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Was Las Vegas a Jihad Attack? There is scant reason to doubt ISIS’ claim of responsibility.
Frontpage Mag ^ | 10/04/2017 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 10/04/2017 10:34:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/04/2017 10:34:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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16 Unanswered Questions About The Las Vegas Shooting That Mainstream Media Doesn't Want To Talk About

As you will see below, the evidence is mounting that there were multiple shooters and that this was an operation that was planned well in advance.  But according to the mainstream media, a 64-year-old retired accountant with a flabby physique that had no military training whatsoever and that wasn’t very experienced with guns was able to pull the whole thing off all by himself.  We are being told that Paddock was a “lone wolf” that didn’t have any ties to terror groups, and since he is now dead nobody is ever going to be able to interrogate him. 

But the American people definitely deserve some answers about what took place, and that means that all of us should keep digging.

The following are 16 unanswered questions about the Las Vegas shooting that the mainstream media does not want to talk about…

#1 Photos of Stephen Paddock’s hotel room have been leaked, and one of those photos appears to show a suicide note. Why hasn’t the public been told what is in that note?

#2 Were there additional shooters?  A taxi driver reportedly captured video of an automatic weapon being fired out of a lower level window.  A video from another angle and brief footage captured by Dan Bilzerian also seem to confirm that automatic gunfire was coming from a floor much lower than the 32nd floor room that Stephen Paddock was located on.  And if you weren’t convinced by the first three videos, this fourth video should definitely do it.

#3 Why were law enforcement authorities discussing “another suspect on the fourth floor”, and why isn’t the mainstream media talking about this?

#4 As Jon Rappoport has pointed out, it would have been impossible for Stephen Paddock to kill and wound 573 people in less than five minutes of shooting with the kinds of weapons that he is alleged to have used.  So why won’t law enforcement authorities acknowledge this fact?

#5 How in the world did Paddock get 42 guns and “several thousand rounds of ammo” into his hotel room without anyone noticing?

#6 How did someone with “no military background” and that wasn’t a “gun guy at all” operate such advanced weapons?  Because what we are being told by the mainstream media just doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.  I really like how Natural News made this point…

Far from what the firearms-illiterate media claims, these are not systems that any Joe off the street can just pick up and use to effortlessly mow down 500 people. Running these systems requires extensive training, experience and stamina. It is physically impossible for a guy like Stephen Paddock to operate such a system in the sustained, effective manner that we witnessed, especially when shooting from an elevated position which throws off all the ranging of the weapon system.

 

Far from being a Navy Seal, Stephen Paddock is a retired accountant senior citizen with a gambling problem and a flabby physique. The only way he could have carried out this shooting is if he were transformed into a human superweapon through a magic wand. I’m calling this “Mission IMPOSSIBLE” because of the physical impossibility of a retired, untrained senior citizen pulling this off.

#7 Why was one woman telling people in the crowd that they were all going to die 45 minutes before the attack?

#8 Why did it take law enforcement authorities 72 minutes to get into Stephen Paddock’s hotel room?

#9 Why did Paddock wire $100,000 to the Philippines last week?

#10 Why was Paddock’s girlfriend, Marilou Danley, in the Philippines when the attack took place?  Did she know what was about to happen?

#11 Was Paddock on antidepressants like so many other mass killers in the past have been?

#12 Why was ISIS so eager to take responsibility for this attack, and why was the FBI so quick to dismiss that connection?

#13 Apparently Paddock had earned millions of dollars “through real estate deals”.  If he was so wealthy, why would he all of a sudden snap like that?

#14 Why did he move so frequently?  It is being reported that Paddock had 27 different residences during his adult life.

#15 Why were nearly all of the exits out of the concert venue completely blocked?…

In essence, the concert trapped the people, preventing them from escaping, and denying them the ability to seek cover. From there, sustained, full-auto gunfire is almost impossible to survive.

 

From Fox News, a caller named Russell Bleck, who survived the shooting, said live on air, “There were ten-foot walls blocking us in. We couldn’t escape. It was just a massacre. We had nowhere to go.”

#16 Why was a country music festival chosen as the target?  Was the goal to kill as many Trump supporters and other conservatives as possible?  And is there evidence that Stephen Paddock was connected to Antifa in any way?

At first I thought that this was a fairly straightforward story too, but the more I have dug into it the more complex things have become.

Personally, I have come to the conclusion that Stephen Paddock definitely did not act alone.  That means that the others involved in the shooting are still out there, and they must be brought to justice.  Let us never forget what these extremely wicked individuals did to innocent civilians such as 27-year-old Tina Frost

A 27-year-old woman has lost her right eye after a bullet ripped through her face during the Las Vegas concert massacre.

 

Tina Frost remains in a coma in hospital after undergoing surgery to remove the bullet that became lodged in her eye when a gunman opened fire on the crowd of country music fans on Sunday night.

 

Frost, who is originally from Maryland but moved to California several years ago, is expected to remain in the coma for a week.

Whoever did this is going to pay greatly.  Yes, I do believe that Stephen Paddock was involved.  But he did not act alone, and the mainstream media is doing the public a great disservice by ignoring all of the evidence that this was not just a “lone wolf” operation.

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2 posted on 10/04/2017 10:37:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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People who commit terrorist attacks want people to know that they did it for religion.


3 posted on 10/04/2017 10:39:16 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: SeekAndFind
FBI can’t find any motive in several days but they can completely rule out ISIS in a matter of hours. 😐
4 posted on 10/04/2017 10:40:47 AM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If ISIS wants to make that claim, they have to prove it.

Until then I’ll doubt it if I want to.


5 posted on 10/04/2017 10:43:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Video streaming offshore pretty much seals the deal.

Wife and I pondered for days what the possible trigger could be for an otherwise normal, 64yrs old man would do such a thing.

Normally that much insanity manifests much earlier in life and it’s a life marked by numerous encounters with the law and, sometimes, head doctors.

We wavered between Sudden Jihadi Syndrome and mind-altering doctor drugs combined with whiskey.

With news of the video, we are now sure.


6 posted on 10/04/2017 10:43:19 AM PDT by Mariner (Pink Pussy Hats for the NFL)
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I’m going to need more evidence of this being a Muslim terror attack than “ISIS said so”. I do not doubt there being more to this story than we currently know about. But until anyone provides any actual evidence...


7 posted on 10/04/2017 10:43:30 AM PDT by gdani (Everyone is a snowflake these days)
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To: SeekAndFind

He targeted a pro-America crowd.

A crowd sympathetic to the U.S. Military.


8 posted on 10/04/2017 10:47:52 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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I don’t know, but I’ll bet the authorities already have his motive.


9 posted on 10/04/2017 10:47:59 AM PDT by umgud
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This is nut-job stuff.


10 posted on 10/04/2017 10:48:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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His target was full of Trump supporters.


11 posted on 10/04/2017 10:48:18 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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Just the kind of target the media has been encouraging people to go after.


12 posted on 10/04/2017 10:49:02 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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They have encouraged hatred of Trump supporters, and sometimes they have encouraged violence against Trump supporters.


13 posted on 10/04/2017 10:49:41 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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The line of propaganda from media like Fox and talk radio is that he had no political motive.


14 posted on 10/04/2017 10:50:49 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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Most of the time, the recent convert is the most zealous.

5.56mm


15 posted on 10/04/2017 10:51:14 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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Whoa folks.

If ISIS had video, you would have seen it by now.


16 posted on 10/04/2017 10:52:32 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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To: BenLurkin

They warned us in May.


17 posted on 10/04/2017 10:53:12 AM PDT by firebrand
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RE: People who commit terrorist attacks want people to know that they did it for religion.

Did anyone hear the words uttered : “Alahu Akbar” ??


18 posted on 10/04/2017 10:53:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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There's really no reason to speculate about this right now. The investigators already know the motive; the public doesn't know it yet and may never be told the truth anyway.

Let's see what the "official report" says, then get back to speculating if/when the official story is full of holes and obvious fabrications. I'm sure they've already discussed the possibility of a center fuel tank or a video posted on YouTube as the underlying cause here, but this one will be hard to sweep under the rug if the guy posted a video of his room while all this was going on.

19 posted on 10/04/2017 10:54:01 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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There is scant reason to doubt ISIS’ claim of responsibility.

I'm not discounting the possibility but it wouldn't be my first suspicion as Paddock really isn't the stereotypical ISIS jihadi and ISIS would love to get inside our heads and claim a victory that isn't theirs. I see no benefit to giving them the benefit of the doubt. Paddock was just a particularly effective active shooter. he has had plenty of prior active shooters to learn from. Future active shooters will learn from him. My guess is, his record won't stand for long.

20 posted on 10/04/2017 10:55:55 AM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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