This should lead to an investigation of the immigration policies by which Alsahli entered the U.S., but it won’t.
“Texas Naval base shooter believed to have expressed support for terrorist groups online,” CNN Wire, May 22, 2020:
The deceased suspect in Thursday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas was a 20-year-old male named Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
Alsahli drove to an entrance at the naval station and shot a security forces member in the chest, hitting the guard in her bulletproof vest and inflicting non-life-threatening injuries, according to one of the sources.
Alsahli then accelerated towards the gate entrance and crashed into a barrier. After exiting the vehicle, he began shooting, and was shot and killed by naval security forces….
A preliminary law enforcement investigation into the shooter has identified him as a US resident who was originally born in Syria, and likely a supporter of Salafi-jihadist ideology, according to one of the sources….
Officials have identified various social media accounts, which initial reports indicate are likely associated with the shooter, the source said. Online postings by these accounts expressed support for ISIS and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the source said.
For now, federal investigators have not observed any claims of responsibility for the attack on online platforms used by terrorist groups, one of the sources said.
Although investigators have not currently discovered any information indicating Alsahli was inspired by, or connected to, the December 2019 terrorist attack on Naval Air Station Pensacola, one of the sources said this remains a key line of inquiry for investigators, especially due to the recent announcement by the Justice Department that the Pensacola shooter had terrorist ties.
FBI officials said earlier the shooting was terror-related….
The FBI is the lead investigative agency, according to a tweet from the bureau’s Houston field office….
Hey, that’s too bad. That means we may never know the full story of what happened here.
mortimer says
The US should certainly review the immigration process and find ways to expose potential terrorists using ideological questioning. ALL border security should be trained in spotting a jihadist. There are certain questions that expose whether a Muslim supports terrorist organizations. Most Muslims are more ideological than most Westerners realize.
Daniel Triplett says
During the Spanish Inquisition, Muslims were discovered to falsely participate in the Liturgy and Eucharist. All means justify the ends. Taqiyya.
Is there an infallible method to distinguish Musims from “jihadists?” Aren’t they all jihadists? Doesn’t Allah/Muhammad exhort all Muslims to wage jihad? Sword, word, pen, finance, law, womb, Hijrah, zakat, et al, however they can?
Michael Copeland says
“and likely a supporter of Salafi-jihadist ideology”, says CNN.
And why ideology is that, CNN?
Could we investigate where it springs from?
There is, after all, no political or religious ideology of that name.
Hello…?
gravenimage says
Good questions, Michael. This is all just Islam.
somehistory says
“terror-related”… Why not just say “terrorism”?
And since he was a moslim, he was acting on behalf of the largest terror group on Planet Earth. This murderous creep was working to further the goals of islam. All adherents of islam are members of a terror organization. These members are taught to think murder, plan murder, carry out murder; they are taught to think rape, plan rape, and carry out rape; they are taught to think lying, plan lying and lie as if there is no tomorrow. And if ones such as this “alleged” shooter…(he did shoot, but will never be tried in court) have their way, there will be no tomorrows for the rest of us.
islam is the devil’s beast and moslims carry out the wishes, commands and desires of satan.
John says
Another example that ‘extreme vetting’ of Muslims is a waste of time. He probably was a minor with family when let in. Everything they do is in the instruction manual of life called the Koran.
James Lincoln says
John says,
“Another example that ‘extreme vetting’ of Muslims is a waste of time.”
100% true. There is no foolproof way to vet them effectively…
gravenimage says
But it’s worse than that–no one even responded to this Muslim’s open support of Jihad.
RichardL says
it is the big hole in the US constitution that any idea that says, I am a religion, is automatically protected. When I hear any Christian or Jewish official talk about islam as one of the great religions or one of the Abrahamic faiths, I want to scream.
roberta says
”When I hear any Christian or Jewish official talk about islam as one of the great religions or one of the Abrahamic faiths, I want to scream.”
Same here.
How about ”islam is a religion of piece”? Bet that one holds a special place in your heart.
gravenimage says
Jihad is *not* protected by the Constitution.
But I very much agree that considering Islam to be a great religion is dangerous and false.
commonsense says
Nearly nineteen years since 9-11, and the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, ICE, ad nauseam, still don’t get it. They persist in assuming that Muslims become “radicalized” by what they read on the internet, having zero awareness that the jihadi (or “radical Islamist”) internet sites consulted merely reinforce and clarify what is to be found – explicitly, with abundant repetition – in the Qur’an, hadith collections, and sacralized biographies of the Prophet. This inexcusable ignorance, of course, was encouraged – mandated, actually – by the treasonous 44th president and his CIA director, Brennan (who reportedly went to Mecca, impossible for a non-Muslim to do); both ensured that all mention of Islam as a basis for terrorism was expunged from counterterror training programs. Those in government charged with protecting us instead cling to the idiotic meme that “we’re fighting them there so we don’t have to fight them here,” failing to notice that several million Muslims – those we have been presumably fighting in places like Afghanistan, Syria, or other pestholes – have made their way here, with more arriving daily, courtesy of our government itself. And we are told, however, that the main victims of jihad have been other Muslims, which makes it essential that we provide training, here on our own soil, to those good, benevolent Muslims who are our allies in the fight to save Islam for democracy and restore Islam to its authentic version, as envisioned by Muhammed – an “Abrahamic” religion enshrining equality, brotherhood, and peace. While we mourn and decry this latest death of one American serviceman, we are nonetheless advised to stay the course, not allowing this unfortunate occurrence to serve as a deterrent to our goal of helping mainstream Muslims fight the radical Islamists, lest the hijacking of Islam continue unabated. Let’s keep pretending.
Daniel Triplett says
Just like we keep pretending that all the “Green on Blue” attacks in Afghanistan must be the exclusive work of Taliban infiltrators, because all soldiers of the virtuous and benevolent Afghan National Army (ANA) all adhere to The Religion of Peace, so would never wish to harm Americans.
23% of all US KIAs in Afghanistan are ANA “allies” suddenly turning their guns on us. These are people we train with, live with, eat with, laugh with, share pictures of our family with, fight for, and die for. Now, whenever we have US Servicemen alongside armed ANA, we have an armed US soldier whose sole duty is to watch every ANA, killing immediately any ANA who raises a rifle to an American.
Veracious_one says
the biggest tools of Islamic radicalization of Muslims are the mosques and the Imams that run them…
Phil Copson says
“….While we mourn and decry this latest death of one American serviceman….”
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??? According to the account above, the only person killed was Adam Alsahli himself.
commonsense says
Sorry, Phil. You’re right. I was thinking about previous victims in the military.
commonsense says
…and future victims.
tgusa says
The fbi was too busy trying to f-Trump to notice this guys support for jihad groups. Now that the guy is dead the fbi is on the case! What a relief.
Nearly 20 years after 9-11 and we are still playing the same stupid game.
JHL says
Another pathetic jihadi attempt. What a hapless moron .
FYI says
Yes.An Abdool if ever there was one.I mean,incompetent Jihadis for Pete’s sake.
allah must feel insulted.
alsahli:oh allah welcome me to your fabulous carnal paradise!
allah:paradise?You had ONE task and you couldn’t even get THAT right?
And let me get this right:an unhijabbed infidel woman outsmarted and defeated you.*ugh*
muhammed must be rolling in his grave.
alsahi:oh allah give me my 72 virgins.
allah:virgins?Ah!I see.You don’t know Classical Arabic:it is actually Raisins…RAISINS..hey,here’s one.
71 left for all eternity.
what a putz!Why do I always attract losers?
YHWH you are in the wrong religion allah..that’s why:and you need to stop impersonating Me.
gravenimage says
There is actually a great deal of debate among learned Islamic clerics as to whether wanna-be Jihadists get paradise and their 72 virgins if their Jihad fails to result in dead Infidels.