Posted on 05/04/2015 9:57:31 AM PDT by Salman
GARLAND, Tex. — One of the two gunmen who were killed Sunday after opening fire at an event where people were invited to present cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad was identified on Monday by a law enforcement official as a man who had previously been labeled by the F.B.I. as a jihadist terrorism suspect.
Police officers shot and killed the man, identified as Elton Simpson of Phoenix, and his companion Sunday evening, outside the Curtis Culwell Center, at an event organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, a New York-based group that also uses the name Stop Islamization of America. The gunfire, which began shortly before 7 p.m., left a security guard wounded.
In 2010, federal prosecutors in Arizona charged Mr. Simpson with plotting to travel to Somalia “for the purpose of engaging in violent jihad,” and then lying to a federal agent about his plans. A judge found him guilty of lying to the agent, but said the government had not proved that his plan involved terrorism, and sentenced him to three years’ probation.
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LOL. See #39 below.
Above actually.
That's exactly what it is.
The New York Times, CNN, the media really does honor the guy as "the Prophet Muhammad".
Notice how they tag it as a "Anti-Islam" event rather than a freedom of speech event? This is how they distort the news.
Are you opposed to communism? Then you're anti-communism. Are you opposed to Nazism? Then you're anti-Nazi. I oppose islam in all forms and will do my part to ensure its annihilation. Being tagged as anti-islam is a badge of honor.
One can be either pro-islam or anti-islam. Destruction of this satanic cult demands nothing less than plain speaking and clearly identifying islam as the enemy.
The trouble is, while they are identifying this event as "anti-islam", they are also identifying Islam as a "religion of peace" rather than a blood thirsty murder cult.
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