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Life details of Tenn. shooter emerge, but motive elusive (srsly??)
Associated Press ^ | Jul. 20, 2015 11:07 PM EDT | Jay Reeves, Michael Biesecker and Adrian Sainz

Posted on 07/21/2015 12:38:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Bits and pieces have emerged over the past few days about Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez’s troubled life. But two significant pieces of the puzzle are missing: Why did he ambush two military sites, killing four Marines and a sailor? And was he propelled to do so by his own demons or at the direction of someone else?

Until last Thursday’s shooting, the Kuwait-born 24-year-old was not on the radar of terrorism investigators. As a result, a portrait of his background, contacts, computer use and travels must be assembled from the ground up and pieced together.

He blended into everyday life in Chattanooga as a clean-cut high school wrestler who graduated from college with an engineering degree and regularly attended a local mosque.

But he also had a more turbulent side, as evidenced by his arrest for drunken driving after returning from Jordan. He was set to face a judge later this month. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulazeez; chattanooga; eidalfitr; isis; jihad; palestinian; ramadan; rop
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Pathetic attempt at coverup, AP. Amazing that it took four reporters to produce this.
1 posted on 07/21/2015 12:38:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
What do they have in common?
2 posted on 07/21/2015 12:41:09 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: Crazieman

Answer is:

What is Islam Alex.

Religion of peace for 600 Alex.


3 posted on 07/21/2015 1:10:21 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Olog-hai

regularly attended a local mosque....I solved this in 2 seconds.


4 posted on 07/21/2015 1:11:12 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

And that’s aside from his recent jaunt to the Levant.


5 posted on 07/21/2015 1:11:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The lamestream media is deliberately obtuse on islamic terrorism. I suppose they think they’re being clever and are fooling us.


6 posted on 07/21/2015 1:18:38 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Olog-hai

I’m still confused. I can’t find any motive behind the 26,000 terrorist attacks that happen to have been committed by followers of Islam since 9/11. The only commonality I can see is that this isolated incident was workplace violence, in which four Marines and a sailor were murdered in their workplace, similar to the workplace violence at Fort Hood.


7 posted on 07/21/2015 1:20:12 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Crim

Yes, Religion of Peace for 600 (AD) Alex...

Exactly!


8 posted on 07/21/2015 1:33:08 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: Olog-hai

While it’s obvious why the perp targeted our armed forces, it’s possible that his family’s assertion that he was depressed was also true. If someone spent a lot of time mulling over supposed wrongs and spiraled into a deep depression, they might well decide to take out their supposed oppressors before killing themselves (or, in this case, suicide by cop).


9 posted on 07/21/2015 1:36:51 AM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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To: Olog-hai

Sound like they want to blame the drugs and liquor, not remembering that ISIS, for one, doesn’t universally need them.

Maybe he needed the drugs and liquor to finally stomach what he thought his duty to Allah was to do. The Assassins of old got their name because they smoked hashish, a marijuana extract, to do their dirty deeds.


10 posted on 07/21/2015 1:37:09 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

Radical islamism was doubtless a big factor here. To ignore it is silly.


11 posted on 07/21/2015 1:38:54 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Olog-hai

I read somewhere that the dad had changed his last name and then the son did and the old names showed up in fact on some naughty lists.

Any truth to these rumors?


12 posted on 07/21/2015 1:44:27 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Olog-hai

His motive was the Confederate flag, of course.


13 posted on 07/21/2015 1:53:28 AM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: Olog-hai

He was an *sshole; now he’s a dead *sshole.

End of story.


14 posted on 07/21/2015 1:53:36 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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Bits and pieces have emerged over the past few days about Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez’s troubled life. But two significant pieces of the puzzle are missing: Why did he ambush two military sites, killing four Marines and a sailor?

This is so hard, why would he do it? I don't know. He left no clues, we have nothing to go on. Its just a mystery, we'll probably never know the real reason.

15 posted on 07/21/2015 2:13:12 AM PDT by marron
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To: marron

:)


16 posted on 07/21/2015 2:13:28 AM PDT by marron
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To: Olog-hai

The MSM acts like a mother in denial who won’t accept that her son is capable of committing a crime (you know the type; basically the mother of just about every serial killer)


17 posted on 07/21/2015 2:23:38 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai
And was he propelled to do so by his own demons or at the direction of someone else?

Ultimately, regardless of whether he acted alone or under orders, there is one demon behind all of this-Satan himself.

18 posted on 07/21/2015 2:24:16 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Crazieman

Nails it. Exacly the MSM’s stance (in denial)...: )


19 posted on 07/21/2015 2:29:58 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai

I have a theory:

He was batshit crazy. And he wanted to die.


20 posted on 07/21/2015 3:05:27 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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