Posted on 06/12/2016 11:12:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
There is new information on the horrific terror attack in Orlando last night that has killed at least 50 and wounded more than 100 in the largest mass shooting in American history.
Sources are telling the Daily Beast that suspected killer Omar Mateen had previously been investigated by the FBI in 2013 and 2014, making this yet another "known wolf" terror attack:
Omar Mateen of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, came to the attention of federal authorities twice prior to being identified as the gunman in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting, a senior law enforcement source told The Daily Beast.
Mateen 53 people and shot more than 100 in total at the Pulse gay nightclub early Sunday morning, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
The senior law enforcement source reports that Mateen became a person of interest in 2013 and again in 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation at one point opened an investigation into Mateen but subsequently closed the case when it produced nothing that appeared to warrant further investigation.
“He’s a known quantity,” the source said. “He’s been on the radar before.”
Mateen was a U.S. citizen; his parents are from Afghanistan, CBS News reports.
The FBI is already circling the wagons that Marteen was just "one of hundreds" of ISIS sympathizers known to the FBI:
CNN: Shooter known to FBI. No indication he was plotting attack. One of hundreds suspected of being ISIS sympathizers on the FBI's radar.
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) June 12, 2016
This is not the first time that the gay community has been targeted by would-be jihadists.
In fact, an imam speaking in Orlando in April said that killing gays according to Islamic law should be done "out of compassion":
On Twitter I've noted two previous cases from 2014 in which Islamic terrorists, Musab Masmari and Ali Muhammad Brown, targeted the gay community:
REWIND: 10 years in prison for Seattle gay club arsonist Musab Masmari who wanted to "exterminate homosexuals" https://t.co/5BVI5j4vMz
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 12, 2016
REWIND JUN 2014: Known terror cell member Ali Muhammad Brown executes Seattle gay couple for US foreign policy in ME https://t.co/THVXG64G0b
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) June 12, 2016
Islamic Center of Central Florida imam Muhammad Musri spoke at the FBI press conference this morning.
As soon as there's a terror attack, first thing they do is call the local Islamic Society. pic.twitter.com/g9wkFd1xCp
— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) June 12, 2016
As I reported back in 2010, Musri hosted a Hamas fundraiser in his Orlando mosque:
Then in 2011, Musri blamed the 9/11 attacks on the U.S.:
For more than a year and a half I've been reporting here at PJ Media on the "known wolf" terror problem -- terrorist acts committed by individuals ALREADY known to law enforcement and western national security agencies:
Oct. 24, 2014: ‘Lone Wolf’ or ‘Known Wolf’: The Ongoing Counter-Terrorism Failure
Dec. 15, 2014: Sydney Hostage Taker Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Syndrome
Jan. 7, 2015: Paris Terror Attack Yet Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Syndrome
Feb. 3, 2015: French Police Terror Attacker Yesterday Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Syndrome
Feb. 15, 2015: Copenhagen Killer Was yet Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Terrorism
Feb. 26, 2015: Islamic State Beheader ‘Jihadi John’ Yet Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Terrorism
Apr. 22, 2015: Botched Attack on Paris Churches Another Case of “Known Wolf” Terrorism
May 4, 2015: Texas Attack Is Yet Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Terrorism
June 26, 2015: France’s Beheading Terrorist Was Well-Known By Authorities
July 16, 2015: Report: Chattanooga Jihadist Was Yet Another ‘Known Wolf’ Terrorist, Anonymous Feds Dispute
Aug. 22, 2015:European Train Attacker Another Case of ‘Known Wolf’ Terrorism
Oct 14, 2015:Yet Again: Turkey, Israel Terror Attacks Committed by "Known Wolves"
Nov 14, 2015:One Paris Attacker Was Previously Known to Authorities, Marks Fifth 'Known Wolf" Attack in France This Year
Feb 16, 2016:Machete Attack in Ohio Yet Another Case of 'Known Wolf' Terrorism
Will the Orlando terror attack finally be the wake-up call for Congress and the Obama administration to address the "known wolf" terror problem?
Don't hold your breath.
You people truly worship a gawd of hate and suffering....
Every time one of these “Religion of Peace Imam” assholes mouths off like this, he should be arrested and held without bail until tried, convicted and executed for sedition, inciting violence, Treason, whatever! That has got to be against the law!
Folks should not be allowed to go around saying things like these Moslem asshole Imams get away with!
Stuff like this certainly is not protected speech!
Arrestem!
Tryem!
Convictem!
Executem!
F^&(&r
Vendome’s version of a just and proper punishment:
I would chain his hands and legs, then pull him up four flights of metal fire escape stairs, feet first.
Then I would kicked him in the family jewels just enough to cause a stomach ache every 15 minutes for 8 hours.
After that I would push him out a window letting him fall four stories into a pile of razor wire 5 rolls high and 5 rolls wide.
He could lay in the pile of razor wire for two days in the desert sun and then I would release a flock of crows and 1 gallon of scarabs right next to him
.But that’s just me.
Stopping it? They funded it!
And Obama and Merkel want to invite them over to takeover our countries for some some strange unexplained reason. I think there’s an awful lot of pocket stuffing going on myself. And I think billionaires that are making lots of money out of the chaos have everything to do with it...
If a Christian pastor had said that, instead of a muzlim imam, he would already be in prison.
Good stuff.
We need a Leader who will not call islum a religion of peace or bow down to its leaders and call their terror workplace violence.
Probably due to PC and the loss of votes but pocket stuffing is probably the more accurate answer. I'd guess many have more politically active minority special interest organizations stuffing their pockets than ever before (CAIR, Arab American Institute, Citizens for Global Solutions, etc...)
This actually dovetails with something that I have been saying for a decade, though both my conservative and liberal friends are hostile to the concept.
Many (most?) modern liberals and many (most?) modern conservatives seem to think that the Islamists are acting out of irrational hate. They place the animus on different sources, however. Liberals seem to think that the root of this homicidal instinct is poverty, Palestinian statehood, Western presence in the Mid East, and related concepts. Conservatives seem to think that the root of the homicidal instinct is an irrational hatred for western classical liberal culture and values. Both have a point - indeed, I think the animus branches from both of those things (to an extent), but it’s not the root of it.
For over fifteen years, I’ve argued that it’s in fact rooted from what many in their movement would understand as “love,” but the western mind can’t deal with it, either because of a lack of intellectual capacity or an unwillingness to face such a construct.
If the goal is to save an immortal soul, the fact is that logically, you can’t limit your tactics in any way. The stakes (by definition, really) could not be higher. So if you have to kill 100 people to save 100 immortal souls from eternal damnation, you shouldn’t hesitate.
So they must combat what they consider to be “sin.” Sin, by the way, in the broadest sense - “missing the target.” And we’re all guilty of missing the target, in one way or another. Christianity has a remedy for the wages of sin - the immortal soul can be saved, and the vessel need not be destroyed towards that end.
But the Islamist worldview faces a dilemma - when in their judgment, entire cultures and worldviews “miss the target,” they threaten the spiritual salvation of everyone on the planet.
So the stakes are incalculably high: the eternal salvation of immortal soul. So as they understand it, the worldview threatens to contaminate their wives, husbands, children, family, and loved ones.
Is there any limit to the lengths you’d take to save someone you loved from eternal damnation? Of course not. So you have no choice but to destroy the contaminant, before it damages the soul further and contaminates (and therefore eternally damning) other souls.
Further, when someone is destroying their own soul, probably the greatest thing you can do for them (if you accept the premise) is to quickly destroy the earthly vessel so you can stop it from damning their immortal soul for all eternity.
So from a certain point of view, there is a moral logic to the approach. I won’t say it’s flawless, but I think this is the operating system the holy, devout Islamists run on.
I think the vast majority of people can’t recognize this dynamic, and an understanding of it is essential towards combating the growing threat.
Just one man’s opinion. I didn’t read it on a bubble gum wrapper. I just researched and thought about it a lot. The battle of The West vs Islamic World isn’t about “hate.” It’s about an understanding of “love” that few Americans can wrap their minds around.
So you’re saying this massacre is a variation on “If your right eye offends you, pluck it out”?
Guns.
No mention of Islamic insanity or the fact that the West has been at war with them for 14 centuries.
A variation of the concept, to an extent.
I don’t believe it myself, but I think this is what motivates the Islamist, at his or her core.
A more likely explanation is they’re lil satanic meat puppets, taking orders from their boss.
Great vid nails PC regarding Islam.
Well, at least you didn’t suggest anything cruel or unusual.
I might have suggested hanging him by one ankle from a tree limb with his hair just brushing a bed of fire ants.
Actually, I have another form of punishment I posted years ago with just that sort of thing....
You may be correct, as far as their fears of unbelievers infecting them or other islamists.
However, I think to a great degree they are trying to be true followers of their religion. Their holy book tells them to kill unbelievers, so ISIS and "radical" islamists are following it to the letter.
I think another factor is the mental disposition of people involved. They all learn violence and killing from an early age, and some of them delight in their barbarity. Basically those who would be considered a part of the criminal element in our culture are revered in theirs.
The people prone to violent acts can direct them toward infidels or other people deemed undesirable and be looked upon as a great person in fighting for Islam.
Sorry for the quick edit. I'm running late so I have to go.
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