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Worst mass shooting in US history. Shoots dead at least 50 at Florida gay club
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 12 June 2016 | Matt Hunter

Posted on 06/12/2016 8:09:38 AM PDT by dennisw

New York-born 'Islamic extremist' Omar Mateen, 29, shoots dead at least 50 at Florida gay club after taking 100 clubbers hostage - injuring a further 53

The gunman was born to Afghan parents, was carrying a suspicious device, possibly a suicide vest, when he opened fire on the dance floor inside Pulse in the early hours of this morning.

Law enforcement sources have identified the shooter as US citizen Omar Mateen, from Port St. Lucie in Florida He killed at least 50 people and injured 53 and took party-goers hostage before being killed by police

Shooter, 29, was carrying a suspicious device, possibly a suicide vest, when he began shooting in the nightclub Police used an explosive device to distract the gunman and rescue around 30 people who had been taken hostage Police engaged in gunfire with the man and an officer was shot in the head, but he was saved by his helmet FBI says gunman may have 'leanings to radical Islamic terrorism' and it is being investigated as 'an act of terrorism' Took place four miles from where The Voice singer Christina Grimmie, 22, was shot dead at The Plaza Live on Friday

The suspected Islamic extremist who killed about 50 people after taking party-goers hostage inside a gay club in Orlando has been identified.

Law enforcement sources have identified the shooter, who was wielding an AR-15 assault rifle and a handgun, as US citizen Omar Mateen, 29, from Port St. Lucie in Florida.

At least 50 people were killed and 53 others were injured in the shooting in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

An FBI spokesman said the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism, (DOH!!!!!!)

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 0bama; afghanistan; florida; gaykkk; gunfreezone; homosexualagenda; islam; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; muslims; omarmateen; orlando; pulsenightclub
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It was probably just a clock. /sarcasm


21 posted on 06/12/2016 8:16:19 AM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: Altura Ct.

British member of Parliament Enoch Powell said it all in his 1968 speech-— RIVERS OF BLOOD
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Rivers of Blood speech
Enoch Powell’s April 20, 1968 address to the General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre was a speech criticising Commonwealth immigration and anti-discrimination legislation that had been proposed in the United Kingdom. Powell was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West. Powell referred to the speech as “the Birmingham speech,” but it is otherwise known as the “Rivers of Blood” speech, a title derived from its allusion to a line from Virgil’s Aeneid. The phrase “rivers of blood” does not appear in the speech; the name alludes to the line, “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see ‘the River Tiber foaming with much blood.’”


22 posted on 06/12/2016 8:16:27 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: dennisw

OK LGBT leftist activists..... you were warned.

Christians are so mean to you because your lifestyle disgusts us and we won’t bake a wedding cake for you...

The freaking Islamists WANT YOU DEAD!!!!

Sooooo.... Christians are really evil, huh?


23 posted on 06/12/2016 8:17:37 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: digger48

The Daily Mail is a champion in that regard. I overlook their obsession with sideboobs and Kardashians because they report stories of import to Americans with a large spoonful of truth.


24 posted on 06/12/2016 8:17:39 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: dennisw

Is Trump going to make a statement about this today?

How about repeating the Islamic moratorium on their immigration here?

How about the prospect of doubling down on their places of worship?


25 posted on 06/12/2016 8:17:55 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (God is a racist! Get over it snowflakes. Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Romans 9:13-15)
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To: headstamp 2

A glance at Google News shows several stories calling it “domestic terrorism”.

The narrative is on. Man who hates gays commits massacre. Nothing to do with Islam. Move along.


26 posted on 06/12/2016 8:18:09 AM PDT by Deo volente ("NAFTA, GATT, WTO, New World Order." George Putnam, among others, warned us.)
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To: Lady Heron
Yes, Trump will win huge with this for a few months.

Being the biggest/worst such event in our Nation, it might have longer legs than that as it shows a very sharp divide between those who want us to be safe and who would have us go willingly to the slaughterhouse...

27 posted on 06/12/2016 8:18:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I disagree. Americans aren’t born as such, the culture has to be taught. Today schools are producing socialistic “world citizens.” That needs to change.


28 posted on 06/12/2016 8:18:53 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Could have been a magazine pouch vest.


29 posted on 06/12/2016 8:19:58 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: King Moonracer

It’s 50 dead now?


30 posted on 06/12/2016 8:20:00 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Yup.


31 posted on 06/12/2016 8:20:10 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When was the last time you heard a celebrity say, If Trump wins, I'm moving to MEXICO!)
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To: r_barton

Funny to see hillary and her sidekick a##clown on=bama try to spin this as a gun issue rather than a terrorist issue, building bridges instead of walls, yeah right. Lets round all these muzzies up and dump them in the desert where they came from, citizen or not!!!


32 posted on 06/12/2016 8:20:27 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Unless and until RADICAL ISLAM is blamed and brought to the forefront, until we recognize the problem, this BS will continue.

Fixed.

33 posted on 06/12/2016 8:20:36 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: dennisw

This has nothing to do with the peaceful religion of Islam. It is obviously the fault of homophobes and lax gun laws. Bah! Bah! Bah!


34 posted on 06/12/2016 8:20:47 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: dennisw

The death penalty for homosexuals is not radical islam.

It is islam.


35 posted on 06/12/2016 8:22:36 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: dennisw

Sure, this is an important story. But, the bigger issue is “Who is baking cakes for gays”.

- signed, liberals and politicians


36 posted on 06/12/2016 8:24:22 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: SkyDancer

He didn’t sneak it in. He got into a gunfight with armed security disabeling him and then rushed the venue.


37 posted on 06/12/2016 8:24:25 AM PDT by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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To: dennisw
Well, the gays are screwed, because on the liberal food chain, Blacks and Muslims are at the top. Latinos are below them, and Women and gays are the next level down.

They'll "empathize" with the gay community, but in the very next breath they'll be giving their lectures about Islamophobia and calling anyone a racist who points out that Islamic terrorists may be from any country, speak any language, come from any socio-economic level, have any educational background, be of any age or gender or culture, and the only thing they have in common is Islam. No, no, no, mustn't point that out. That's racist.

So the gay community can get ready to find out what white and Asian victims of black violence have already found: no one cares. Gay Boy Bleed a Lot? Oh well. Can't upset our Muslim overlords.

38 posted on 06/12/2016 8:24:25 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: LostInBayport
The Daily Mail is a champion in that regard. I overlook their obsession with sideboobs and Kardashians because they report stories of import to Americans with a large spoonful of truth.

The gossip crap keeps them afloat so I am fine with this.. Obviously this gossip part of the DM has a humongous female readership. 

As far as US politics I see the DM as non-politically correct and as straight shooters. Rush Limbaugh has complimented them more than a few time times and they even got in touch with him to say thanks.

39 posted on 06/12/2016 8:24:36 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: dennisw

DM is like the “Radio Free Europe” of the US, giving us the news our government doesn’t want us to know.


40 posted on 06/12/2016 8:25:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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