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Hamas-linked CAIR lawyer sits in as feds question member of Orlando jihad mass murderer’s mosque

Jun 18, 2016 8:50 am By Robert Spencer

Reuters, true to form, doesn’t bother to tell you, but this would be tantamount to having a lawyer for the KKK or the Nazi Party accompanying this man while he was questioned. Hamas-linked CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) A California chapter distributed a poster telling Muslims not to talk to the FBI, and a Florida chapter distributed pamphlets with the same message. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates.

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“FBI questions member of mosque attended by Orlando gunman,” by Bernie Woodall, Reuters, June 18, 2016 (thanks to Steve):

ORLANDO, Fla./FORT PIERCE, Fla., June 17 (Reuters) – FBI agents on Friday questioned a member of the Florida mosque attended by Omar Mateen, the man who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub, as new information surfaced revealing the killer had exhibited chronic behavioral problems during his youth.

Academic records obtained by Reuters showing Mateen was frequently suspended as a student – at least twice for fighting before he was transferred to a special high school for potential dropouts – added to a disturbing portrait of the long-troubled gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Mateen, the 29-year-old private security guard shot dead by police at the end of the June 12 massacre in Orlando, has been described by his first wife – whom he divorced after a brief marriage – as an abusive, mentally disturbed man with a violent temper.

Others who knew him recalled Mateen, a U.S. citizen and Florida resident born in New York to Afghan immigrants, as a quiet, socially awkward individual who kept largely to himself.

The FBI has acknowledged interviewing Mateen in 2013 and 2014 for suspected ties to Islamist militant groups but concluded he posed no threat. Still, evidence in the Orlando case points to a crime at least inspired by extremist ideology.

Authorities have said Mateen paused a number of times during his three-hour siege at the Pulse nightclub to place cell phone calls to emergency 911 dispatchers and to post internet messages professing support for various Islamist militant groups.

Nevertheless, Mateen appears to have been “self-radicalized” and acting without any direction from outside networks, although his second wife, Noor Salman, had known of his plans to carry out the attack, U.S. officials have said.

A federal grand jury was convened earlier in the week to decide whether to charge Salman.

FBI agents turned their attention on Friday to at least one of Mateen’s fellow worshipers at the mosque he attended near his home, the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce.

In what was the first such known interview in connection with the nightclub shooting, two federal agents met with the man at the mosque for about 30 minutes ahead of Friday prayers, according to Omar Saleh, a lawyer for the Council of American-Islamic Relations who sat in on the session.

“We were meeting with some agents,” Saleh told Reuters, declining to identify the person interviewed. “They were asking questions relative to the incident that happened on Sunday.”…

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  1. Jerry says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 9:17 am

    What good does it do to interview a muslim? their faith teaches taqiyya is a righteous act when dealing with the infidel. That’s why we need more surveillance of these mosques and people, we really can’t think they’re going to betray their faith and muslim allies.

    Allah is the best of schemers. Koran 3:54

    People of any faith will want to emulate the beliefs and actions of their god. Allah was a bigoted, murdering schemer. I’ll let you draw the inescapable conclusion.

    • eagle says

      Jun 18, 2016 at 7:52 pm

      Jerry is absolutely correct, there is dam little that comes out of a Muslim’s mouth that is true. Their faith teaches taqiyya is a righteous act when dealing with the infidel. Muslim Obama does taqiyya every time he opens his filthy mouth. The Muslim cult has no allegiance to the American people. See what the Muslim president is doing to America.The Muslims have nothing for the American people except Jihad. Obama is doing his best to Jihad America.

  2. billybob says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 9:32 am

    I Googled the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce. Thier website is currently down. I found their Facebook page where they (mis) quote the Quran….

    “…whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.” …which is followed by a list of sites where to send your donations for the victims.

    Did you notice that qualifier in the quote above “unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land”? I never noticed that before. Must be misquoted as it doesn’t really make semantic sense. Seems it gives them an easy out for killing people who did corruption in the land – whatever that is (must be fitna).

    Not much of interest there but for the comments, which are of 3 types: in defence of Islam (Muhammad only fought wars out of self defence – lol), “Christians are just as bad” – you know, Leviticus again, and one highly cogent post which I will paste below.

    Here is the post that impressed me. I would like to give the author credit, but she seems to be using her real name, so that poses a dilemma… I would like to give her proper credit for her post, but at the same time, I think it is better to protect her privacy. Bad enough to palargerize her post….

    “But then there is THIS: The myth that warfare is only justified in Islam under the condition of self-defense is disproved by the account of the Battle of Badr, in which Muhammad sent his men out to raid caravans, then deliberately provoked a battle with the Meccan army sent out to defend them. The case for aggressive warfare is also supported by the fate of the three Jewish tribes of Medina, who were cleansed because they had rejected Muhammad’s claims of prophethood (and because the Muslims wanted their possessions).”

    “Consider also the fate of the Banu Mustaliq, an Arab tribe:
    “The Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives” (Bukhari 46:717)
    Although there are many reliable accounts from the Hadith and Sira that mention the Mustaliq grazing cattle, not one mentions Muhammad making any effort at peacemaking. In this case, Muhammad’s men raped the women (with his approval) after slaughtering the men (Sahih Muslim 3371). What does raping a female captive have to do with self-defense?”

    There was no response to this.

    I also found this article…

    A small Florida town is left to wonder: How did 2 terrorists come from here?
    http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fort-pierce-terror-20160614-snap-story.html

    • billybob says

      Jun 18, 2016 at 9:46 am

      Found Robert’s explanation of the quote on the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce Facebook page…

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/02/obama-islam-prohibits-terrorism-for-the-quran-says-whoever-kills-an-innocent-it-is-as-if-he-has-killed-all-mankind

  3. Mach1Duck says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 9:42 am

    Senate Bill S.2230; 114th Congress (2015-2016) Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation Act of 2015.
    House Bill Hr.3892 expresses the sense of Congress that 1) The Muslim Brotherhood has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and 2) the Department of State should so designate it as such.
    Either of these if passed would outlaw the Muslim Brotherhood and it’s children, i.e., CAIR, MSN, IIT, NAIC, and a host of others.
    This would effectively end the under-the-table Muslim Outreach…kind of grabs you doesn’t it.

  4. Georg says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 11:18 am

    For good measure, CAIR also recommended Muslims flying to or from the Middle East asked by TSA agents “Where did you go/Where are you coming from?” respond with “None of your business.” This is a fifth column.

  5. Michael says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 11:56 am

    Three hour siege?! How on earth did the place not empty 10 seconds after shooting started? How many exits did the facility have? How were they effectively blocked for there to be a “siege” effect? How is it swat teams were not storming multiple entrances within 15 minutes of beginning of shooting? Shooter paused “several times to place phone calls” and ” post messages”?! This is not law enforcement. This is stagecraft. This is human sacrifice.

    • mortimer says

      Jun 18, 2016 at 12:22 pm

      Mateen was a security guard and he planned the attack to thwart security guards and police. The details will be released a bit at a time.

      • Michael says

        Jun 18, 2016 at 2:09 pm

        Not by his lone wolf self he didn’t.

    • Michael Casmer says

      Jun 18, 2016 at 2:42 pm

      Right you are. Why didn’t 5 or 6 well built men try to attack him? Surely when he was reloading, or texting? If I knew I was going to die I would try my best to fight back.

  6. Jane says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    no wonder F.B.I.uses caution when questioning terriorists they have their hands tied behind their backs Courtesy of C.A.I.R.

  7. mortimer says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    The whole family is obviously involved and I believe they received a ‘bounty’ from a wealthy Arab to participate in the conspiracy.

    They should all get 20 year prison sentence.

  8. Angemon says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 1:13 pm

    Nevertheless, Mateen appears to have been “self-radicalized” and acting without any direction from outside networks

    Right, it’s not like he’s shown to have “radical” feelings since early or that he heeded the call of a network saying “go out and kill infidels”… /sarc. off

  9. pdxnag says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 1:24 pm

    Think of CAIR like the Mexican Consulate. They represent non-citizens. Muslims are not a citizen of anything other than exclusively the Islamic Ummah. Embrace this truth, and let it pave the way to fully expelling them all.

  10. somehistory says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    So the unnamed moslim *lawyered up* as the authorities say it.

    Something to hide? Yes, islam’s instructions, the barracks as the place to hear directions for war…and perhaps store weapons until ready…,and those who met with the terrorists and knew of his plans.

    The unnamed moslim had cair on speed dial, following cair’s instructions to *call us first* if the authorities wish to question you.

  11. Pelayo says

    Jun 18, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    A couple of things about the Orlando Islamic terrorist incident really disturb me:

    The President saying that members of ISIS (I suppose actual and inspired by) are “criminals and thieves”. I don’t know any thieves that invite suicide by cop fire.

    The media saying that the American people are afraid. The American people are pissed not afraid. They are pissed that this administration takes no meaningful action vis a vis ISIS. Americans by and large are like the Americans on flight United 93 – once they figured out what was happening they took action. We were lucky that people like Todd Beamer were on that plane and not Obama.

    Finally this administration not acknowledging that the West has a huge radical Islam problem is symptomatic of fear. If they honestly acknowledged the issue and the numbers of Muslims in the Middle East and here that are supportive of jihad they gear they would have to do something substantive and I think I think that Obama is afraid of being a complete failure in rallying this country to fight ISIS.

    Bottom line is that the homeland attacks will continue as long as ISIS and the allure of their Caliphate is crushed. Once we have videos of ISIS soldiers running away with Marines nipping at their heels the ISIS I inspired phenomenon ends.

  12. Dean says

    Jun 19, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    I am from San Bernardino and after the Berdoo Jihad attack i watched as members of the savage family were having a televised statement with CAIR attorneys assisting within a couple hours of the final shootout. Lawyer-ed up before the blood was dry as if they were surprised. The whole act, including the knowing attorneys, is to hide the fact that the family, Imam and many members of the Mosque knew in general or specifically, and the CAIR attorneys are here as well to interfere for the same reason, They simply don’t want the gullible public to suspect just how big the conspiracy really is.

  13. jonathan black says

    Jul 25, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    this attorney is the biggest anti-american piece of fitlh walking the planet. he is suing me for an online review i posted about his father’s sleazy vet business in florida, usa!! apparently he doesn’t believe in or understanding anything about something called the first amendment to the us constitution. my x-girlfriend made a change.org petition to get this little weasel disbarred. just to prove what ass he is he adds two others to the lawsuit as defendants who had nothing to do with my review. punk!

    please sign the petition and share this around. https://www.change.org/p/the-florida-bar-disbar-disqualify-miami-attorney-omar-m-saleh-from-ever-practicing-law-again

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