ISIS has just taken responsibility for the Orlando massacre

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Just breaking across the wire.

NOTHING more needs to be said. It is time to drop BIG ASS bombs on every ISIS stronghold in mass.

 

[blackhawk]

Can't say I'm shocked.

 

[tinydancer]

I want to know why no one in DHS issued a terror alert when a pro ISIS group made a specific threat to Florida three days ago.

 

[jknowgood]

Obama can't, they are his buddies.

 

[NLT]

Say so long to Hildabeast being the next potus

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Say so long to Hildabeast being the next potus

I feel dirty saying this but this is an opportunity for Trump if he can manage to not bungle it.

 

[garion13a5]

Just breaking across the wire.

NOTHING more needs to be said. It is time to drop BIG ASS bombs on every ISIS stronghold in mass.

Hello,

I think the time has come to start referring to these attacks as Muslim attacks. Lets stop letting the politicians hide from the truth.

garion13a5

 

[georgephillip]

"Mateen killed 53 people and shot more than 100 in total at the Pulse gay nightclub early Sunday morning, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

"The senior law enforcement source reports that Mateen became a person of interest in 2013 and again in 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation at one point opened an investigation into Mateen but subsequently closed the case when it produced nothing that appeared to warrant further investigation.


“'He’s a known quantity,' the source said. 'He’s been on the radar before.'

"The senior law enforcement source told The Daily Beast that Mateen was born in New York and was married for a time to a woman from New Jersey.

"That woman told the Washington Post that he repeatedly abused her during their marraige, which lasted from April 2009 to July 2011."
Omar Mateen, Terrorist Who Attacked Orlando Gay Club, Had Been Investigated by FBI

 

[defcon4]

Say so long to Hildabeast being the next potus

I feel dirty saying this but this is an opportunity for Trump if he can manage to not bungle it.

Don't feel bad. That's the modus operandi of the Democrat Party:

 

[waltky]

ISIS in it's death throes may lash out...

Mounting ISIS Battlefield Losses May Spur More 'Lone Wolf' Attacks: US
Jun 13, 2016 | President Barack Obama echoed Monday the U.S. military and State Department warnings that mounting battlefield losses for ISIS could lead to "distraction" terror attacks like the mass shooting that occurred in Orlando over the weekend.

The progress made by U.S.-backed local forces in Iraq, Syria and now Libya against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, can motivate sympathizers outside the Mideast "to take actions against people here in the United States and elsewhere in the world that are tragic," Obama said. He said that "one of the biggest challenges we are going to have is this kind of propaganda and perversions of Islam that you see generated on the internet, and the capacity for that to seep into the minds of troubled individuals or weak individuals." Obama spoke at the White House after closed-door meetings with FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and others on the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at the Pulse nightclub frequented by the LGBT community, a horrific attack that went on for three hours in Orlando early Sunday morning. Comey said later that 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent and the alleged perpetrator in Orlando, had pledged loyalty to ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in 911 calls during the attack that killed 49 and wounded at least 53 at the nightclub. Mateen was killed by police who stormed the scene.

Using the term "ISIL," another acronym for ISIS, Comey said that Mateen 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 the Al Nusra Front. "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," Comey said. The ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq News broadcast a claim that Mateen was an "ISIS fighter," but Comey said evidence had yet to emerge of a connection between the terror group and Mateen. However, Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, along with White House and State Department officials, have warned in recent weeks that ISIS-inspired individuals could lash out in response to a rash of defeats for ISIS, and the loss of territory, recruits and funding.

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy in Tel Abyad, northeast Syria.​

Through its propaganda arms, ISIS has also called for sympathizers around the world to launch terror attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began last week. In a briefing to the Pentagon last week, Army Col. Chris Garver, the main spokesman for MacFarland and CJTF, noted the progress by the Iraqi security forces in pushing towards Mosul and ousting ISIS from Fallujah but warned that the U.S. expected ISIS "to attempt more high-profile, headline-grabbing attacks to sow terror and to distract from the fact that they keep losing militarily on the battlefield." In Fallujah, Iraqi forces have seized a foothold in the southern section of the city and managed to open up an exit route for thousands of civilians trapped inside. Lisa Grande, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said 3,300 refugees fled through the exit corridor Monday and were flooding into already overcrowded refugee camps," the Voice of America reported. "The problem is the camps are full," Grande said.

In a recent appeal, ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani called on followers and sympathizers of ISIS in the West who were unable to come to Iraq and Syria to launch suicide attacks at home during Ramadan. Only a day before the Orlando attack, Brett McGurk, the White House special envoy for Iraq and Syria, warned of the homegrown threat from "lone wolf" sympathizers of ISIS. "As it's harder for them to get to Syria, what they're trying to do is to recruit local -- to inspire homegrown attacks," McGurk said at a White House news conference. "So someone who's inspired over the Internet, rather than being recruited to come into Syria, they're trying to recruit them to conduct attacks at home," McGurk said. "They've always done that, but it's what they're increasingly trying to do," he said.

Mounting ISIS Battlefield Losses May Spur More 'Lone Wolf' Attacks: US | Military.com

See also:

VA Deploys Mental Health Staff in Orlando After Mass Shooting
Jun 13, 2016 | The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Orlando is providing emergency mental health assistance to people affected by the bloody rampage at a nightclub early Sunday that killed 49 and left 53 wounded.

In a statement released Monday afternoon, the VA said its services would be available to veterans and department employees, as well as the general public "in the wake of the tragic mass shooting." Police say Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old U.S. citizen and Muslim who lived in Fort Pierce, Florida, entered The Pulse, a gay nightspot, early Sunday morning and opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock handgun.

Friends, family remember victims of Florida shooting​

The medical center's Mobile Medical Unit is located at the Beardall Senior Center, 800 Delaney Ave., about three miles from The Pulse nightclub at 1912 South Orange Ave. The mobile unit will remain open Monday night until 11 p.m., officials said, and can be contacted at 321-277-6672.

"This MMU is staffed with world-class mental health professionals and outreach staff ready now to assist anyone experiencing high levels of anxiety or fear due to the mass shooting," the VA said in a statement. Police say Mateen called 911 to say he had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group shortly before he began his shooting spree. He was shot and killed as police moved in to rescue club patrons.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"ISIS has just taken responsibility for the Orlando massacre"

Of course they have – it’s a lie, of course.

Lies are as much a weapon of terror as guns and bombs; and ‘taking responsibility’ for the Orlando attack is consistent with the criminality that is ISIS.

The proper and appropriate thing to do is to wait for the investigation to be concluded, wait until the FBI has indeed determined the true nature of the attack, and reject the lies of terrorist organizations such as ISIS until that time.

 

[Katzndogz]

Orlando was not enough to get your attention. Maybe next time.

 

[Alystyr]

"ISIS has just taken responsibility for the Orlando massacre"

Of course they have – it’s a lie, of course.

Lies are as much a weapon of terror as guns and bombs; and ‘taking responsibility’ for the Orlando attack is consistent with the criminality that is ISIS.

The proper and appropriate thing to do is to wait for the investigation to be concluded, wait until the FBI has indeed determined the true nature of the attack, and reject the lies of terrorist organizations such as ISIS until that time.

I believe that this is probably the first thing that I've agreed with you about.
Regarding your post, I would go so far to say that deception is probably their most potent weapon. How many times has information "leaked" about a possible attack, got all concerned worked up about it, and nothing happened? They end up happy as can be because they got the desired chaos and disruption without having to lift a finger.
Unfortunately for us, we are best off treating all such reports as genuine. If we don't, we run a serious risk of putting innocents in harm's way.
I'd simply love to be able to have ISIS put on a nationwide "ignore" - no mention of them or their activities anywhere, in any media. However, I certainly wouldn't want to be the person that disregarded a threat and ended up allowing another Orlando (or worse) to happen.

 

[Snouter]

Islam is responsible, that and an immigration policy that provided for inbred middle eastern savages to enter the USA. As we have seen, second generation savages are the most unstable.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

ISIS in it's death throes may lash out...

Mounting ISIS Battlefield Losses May Spur More 'Lone Wolf' Attacks: US
Jun 13, 2016 | President Barack Obama echoed Monday the U.S. military and State Department warnings that mounting battlefield losses for ISIS could lead to "distraction" terror attacks like the mass shooting that occurred in Orlando over the weekend.

The progress made by U.S.-backed local forces in Iraq, Syria and now Libya against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, can motivate sympathizers outside the Mideast "to take actions against people here in the United States and elsewhere in the world that are tragic," Obama said. He said that "one of the biggest challenges we are going to have is this kind of propaganda and perversions of Islam that you see generated on the internet, and the capacity for that to seep into the minds of troubled individuals or weak individuals." Obama spoke at the White House after closed-door meetings with FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and others on the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at the Pulse nightclub frequented by the LGBT community, a horrific attack that went on for three hours in Orlando early Sunday morning. Comey said later that 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent and the alleged perpetrator in Orlando, had pledged loyalty to ISIS and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in 911 calls during the attack that killed 49 and wounded at least 53 at the nightclub. Mateen was killed by police who stormed the scene.

Using the term "ISIL," another acronym for ISIS, Comey said that Mateen 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 the Al Nusra Front. "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," Comey said. The ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq News broadcast a claim that Mateen was an "ISIS fighter," but Comey said evidence had yet to emerge of a connection between the terror group and Mateen. However, Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, along with White House and State Department officials, have warned in recent weeks that ISIS-inspired individuals could lash out in response to a rash of defeats for ISIS, and the loss of territory, recruits and funding.

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy in Tel Abyad, northeast Syria.​

Through its propaganda arms, ISIS has also called for sympathizers around the world to launch terror attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began last week. In a briefing to the Pentagon last week, Army Col. Chris Garver, the main spokesman for MacFarland and CJTF, noted the progress by the Iraqi security forces in pushing towards Mosul and ousting ISIS from Fallujah but warned that the U.S. expected ISIS "to attempt more high-profile, headline-grabbing attacks to sow terror and to distract from the fact that they keep losing militarily on the battlefield." In Fallujah, Iraqi forces have seized a foothold in the southern section of the city and managed to open up an exit route for thousands of civilians trapped inside. Lisa Grande, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said 3,300 refugees fled through the exit corridor Monday and were flooding into already overcrowded refugee camps," the Voice of America reported. "The problem is the camps are full," Grande said.

In a recent appeal, ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani called on followers and sympathizers of ISIS in the West who were unable to come to Iraq and Syria to launch suicide attacks at home during Ramadan. Only a day before the Orlando attack, Brett McGurk, the White House special envoy for Iraq and Syria, warned of the homegrown threat from "lone wolf" sympathizers of ISIS. "As it's harder for them to get to Syria, what they're trying to do is to recruit local -- to inspire homegrown attacks," McGurk said at a White House news conference. "So someone who's inspired over the Internet, rather than being recruited to come into Syria, they're trying to recruit them to conduct attacks at home," McGurk said. "They've always done that, but it's what they're increasingly trying to do," he said.

Mounting ISIS Battlefield Losses May Spur More 'Lone Wolf' Attacks: US | Military.com

See also:

VA Deploys Mental Health Staff in Orlando After Mass Shooting
Jun 13, 2016 | The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Orlando is providing emergency mental health assistance to people affected by the bloody rampage at a nightclub early Sunday that killed 49 and left 53 wounded.

In a statement released Monday afternoon, the VA said its services would be available to veterans and department employees, as well as the general public "in the wake of the tragic mass shooting." Police say Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old U.S. citizen and Muslim who lived in Fort Pierce, Florida, entered The Pulse, a gay nightspot, early Sunday morning and opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock handgun.

Friends, family remember victims of Florida shooting​

The medical center's Mobile Medical Unit is located at the Beardall Senior Center, 800 Delaney Ave., about three miles from The Pulse nightclub at 1912 South Orange Ave. The mobile unit will remain open Monday night until 11 p.m., officials said, and can be contacted at 321-277-6672.

"This MMU is staffed with world-class mental health professionals and outreach staff ready now to assist anyone experiencing high levels of anxiety or fear due to the mass shooting," the VA said in a statement. Police say Mateen called 911 to say he had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group shortly before he began his shooting spree. He was shot and killed as police moved in to rescue club patrons.

I sympathize with the trauma people have had to endure in the Orlando area but the VA needs to keep its attention on Vets and not the general population. 22 Vets a day are taking their own lives.

 

[defcon4]

"ISIS has just taken responsibility for the Orlando massacre"

Of course they have – it’s a lie, of course.

Lies are as much a weapon of terror as guns and bombs; and ‘taking responsibility’ for the Orlando attack is consistent with the criminality that is ISIS.

The proper and appropriate thing to do is to wait for the investigation to be concluded, wait until the FBI has indeed determined the true nature of the attack, and reject the lies of terrorist organizations such as ISIS until that time.

^^^^^ this fails as composition fallacy

 

[Silhouette]

Can't say I'm shocked.

Not at all. They've always complained about our culture of "American Infidels". Maybe they woke up and realized most of America has been held hostage and don't share those same values? It's like they hit at the nucleus of the culture of American depravity. And as you say, "not shocked".

I never understood why ISIS executed Christians or other religions similar; when Christians in true form see the neo-depravity in the US taking over with the same level of "celebration" that Muslims do... minus the mass shootings and bombings and all that equally-extreme stuff.