam solely due to Obama’s proselytizing? I would speculate many thousands. And how many of them will become Jihadis?
Budvarakbar says
” And how many of them will become Jihadis?”
They all become obligated to jihadism solely by being or becoming Muslim — it is commanded in the Koran — a book far more vile and printed in every major language in the world — easily and freely available – while Mein Kampf (My Struggle === My Jihad) has been banned in many countries! Think about it for as long as it takes!
Thomas says
How many more Syed Rizwan Farooks are hiding below the radar?
Budvarakbar says
At last count I believe it is around 1.3 billion
jihad3tracker says
Hello Budvarakbar — If you have not seen this masterpiece of truth and humor, and have four minutes and 57 seconds free, do a Youtube search for “The Jihad Triangle”.
It is one of many videos by one of our major counter-jihad experts, David Wood. I have recommended it before, along with this one running almost 25 minutes: “Three Stages of Jihad”.
Watch all the way until the final minute, when he adds a fourth jihad stage — acknowledging reality: most Westernized Muslims have very little grasp of what is actually in the Qur’an, Hadith and Sira texts.
Mo says
@ jihad3tracker
“Watch all the way until the final minute, when he adds a fourth jihad stage — acknowledging reality: most Westernized Muslims have very little grasp of what is actually in the Qur’an, Hadith and Sira texts.”
I’ve never understood this claim.
Why would ANYONE follow ANY ideology – whether religious or secular – without having any idea what it teaches?
This makes zero sense. Does anyone sign up for a club without even asking, “Hey, what’s this group about?” Is it a book club? Is it a social club? Is it a sporting club? Nope, no clue. I’m just going to sign up and promise to follow it for the rest of my life.
bni says
@Mo
Most Christians don’t know the content of the Old and the New Testament.
It’s intentional, most religion leaders know that the religious texts contain too much contradictions.
Quran also contains contradictions, but it also has something like “the hell fire is for unbelievers” on almost every page, so the believers remain concentrated on that when they read it.
TheBuffster says
“Why would ANYONE follow ANY ideology – whether religious or secular – without having any idea what it teaches?….Does anyone sign up for a club without even asking, ‘Hey, what’s this group about?'”
Mo, clearly, those Muslims *aren’t* following the ideology, and most of them didn’t sign up. They were born into a Muslim family. And many such families aren’t very serious about religion.
I highly recommend reading a whole lot of testimonies of former Muslims to see the wide variety of reasons people were Muslims and what they believed about the religion before they left it. People can consider themselves to be Muslim simply because their family has always been Muslim, and they follow a word-of-mouth view of what the religion is about, without reading the Koran themselves. (The Koran is a tedious, repetitive book right from the beginning. There’s no coherent story, it’s not written in chronological order, it’s boring as watching a clock tick – especially if you’re not really religiously inclined.)
I highly recommend reading a lot of apostate testimonials, found at apostate websites. You’ll find a range of experiences, look through windows into actual Muslims’ family lives, what different people think their religion is about, how people fool themselves, why they leave Islam, and much more. Reading testimonies makes Muslim experience real and understandable, and grasping reality more clearly is always useful.
miviejo maniga says
the 9/11 terrorists didn’t have a beard
Donovan Nuera says
Like the old saw (that I just composed): “If you see ‘prayer bumps’ a’sproutin’/
To the police you should be a’shoutin’!”
Westman says
Has anyone ever thought the Zebibah, the “prayer bump”, could be the mark described in Revelations 14:9? Just kiddin’.
Edwin1683 says
Thanks for the smile, Donovan. May I add the following verses? (Sorry, all, I know I am not T. S. Eliot!)
“If you see a Muslim man
Change into a pajama,
Keep your wits about you
‘Cuz there’s going to be drama.
He was ‘quiet’, never ‘mixed’,
And our holiday pies he nixed.
He was full of evil tricks,
And tragedy he fixed.”
Donovan Nuera says
“In the mosque the jihadis come and go/
Talking of San Bernadino.”
quotha raven says
To Donovan – who posits, ““In the mosque the jihadis come and go/
Talking of San Bernadino.”
You’re getting better and better, Donovan! This is brill, and thanks for the grins.
Cheers!
Quotha Raven
Edwin1683 says
Speaking of T. S. Eliot! Well done Donovan ?
gravenimage says
Co-worker: “Farook…grew out his beard several months ago…”
……………………
With normal people, this can be a fashion statement or conversely an indication of lazy grooming–either way, no big deal. With a Muslim, though, growing out a beard is a *very* dangerous sign.
Westman says
It certainly seems to be a “slave for Allah” and “no tolerance for the Kuffar” symbol.
Jack Diamond says
Growing a beard is a dangerous sign. But then so is shaving it off, since the al Qaeda and ISIS manuals tell their followers among the kuffar to blend in and not draw attention to being devout Muslims (“no signs of unusual behavior”). “Tashfeen Malik” may or may not be a real name, since it is a title of a mujahideen from Islamic lore (another reason to wonder about her entry into the USA, accomplished through marrying an America citizen, from lovely Pakistan via lovely Saudi Arabia?). Another tell-tale sign, the go-pro camera to record their jihad… just like Mohammad Merah filming himself shooting 8-year old Miriam Monsonego in the head; or the shooter at the Jewish museum in Brussels, emulating Merah.
“You will pay the price as you walk on your streets, turning right and left, fearing the Muslims. You will not feel secure even in your own bedrooms…do not ask for anyone’s advice and do not seek anyone’s verdict. Kill the disbeliever whether he is a civilian or military, for they all have the same ruling. Both of them are disbelievers. Both are considered to be waging war (against the Muslims)…his blood is like the blood of a dog.”
–Abu Muhammad Adnani, Islamic State, calling Muslims in the West to jihad Sept. 21, 2014
Hiding in plain sight. Islam in America.
Jack Diamond says
If the Paris jihad was a lesson in the problem of the “Syrian”refugees, what about this woman, the jihadi bride, getting into the United States? What lesson is this about our vetting of Muslims? How did this Tashfiend get a visa after a thorough investigation? Was she was clean as the driven snow? More likely, she used a fake ID and a fake passport to disguise her bona fides, like so many of her brethren. This is how they get around, the soldiers of Allah. They are quite good at it. What good is a database? Was she interviewed first, by some Islam savvy gatekeeper alert to red flags? Not likely.
The only vetting that works would be nobody Muslim from Pakistan gets in the USA. Nobody from Saudi Arabia. Nobody Muslim from Syria. Nobody Muslim from Somalia (we’re paying for that one). Nobody Muslim from any hotbed of jihad activity. That’s just common sense.
No Muslim immigrants at all. Well, that would be wisdom, and wisdom is unfortunately in short supply.
RichardL says
Hi Jack,
I like your posts as they contain lots of information and a reflected anti-jihadism.
You are using the word wisdom in a wrong way. Practical wisdom cannot be sticking to simple principles like, let no Muslim into any civilised land. What is a Muslim? How about Muslims who revoke their birth-faith on the border? What do we do with the Muslims already inside our borders?
I have suggested forbidding political islam: no display of islam in the polis, i.e. publicly. No mosques, no shaved upper lips, hijabs, too short trousers. skullcaps, etc. These laws would have to be applied strictly but with an eye to the situation. The problem is that phronesis is not given to every police officer. However, if all these symbols of islam would be outlawed, people who are growing a beard (and are Muslims) would stick out like sore thumbs. Nip it in the bud on an individual level…
Jack Diamond says
What we do about Muslims already in the country is a separate topic. I was dealing with how a jihadist muslima got into this country to murder Americans and the way to prevent more of same. The problem of Islam has everything to do with the incremental increase in the population of Muslims coming into your country, Germany or Sweden’s problem is about to increase exponentially. If you can’t even stop Muslims from jihadist snake pits from being invited in to terrorize you or Islamize the neighborhood, how are you ever going to arrive at outlawing “political Islam” or banning mosques etc?
Islam is not going to be outlawed as a religion in the United States but there are ways for jihad and shari’a to become effectively outlawed, given the will. As to banning costume and appearance the enemy is way ahead of you: the IS manual “How to Survive in the West” instructs the jihadi “how to live a double life, how to keep your Secret life private, how to survive in a threatening land..if you are a convert to Islam you should try to hide your Islam as much as possible…if you are a practicing Muslim, then don’t make it too obvious…(make) yourself look more friendly and open minded to the Western public. For example, Muslims who call themselves by a Western nickname gain more acceptance..it reduces their suspicion of you as they consider you more open-minded and less ‘extreme’ (religious).”
quotha raven says
To Jack Diamond, who queries (rhetorically), “What lesson is this about our vetting of Muslims? How did this Tashfiend get a visa after a thorough investigation?”
Well, Jack, it certainly gives one pause…and points up what a blatant, appalling lie this administration’s repeated claim to extensive (takes months…or, according to some government officials, years) and comprehensive “vetting” of, for example, “Syrian” “refugees” of which our president is gearing up to take in hundreds of thousands by the increasingly popular stroke of the executive pen, given Congress’s wimpy, gutless and usually unexpressed misgivings about said welcome wagon.
One should certainly keep in mind that when a middle easterner shows up claiming refugee status with NO PAPERS AT ALL or papers that could be legit but nonetheless phony due to corrupt source of documents (such as the non-existant Syrian government) THERE IS NO WAY to “vet” them in a way that even properly identifies who they are, date of birth, place of birth….
When I hear all this ongoing nonsense about how careful we are about whom we let into our country from the white house, the CIA, the FBI, Homeland Security (who have 75 people from “no fly” list working for it) about “vetting” it makes me physically sick. Our government is really counting on numbing stupidity on the parts of the American people.
Cheers!
Quotha Raven
Baucent says
The mainstream media are showing a remarkable lack of interest in finding out “who was Syed Farook?” No mention his wife is likely to be a Saudi, no mention of a trip to Saudi Arabia, the beard, or the GoPro cameras. All these things are strong circumstantial evidence that these were jihadists, perhaps self inspired, but Jihadists none the less. The target was deliberate in that it was a Christmas function and he knew many people were there. He also knew how to get in and out quickly.
Matthieu Baudin says
“…Will the media and the Left finally confront the obvious?…”
No, they are not yet ready. Their blinkers have grown into the flesh surrounding their eyes and their hero in the White House had a Muslim Daddy of whose ancestry the President is proud. It is very unlikely that there will be any shift away from this denial of Islamic Tyranny at least until after the next Presidential Election.
Angemon says
Undoubtedly, fodder for an ISIS video.
Ben says
I’m just glad there was no motive. If these people had been killed by a radicalized earthquake or a bearded tornado I would have been really mad.
William says
The problem to terrorism is simple really…
Don’t allow any Muslims to immigrate to the west. don’t allow them to come even as tourists… BTW, why do you think Japan has NO problems even from Muslim terrorist organizations?
Sadly this will never happen as it’s already too late, there IS however one solution left:
EXPEL ALL MUSLIMS FROM WESTERN LANDS!
We need leadership like the one shown by the Catholic Monarchs in Spain, they certainly saw the problem and did something about it.
We need to do the same. NOW.
Mahendra Singh says
Two facts about these “alleged” terrorists:
The man was a Syed, which indicates he had the Prophet Mohammad blood
in his veins, no natter how diluted..
Secondly, these bastards left their infant kid behind to be cared for at state
expense, possibly to become a future terrorist.
Jim Sheffield says
He did it because Christmas is Shirk(i.e. putting others on the same level as Allah).
Sura 9.56 says kill the polytheists wherever you find them.
DeMolay says
The BBC home page, as of Friday, still claims that ‘there is one apparent motive for the attacks’. When other big news happens they’ll no doubt release the facts when nobody is looking.
In other news, the left have been sending death threats to the MPs who voted for air strikes against IS in Syria. The enemy within.
DeMolay says
* no apparent motive
BC says
They had a bomb making factory in their home and they were both Muslims. Muslims + bombs = jihad. It is simple maths not rocket science. Either the wife was also a fanatic or she had to obey her husband, as the Quran instructs her to do. Men are set over women. They were obviously planning something much bigger, and went off half cock as it were. It was terrible enough but it could have been worse
duh_swami says
The woman was obviously a jihadist..Most who conduct jihad attacks are…
Where did she learn to shoot? Was it her hubby, or was she trained in Pakistan.? She would not be the first female jihadist…..
Richard says
Very devout radical Muslims indeed. They had prepared for something like this. Motive? Wasn’t there a Christmas party going on at the facility…
steve says
Yes, he grew a beard and yes he was fighting age and yes he was male but was he a white supremacist?
Jay Boo says
Toilet bowl brush beard — Islam
Perfect match