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Yet another curious angle is that an Israeli source earlier this morning identified him as Stephen C. Pollock (same middle initial, but different middle name) who was known to Israeli secret services as an Islamic convert and was also known by a Muslim name (Samir al something or another). This particular Pollock was in his 40s and from Florida and had a criminal record, so he may have converted in jail. He seems to have spent time in the ME though.

The info is on one of the longer early threads here.

Possible mistaken ID by ISIS? Or possible ID falsification by ISIS?

"Possible mistaken ID by ISIS? Or possible ID falsification by ISIS?"

Could be the reason they are claiming the attack, a false identification by ISIS. That would make sense as their claims are usually true which is what makes this curious. However, if he was an ISIS convert, you would think we would have reports out on his facebook page or twitter account praising allah, perhaps when they got to his room, the ISIS flag or even a Koran. There are no reports of any of that. I'm really dubious at this point about the ISIS claim.