Posted on 06/13/2016 7:42:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Orlando gunman who killed at least 50 and wounded many more, claimed to be loyal to a number of loyalist groups who are on opposing sides in the battlefield including Hezbollah and ISIS, US newspaper the Los Angeles Times reported.
Omar Mateen called 911 to say he was attacking the LGBT nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, swearing allegiance with ISIS.
The FBI's Director James Comey told the newspaper that since 2013 Mateen is known to have made a series elaborate claims linking his relatives to the Sunni terror network Al-Qaeda, while also claiming to have been a member of Hezbollah - the Iran-backed Shiite militia that operates in Lebanon. Both groups are known to oppose ISIS.
Comey said the contradictory comments and claims led to confusion surrounding his inspiration for Sunday’s devastating attack the newspaper report added.
In 2014, Comey added that the FBI again ‘briefly’ investigated Mateen amid allegations that he had watched videos by Al Qaeda propagandist Anwar Awlaki. The killer also attended the same mosque as an American who became a suicide bomber for Al Nusra Front in Syria which is also opposed to ISIS.
“During the calls [to 911] he said he was doing this for the leader of ISIL, who he named and pledged loyalty to,” Comey told a press conference on Monday using a different acronym for ISIS.
“But he also appeared to claim solidarity with the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing and solidarity with a Florida man who died as a suicide bomber in Syria for al-Nusra Front, a group in conflict with the so-called Islamic State.”
He added: “The bombers at the Boston Marathon and the suicide bomber from Florida were not inspired by ISIL, which adds a little bit to the confusion about his motives.”
He explained that in 2013 “he was working as a contract security guard at a local courthouse and he made statements that were inflammatory and contradictory that concerned his coworkers about terrorism.
“First, he claimed family connections to Al Qaida. He also said that he was a member of Hezbollah, which is a Shia terrorist organization that is a bitter enemy of the so-called Islamic state, ISIL.”
OH my lord alive these idiots can’t figure anything out.
I mean really they discount him because supports any muzzle group that is at war with the US and Israel
Similar to debating what team a football fan is loyal too. Either way they still are a football fan. So he went to the same mosque that our first home grown suicide bomber for Al Nusra in Syria came from. Did not the Obama administration recently ask for Russia to stop bombing cause Al Nusra was in the area ? So a moderate Islam group includes home grown US suicide bombers ?
So, the Federal security subcontractor Mateen worked for was indeed infiltrated by the enemy. Who will get fired (or promoted) when this is revealed in a Congressional hearing? Paging Trey Gowdy! Pick up the courtesy phone!
So he admired and wanted to be part of both the Crips and the Bloods.
Clinton’s State Dept Shut Down Investigation of Mosque
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9iXwx7qqZDo
Yeah, I wonder if we’ll ever hear that. I can understand that we may not hear much [or any] of the hostage negotiation with the police, but 911 calls are routinely made public.
Same here, and my hate for them increases every day, lol
One of our local TV stations had in the title, "may have been homegrown terrorist" Just more PC bullcrap so it takes the focus off muslim immigration, the corruptocrats seem to want so much.
I wanted to comment there isn't anything "homegrown" about the killer when it comes to American values as his parents were radical muslims from Afghanistan. I wanted to point out these facts to this local TV station in their comment section and they took down comments for that story.
That figures, they don't want anyone upsetting their carefully crafted deceptive narrative. Like I said, my hate for the media increases every day.
CGato
ties to Hezbollah? what’s that? / sarc
Now they are even more emboldened thanks to President Obama releasing billions of dollars for Iran's nuclear deal.
Thank you Mr. President for strengthening our enemies these last 8 years.
BUMP
The Bin Laden raid unearthed documents showing that Shiite Iran was the lynchpin for Sunni Al Qaeda’s communications and strategic planning (a fact known to the US government BEFORE Obama pushed the Iran deal as if Iran could be trusted or wasn’t a state sponsor of terror).
When are our “experts” ever going to figure out that the Muslim call to jihad supercedes the “alliances” that our unprincipled agencies/government thinks should be supreme in the minds of Muslims? Our enemies are dead serious and they are united. Us, not so much. And it’s going to get our society and nation killed.
Then the murderer WAS funded by Obola, Val and Clinton
using US Taxpayer money (some stolen by Clinton)
to MURDERER Americans for the White Mosque Agenda.
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