Thousands of Americans and Europeans fly into Dubai, Alexandria, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and Kuwait every single month. Dozens of cruises occur each year from these ports. There’s going to have to be more to the story to make this ISIS claim stick.
My second cousin once removed and his wife had a vacation in Dubai a year or two ago. I guess I need to be on my guard against them from now on. What if they were radicalized?
Ive been waiting on the latest ISIS propaganda video to come out. Movies of Paddock firing from his nest spread across the world on video will be conclusive.
...or not.
Yes,that's true.The three points I made don't represent conclusive proof that he was a jihadi.But,considered together,they do lend credence to such a possibility.
As for Americans visiting the Arabian peninsula you're correct to point out that it's not unheard of.However,for several reasons....one of which is that it's a 13 hour flight from the East Coast...these visits are mostly made by American businessmen rather than tourists.For Europeans,who are *much* closer than we are,it could be different.
I've been to the Arabian Peninsula (namely,the UAE) several times,all as a tourist.I made these visits for one,and *only* one,reason,namely because a particular airline,on several different occasions over the last few years,offered damn cheap fares to points in East Asia and Africa that I wanted to visit and they offered free stopovers in Dubai.If it wasn't for my desire to go to Asia or Africa,and my discovery of those cheap fares,I never would have visited the Middle East.
And,for the record,I've never fired at a large crowd from a hotel room window.