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Orlando jihadi pledged allegiance to ISIS & mentioned Boston jihadis in 911 call

Jun 12, 2016 2:31 pm By Robert Spencer

“Ron Hopper of the FBI, the bureau leading the investigation, said Sunday they were still working to determine a motive.”

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“CBS News: Gunman Who Killed 50 At Orlando Nightclub Pledged Allegiance To ISIS,” CBSLocal, June 12, 2016:

ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub early Sunday before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. The attack left at least 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in American history.

Authorities were investigating it as an act of terrorism.

Law enforcement sources told CBS News the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a U.S. citizen from Port St. Lucie. Mateen was born to Afghan parents. CBS News reports Mateen has no apparent criminal history and that authorities are investigating whether he had ties to Islamic terrorism.

CBS News Justice and Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports that that Mateen called 911 just prior to the attack and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. According to CBS News, Mateen identified himself to the 911 operator and also mentioned the Tsarnaev brothers, who were behind the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.

Sources said Mateen had been on law enforcement’s radar in the last five years, and that he was not under investigation at the time of the shooting.

CBS News reports that authorities are “leaning towards Islamic terrorism” as a motive. Law enforcement sources said the shooting had similarities to the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels. Authorities are also investigating whether the shooting was a hate crime….

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Filed Under: American jihadis, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Omar Mateen, Orlando, Pulse, Tamerlan Tsarnaev


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  1. Jay Boo says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    2 men kissing in Miami

    Then years later he suddenly un-expectantly snapped and made a detailed plan of attack.

    Or he was a Koranimal with a gun.

    • Idania says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 2:52 pm

      I would say a Koranimal

    • Christianblood says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 4:55 pm

      it is very unlikely that he did this alone, it is very likely that there are other jihadists who escaped from the scene after the massacre.

      • Westman says

        Jun 12, 2016 at 7:56 pm

        In the past, after investigations, have there been any truly lone terrorists? There will be more Muslims involved. It’s unfortunate the Imams and mullahs who teach violence rarely face prosecution.

        This cartoon illustrates the MSM puposeful PC blindness:

        http://creepingsharia.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/b5a1a8fiuaes1bb.jpg?w=952&h=636

  2. Dov Berrol says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    It would be important to take a second look at Pat Condell’s scathing criticism of the way the Democrats are shirking their responsibility to protect the American people:

    https://youtu.be/dDDhhpM_dzo

    The Western Hemisphere from the Arctic to the Antarctic must completely ban Islam in the same way we ban Nazism.

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      We don’t ban Nazism. As long as they don’t act out their poison, they can exist. Even when the misbehave, such as when they had a parade in a Jewish neighborhood in the Chicago suburbs, the ACLU sticks up for them.

      They do ban Nazism in Germany. That hasn’t done them any good in opposing the current threat, however, Frau Merkel has seen to it that a seditious minority has been invited and paid for by the German people.

  3. jewdog says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    In Sharia, killings gays is not a crime, hate or otherwise, and it is incumbent on good Muslims to enforce The Law. No waiting around for divine intervention when it comes to punishing transgressors.

    • Dov Berrol says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 3:01 pm

      Look shmuck…why don’t you go back to Mecca where you belong and take your 1.3 billion brothers with you? You Mohammedans are experts at projection – accusing others of doing things you yourself are guilty of but can’t seem to accept. 1300 years of jihad and hejira and subjugation of people has left a far bloodier trail on the world than the Christian west ever did – from Morocco to Indonesia. You can’t overrun the world and hope to escape unpunished by us.

    • Dov Berrol says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 3:05 pm

      Sorry Jewdog…my response was meant for Abbas who posted a long tirade before yours.

      • jewdog says

        Jun 12, 2016 at 4:32 pm

        np Dov – too hot in Mecca right now anyway…

  4. Jay Boo says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    He reportedly beat his wife.
    He was investigated by the FBI for possible terrorist connections.

    He owned a handgun and had a hand-gun permit.
    He worked as a security guard.

  5. quotha raven says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    What did he say about the Tsarnaev Brothers?

    Cheers!

    quotha raven

  6. Charli Main says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 3:02 pm

    Nothing to do with Islam, folks. He was just mentally ill and forgot to take his meds. He was always such a good, peace loving boy and his parents are shocked, I tell you. SHOCKED !!!!!
    PS The local imam has NEVER heard of him and he NEVER attended any of the peaceful reading of the Koran at his mosque.

    • Idania says

      Jun 12, 2016 at 3:06 pm

      Is there any peaceful Qur’an readings?

  7. Idania says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    You make me sick. Islam have always been aggressive and
    Supremacist, read history. If you find that USA h is so bad, leave, we don’t need you here.
    The Qur’an is an evil book that teaches who and when to kill.

  8. Dov Berrol says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    Look shmuck…why don’t you go back to Mecca where you belong and take your 1.3 billion brothers with you? You Mohammedans are experts at projection – accusing others of doing things you yourself are guilty of but can’t seem to accept. 1300 years of jihad and hejira and subjugation of people has left a far bloodier trail on the world than the Christian west ever did – from Morocco to Indonesia. You can’t overrun the world and hope to escape unpunished by us. It is the Muslim nation that has been playing with fire for 1300 years…now it is time to push all of you murderers back to the Arabian peninsula where you came from.

  9. Gary Daniels says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    I support shipping all of his family in the US back to Afganistan

  10. Angemon says

    Jun 12, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    The attack left at least 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in American history.

    Well, ramadan is just starting…

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