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Orlando shooting: 50 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance
CNN ^ | June 12, 2016 | Ralph Ellis, Ashley Fantz, Faith Karimi and Eliott C. McLaughlin,

Posted on 06/12/2016 9:18:58 PM PDT by Innovative

An American-born man who'd pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 50 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation's worst terror attack since 9/11, authorities said.

* The gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was interviewed by the FBI in 2013 and 2014 but was not found to be a threat, the FBI said.

* Mateen called 911 during the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS and mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers, according to a U.S. official.

* Orlando police shot and killed Mateen.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2013; 2014; afghanistan; bostonmarathon; bostonmarathonplot; florida; gaykkk; gunfreezone; homosexualagenda; isis; libertarians; mateen; medicalmarijuana; omarmateen; orlando; pulsenightclub; terrorattack; terrorism; waronterror
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To: Cronos

Islamic State has been encouraging “lone wolf” attacks for some time. So they are responsible.


21 posted on 06/13/2016 12:52:03 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Lopeover

To do that, we have to quit calling islam a religion and correctly identify it for what it is—a death cult.


22 posted on 06/13/2016 12:53:19 AM PDT by jazminerose (oective)
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To: Innovative

FYI LameCherry blog:

http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/06/who-molested-omar-mateen.html

Monday, June 13, 2016

The Lame Cherry is about to expose something which requires addressing in this hysteria over [Omar Mateen]-LINK and the mass shooting of sodomites.

http://heavy.com/news/2016/06/omar-mateen-pulse-orlando-florida-shooting-gunman-attack-name-photos-facebook-motive-terrorism/


23 posted on 06/13/2016 12:56:58 AM PDT by PraiseTheLord (have you seen the fema camps, shackle box cars, thousands of guillotines, stacks of coffins ~)
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To: Lopeover

Yes.


24 posted on 06/13/2016 1:39:07 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Innovative

They’re very careful to include “America Born” but, let’s face it, his heart belonged to ISIS.


25 posted on 06/13/2016 1:47:28 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Innovative

The gunman in Orlando exchanged gunfire with 3 police officers at 2:10 AM before running into the nightclub. The police waited OUTSIDE until 5:00 am before entering the nightclub all the while hearing gunfire and people screaming, 3 hours. During that time he killed 50 people and wounded 53.

Those police officers are cowards.


26 posted on 06/13/2016 3:07:30 AM PDT by stockpirate (Make America Mexico Again - MAMA end sarcasm)
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To: Innovative

This terrorists and others are in the Federal system.

America is in peril because the GOP has betrayed America
as the DNC has become an arm of ISIS (with McCain).


27 posted on 06/13/2016 3:33:55 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Lopeover
There maybe more than one gunman as well and they are still at large.

There will never be another gunman in this case, even if ballistics prove a second rifle was used, and of a different caliber, and all of the witnesses swear to it, and the security cameras show more than one shooter.

The narrative is that he was a lone nut with easy access to guns and 'slime-ism had nothing to do with it. Truth be damned. The feels will tell the witnesses that they didn't see what they saw and that will be the end of it.

28 posted on 06/13/2016 3:37:00 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (If Trump loses, America dies)
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To: Future Useless Eater

is that real???????


29 posted on 06/13/2016 3:41:53 AM PDT by Abiotic (The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board)
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To: Future Useless Eater

I cannot believe I missed that. That’s MADNESS!!!!


30 posted on 06/13/2016 3:48:58 AM PDT by Abiotic (The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board)
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To: Future Useless Eater
Link takes you to Amazon reviews.


31 posted on 06/13/2016 4:08:15 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Cronos

Sarcasm, heard of it?


32 posted on 06/13/2016 4:19:24 AM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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33 posted on 06/13/2016 5:23:13 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Cronos

I will respectfully disagree with you on that, as I refuse to belittle the loss and sacrifice of those, who were slaughtered simply because of who, and what they are.


34 posted on 06/13/2016 5:59:35 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Kriggerel
Thank you for the civilized discussion. I only objected to the improper use of the term "martyr".

These people were targeted for death because they were homosexuals, but they were not martyrs in the strict sense of the term; victims yes, but not martyrs.

If they were given a choice at gunpoint to give up their perversion and they refused, then they would be a martyr to their cause, but in this case they were not.

35 posted on 06/13/2016 6:10:59 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Helicondelta

real or photoshop?


36 posted on 06/13/2016 6:12:10 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Innovative

Islam as a whole is responsible. This evil philosophy is at the root. the Islamic state is the manifestation of that. What I pointed out is that your neighbor tomorrow may be the enemy if he is seduced by this philosophy.


37 posted on 06/13/2016 6:17:48 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Jack Hammer

The scary part is that there can be lots of American born Arabs or Somalis or Pakistanis or blacks or blonde blue-eyed, All-Americans or Asians etc. who are seduced by the philosophy of Islam. It could be anyone


38 posted on 06/13/2016 6:19:49 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: stockpirate

Those police officers are cowards.


If they had run in there and escalated the shooting and some of their bullets had hit people, what would your comment be?


39 posted on 06/13/2016 6:35:32 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: dila813
I get your sarcasm, however it doesn't help in this case to profile just Arabs or Afghanis or Pakistanis. The latter (Afghanis and Pakistanis) -- most can pass off as Europeans as they are caucasians. Some Arabs can do so as well.

Furthermore, there are converts to Islam who are blonde and blue-eyed. Just profiling Arabs (which unfortunately needs to be done) is not keeping you safe.

We need to target and eradicate Izlam

40 posted on 06/13/2016 6:35:38 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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