"Something big is going down"

[Tab]

Text of the email regarding the LA school district:

I am emailing you to inform you of the happenings on Tuesday, 12/15/15.

Something big is going down. Something very big. It will make national headlines. Perhaps, even international ones. You see, my last 4 years here at one of the district high schools has been absolute hell. Pure, unmitigated, agony. The bullying, the loneliness, the rejection... it is never-ending. And for what? Just because I'm 'different'?

No. No more. I am a devout Muslim, and was once against violence, but I have teamed up with a local jihadist cell as it is the only way I'll be able to accomplish my massacre the correct way. I would not be able to do it alone. Me, and my 32 comrades, will die tomorrow in the name of Allah. Every school in the L.A. Unified district is being targeted. We have bombs hidden in lockers already at several schools. They are strategically placed and are meant to crumble the foundations of the very buildings that monger so much hate and discrimination. They are pressure cooker bombs, hidden in backpacks around the schools. They are loaded with 20 lbs. of gunpowder, for maximum damage. They will be detonated via Cell Phone. Not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time: during lunch hour. To top it off, my brothers in Allah and I have Kalashnikov rifles, Glock 18 Machine pistols, and multiple handheld grenades. The students at every school in the L.A. Unified district will be massacred, mercilessly. And there is nothing you can do to stop it.

If you do end up trying to, by perhaps, beefing up security, or canceling classes for the day, it won't matter. Your security will not be able to stop us. We are an army of Allah. If you cancel classes, the bombings will take place regardless, and we will bring our guns to the streets and offices of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Bakersfield, and San Diego.

I wish you the best luck. It is time to pray to allah, as this may be your last day.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fake-threat-shut-los-angeles-schools-article-1.2468707

I can see, reading it, although it sounds like boasting crap, you still wouldn't want to ignore it, given the short time line.
In the 1980s, it might be ignored as crap, but it's all too real nowadays.

[marmar]

1. Sounds extremely phony.

THe repeating of "I'm a devout Muslim" is a dead giveaway.

[Bucky]

4. Agreed. And yet treating this as a potential threat was necessary

The author, I'm guessing not even a current HS student, went into a lot of details there. Dumb details, but there is a LOT of anger behind that

[edhopper]

6. NYC

treated it right, seeing it as an obvious hoax.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. The threats included San Bernardino and San Diego Unified

I suspect this was not even students doing this. And yes, this is speculation on my part.

[Tab]

7. That any many others show it's childish

Mentioning all the "trigger" words (hate that phrase now) : size of bomb, payload, pressure cookers, etc.

If I read it 20 years ago, I'd ignore it. Now, however, in this political climate, we can't afford to. Despite the childishness, it could be true. This is probably what the definition of terrorism is.... not restricted to when you specifically kill people, but now just the threat.

[RobinA]

17. Not Only That

but what self-respecting school boy in this day and age needs a jihadist by his side to pull off a successful massacre. Hell, Adam Lanza did it and he never left the house.

To me the big give away is that he punches two hot buttons, the "Muslim" button and the "social outcast" button, when one would have sufficed if either were the case. That and the teen age grandiosity.

[valerief]

37. Its GOP convenience, the grammar and punctuation, the devout Muslim shit. Phony baloney. nt

[snooper2]

2. Idiot who wrote this could have at least included "allahu akbar" to make it seem more legit LOL

[951-Riverside]

3. "Its better to be thafe than thorry"

Every time these threats come in you've gotta shut down the schools, lock down the city, stay indoors and stay tuned to your local news station for updates from Authorities.

I'd rather a few be inconvenienced and be wrong than do nothing and lose people.

[Logical]

5. NYC handled it perfect! You are the type that the terrorists love! Nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Add to your list San Bernardio, Bakersfield and San Diego

http://www.cbs8.com/story/30769037/email-threat-to-la-schools-mentioned-san-diego

[LanternWaste]

31. I like to pretend who terrorists love also..

I like to pretend who terrorists love also... it allows us the veneer of with and intelligence while we actually add nothing of substance to the discourse.

(space provided free of charge below to make a specious allegation... and yet again, add nothing other than petulance to the discourse)

[Logical]

35. LA admits it was a hoax. But if closing schools weekly is a good idea then by all....

Means do it.

Not a deep thinker i assume?

[Person 2713]

8. My 32 comrades and I. Not me and. Didn't learnt much grammar in those 4 HS years

The heathen also did not capitalize the name of Allah in the closing sentence

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Damn you, Rodgers and Hammerstein! nt

[libdem4life]

9. Just a comment as to the writing level...often those who learn a second language sound

young or immature. When I started to learn Spanish, I could only hold a conversation with a child. The longer you study, the higher the vocabulary and linguistic nuances that come as second nature to native speakers.

I'm also glad I wasn't involved in that decision. If it was real, heads would have rolled had they not taken precaution and it was credible. Also lawsuits and 24/7 cable news Monday Morning Quarterbacks gifted with a Breaking News Item.

[world wide wally]

10. Didn't Christie (or one of those assholes) say that this was Obama's fault?

We live in twisted times.
I do have to give a shout out to the way Tweetie confronted Trump after the debate. He is the only one with enough balls to do it.

[Tab]

11. Yeah, Tweetie seems to have grown a few

I was impressed by his comment(s) last week. Now I know we've really crossed a line when Tweetie is kicking in.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. "Also, I'm totally unprepared for Tuesday's midterm in Mr. Williams' 4th period chemistry class."

"Oops. I probably should not have said that part."

[brettdale]

29. haha

classic

[LannyDeVaney]

13. Just folks living in fear ...

I'm proud that folks get the courage to leave their house in the morning, although I'd hate to live a life dominated by fear 24/7.

I wonder if the kids who were kept home from school suddenly became much more likely to be killed by a handgun in the house, accidently discharged, than they would ever be threatened by a terrorist bomb.

I hope the kids staying home didn't keep their parents from tuning into cable news all day as they trembled in fear.

In summary - cowards.

[hughee99]

14. From my personal experience, the people quickest to dismiss a threat or danger are often

the first to start asking "who dropped the ball" when it actually happens.

[B Calm]

15. Did they trace the source of the e-mail? My bet it

probably came from some whacked out tea bagger.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. They traced it to a German server

which means anywhere from dick and squat. Likely it was bounced.

[Faux pas]

18. I was thinking the other day

that all the anti Muslim BS that's flying around might bring them together, and not in a good way. We only have ourselves to blame, and by 'ourselves', I mean the wingers.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. 20 Pound Pressure Cooker Bombs. . .

. . .are not going to do significant damage to the foundations of schools built to earthquake code.

Even the tools who follow isis know this from their training. Those are anti-personnel devices.

So, this thing, plus all the naming of specific weaponry virtually assures it's a fake.

They closed a whole school district over this?

[brooklynite]

20. I don't see anything here that I would describe as "credible"

[olddots]

21. World War 3 will be started by some punk with a lap top

.

[Oneironaut]

22. Stopped being believable after "32 comrades."

This kid has played too much Call of Duty.

[AngryAmish]

23. A girl in my high school called in a bomb threat to get out of a test.

Joanie was/is nuts.

[brettdale]

24. Man that sounded so fake

I know you have to be careful, but there needs to be a limit. Reads like it was written
by a 12 year old who is failing a creative writing class.

[brettdale]

26. so what we will have now is

Kids at middle school/high school wanting a day off, will email the school with emails
like this.

I mean there was nothing real about it.

Setting alarm bells off???

Please the only thought going thru people's minds shouldve been..

"Who's this idiot?"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Yeah. Emo-Jihadi just doesn't seem to match ISIS' M.O.

[LanternWaste]

33. Or someone taking an ESL course.

"Reads like it was written by a 12 year old..."

Or non-English speaker taking an ESL course. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy...

[LanternWaste]

32. It's a tough decision to make. I can't pretend to know what I'd do given that scenario.

It's a tough decision to make. I can't pretend to know what I'd do given that scenario. Either choice results in vapid criticism from the media and ineffectual half-wits pretending to posses absolute knowledge of what the Righteous Choice actually is.

[brettdale]

34. no choice at all

That was so so fake. not even close to causing concern.

[Eleanors38]

36. Both Houston and Dallas ISDs got attack threats, but school's in session.

Every blowhole who wants cheap celebrity thrills is dropping trou to get in on some of that killin' glory.