Posted on 03/25/2021 3:37:08 PM PDT by grundle
Why did Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Al Issa of Arvada, Colorado, go to a King Soopers grocery store 25 miles away from his home to carry out his attack?
The investigation of the murder Monday of 10 people is only beginning. But the indication that the Syrian immigrant had ISIS sympathies combined with the super market’s advertised kosher offerings for its significant Jewish clientele has drawn attention on social media.
In a Twitter string, a variety of users noted the store in south Boulder is in an area with many Jewish families. And the shooting took place in the week leading to Passover.
Some pointed to a webpage that states King Soopers is “Your One Stop Shop for Kosher Groceries.”
Others noted, however, that the Kosher page is on the chain’s website, and there’s a Kings Sooper in Al-Issa’s hometown and others in between. Further, there’s another Kings Sooper in Boulder that boasts of having the city’s first kosher bakery.
The Jewish News Service reported the local Jewish community was grieving the shooting, noting it happened at “our grocery store.”
The Jewish Community Center of Boulder, which is about four miles from the site of the shooting, held a vigil Tuesday evening for local residents “to connect and grieve.”
“Our hearts are with the Boulder community as the shooting at the King Soopers has unfolded before our eyes. We are shaken to our core, and we mourn the loss of life,” said a social-media post signed by Jonathan Lev and Lee Strongwater, JCC’s executive director and board president. “Our thoughts are with the families of the victims, law enforcement and first responders who put their lives on the line for our beloved community.”
“We are traumatized,” it continued. “This is our home, this is our grocery store.”
After Boulder Police Chief Maris Harold announced Tuesday that Al Issa had been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder, the National Pulse reported his purported Facebook page, which has now been removed, included pro-Islam and anti-Trump messages.
Journalist Jack Posobiec, citing an unidentified White House official, later reported President Biden had been briefed that the Colorado shooter had “ISIS sympathies.”
In a subsequent tweet, Posobiec said, “It is beginning to look like the Boulder shooting was a jihadist terror attack.”
Later Tuesday, Posobiec, citing a national security source, said Al Issa was a Syrian refugee who arrived through an Obama-era asylum program.
And Tuesday evening, the New York Times reported he was known to the FBI. The paper said Al Issa was linked to another person who has been under investigation but didn’t give more details.
On Facebook, he wrote of Islam, “Muslims might not be perfect but Islam is.”
See screenshots from Al Issa’s purported Facebook account:
‘Scary’
Meanwhile, as authorities investigate a possible motive, media coverage has focused on Al Issa’s mental state.
Al Issa’s brother, Ali Al Issa, told the Daily Beast his brother was “very anti-social” and paranoid.
In high school, the brother said, he often said he was “being chased, someone is behind him, someone is looking for him.”
Al Issa was “short-tempered” and “scary,” according to a former high school wrestling teammate, Dayton Marvel, the Denver Post reported.
Marvel said Al Issa once threatened to kill people during a match.
“He was kind of scary to be around,” Marvel said.
Gee. Is the Pope Catholic?
Nah, don’t even think that.
A lack of great northern beans just as a lack of chicken nuggets causes mass chaos can ensue if there’s no ___
That “Caliph Baraq is my homeboy” bumper sticker is always a giveaway...
Must hav been caused by a plastic girlfriend or maybe his goat wouldn’t sleep with him no more ......
Just a coincidence.
Is the Pope communist? Was the election stolen?
I think you mean Communist.
They have Kosher products among their goods for sale. So does Walmart. That doesn’t make them a “Kosher store”. This story makes no sense.
All the evidence points to that
Bottom line is...It doesn't matter.
I’m waiting for “workplace Violence “ to be declared.
Freeper RC One did some nice detective work and came to the same conclusion. Nice map work.
Why did Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa choose that particular grocery store (vanity-multiple images)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3944947/posts
See the link in my previous post.
I happen to live in an area with a large Jewish population. My grocery has a larger Kosher section than most of that chain, and it expands before Passover (now) and Yom Kippur.
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/03/covering-up-ahmad-al-issas-islamic-yearnings
Great article by Glazov. Stephen Coughlin’s work (some mentioned in the article) is monumental.
I think this young guy was disturbed, but I don’t think he was mentally ill in the classic sense. He’s probably a Narcissist and suffering from one or more issues: BPD, Malignant Narcissism, Oppositional Conduct Disorder, yadda, yadda. In other words: an ANGRY young man with sympathies towards ISIS. So, to me, it’s a perfect recipe for disaster. I think the family played up the mental illness aspect for a reason. I also notice the family had a sign in their restaurant door that said they welcome CASH. I’m sure they do!
Ah yes, another known wolf event.
18 People the FBI Were Warned About But Still Failed to Stop
https://lists.grabien.com/list-people-fbi-was-warned-about-still-failed-stop
Nothing like this disturbed young man stuff.
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