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Islamic connection to Las Vegas massacre quickly rejected by FBI
WND ^ | 2 OCt 17 | Leo Hohmann

Posted on 10/02/2017 4:34:07 PM PDT by SkyPilot

The shooter in Sunday night’s mass slaughter of 59 concert goers in Las Vegas, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, a man with no criminal history, is now being investigated for possible ties to Islamic terrorists.

At least 527 people were injured in what was described by Sheriff Joseph Lombardo as a well-coordinated attack.

ISIS claimed credit in an Arabic-language website, but authorities immediately tried to debunk the claim saying they had no evidence to support it.

“We will investigate that down to the end,” but thus far nothing has been found to connect Paddock to international terrorism, Lombardo said at one of four news conferences held Monday on the shooting.

“We have determined, to this point, no connection to an international terrorist group,” said an unidentified spokesman for the FBI in a brief statement at a news conference at 11:40 a.m. Monday in Las Vegas.

The questions stemmed from a Twitter posting by the group Site Intel Group that ISIS spokesman Amaq has claimed Paddock was one of its “soldiers” who converted to Islam months ago.

BREAKING: #ISIS claimed #LasVegas attack, reporting through ‘Amaq that executor is one of its “soldiers” & he converted to Islam months ago pic.twitter.com/4E85vEIUzH

— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) October 2, 2017

The statement, in Arabic, read, “Attacker of the #Las_Vegas shooting is a soldier of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to targeting coalition countries,” Jihadoscope, a cybermonitoring company that monitors jihadi activity, confirmed in a translation sent to Newsweek.

Michael S. Smith II, co-founder of terror analysis company Kronos Advisory, who regularly tracks ISIS activity, also confirmed to Newsweek the claim of responsibility and the claim about Paddock’s conversion.

After media continued to discredit the ISIS claims, the terrorist organization doubled down by sending out...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fbi; firearms; guerrilla; isis; islam; lasvegas; lvmassacre; mandalaymassacre; nevada; paddock; paddockisis; shooting; stephenpaddock; training; warfare
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but authorities immediately tried to debunk the claim saying they had no evidence to support it.

Well, isn't that special. The FBI can tell us all within minutes that the shooter has "no connection" to Islam or terrorism. In fact, they go out of their way to "debunk" the claims of ISIS themselves.

But the FBI cannot tell us definitively that after 2 years of investigations, illegal wire tapping/unmasking and surveillance by former Obama officials, a Special Counsel and his 20 partisan prosecutors, two Congressional investigations, and millions of dollars spent - that Trump had not "colluded" with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary.

But the "authorities" are Johnny on the Spot to tell us this guy had no left-wing or Islamic connections.

1 posted on 10/02/2017 4:34:08 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSNews/status/914858082747998209/video/1
“Not an avid gun guy at all…where the hell did he get automatic weapons? He has no military background,” gunman’s brother says pic.twitter.com/EMSKLQGYFM

— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2017


2 posted on 10/02/2017 4:35:32 PM PDT by familyop (12B, National Guard, '89-'96)
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To: SkyPilot

World Nut Daily has never been a trusted site.


3 posted on 10/02/2017 4:36:07 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: SkyPilot

That’s even faster than Comey not going after Hillary!


4 posted on 10/02/2017 4:37:23 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: SkyPilot

the Muslims then repeated their claim of responsibility

and a British analysis of all their claims reports that their claims are almost always proven correct, that the Muslim terrorist gangsters are careful not to over-claim lest they ‘lose credibility” (as murderous Muslim terrorists, of course)

we will see if the obvious proves correct or if it was something else this time................like, what?
another case of Obama’s “workplace displeasement”? or
maybe this time its “peptic upset” or
just a case of “constipation angst” perhaps?


5 posted on 10/02/2017 4:37:27 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: SkyPilot
One of the things I like about FR is that we're often the first to know about the details of a news incident.

For example, in this case we quickly found out that:

1) The shooter(s) was/were from ISIS
2) The shooter(s) was/were from antiFa
3) The shooter(s) was/were from BLM
4) The shooter was a lone wolf

It was also good to find out that the suspect was most likely using a belt-fed fully automatic machine gun of various makes and calibers.

6 posted on 10/02/2017 4:37:50 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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And he went through a waterfall of money of unknown origin for a long time.


7 posted on 10/02/2017 4:38:14 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

My gut keeps saying....”Fast & Furious”.


8 posted on 10/02/2017 4:40:00 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Autonomous User

WND is a conservative, pro-christian, and pro-American site. Most media could not carry their jockstrap. Go away. I don’t have time for trolls today.


9 posted on 10/02/2017 4:42:11 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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They don’t even know for sure who shot him. Western resort areas are full of foreign immigrant residents and foreign immigrants and visitors working in services and vacationing.


10 posted on 10/02/2017 4:43:08 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Sacajaweau

Mine says Newtown Martian, Joker Boy and all. Interesting, how in more than one of the bizarre, paradoxical cases so far, the mass murderers had the ID of a relative or mate on or near the site of the mass murders (Lanza’s brother’s ID and Paddock’s girlfriend’s credit/debit card).


11 posted on 10/02/2017 4:45:48 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: SkyPilot

Possibly a little too quickly...


12 posted on 10/02/2017 4:45:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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So...You don’t have time or the intelligence to to leave WND? I bet you like Downtrend.com.


13 posted on 10/02/2017 4:45:56 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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And he went through a waterfall of money of unknown origin for a long time.

I just saw that reported on FOX News. They said the casino confirmed he was making huge bets these last few days. Tens and tens of thousands of dollars.

It could be he was draining his life savings, because he expected to die. Or, it could mean he was spending his ISIS money. But for the FBI to quickly give us this "No Connection!!" BS is just too much.

14 posted on 10/02/2017 4:46:28 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Autonomous User

Go away troll.


15 posted on 10/02/2017 4:46:49 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Autonomous User

Is there a trusted site?


16 posted on 10/02/2017 4:47:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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The FBI = zero credibility

The most significant piece of evidence that this guy was involved with isis is the fact that the FBI tells us there is no connection.

17 posted on 10/02/2017 4:51:30 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Is there a trusted site?”

I hear you!
Is there ever? But some make that most)...are better than WND.


18 posted on 10/02/2017 4:51:43 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: SkyPilot

Go away little Richard.


19 posted on 10/02/2017 4:52:46 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Autonomous User

Look! The concern troll from the other thread gets around!


20 posted on 10/02/2017 4:55:22 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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