The Latest: Gunman Supported Conflicting Islamic Groups

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Gunman Supported Conflicting Islamic Groups

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Jun 13, 2016, 1:39 PM ET

The Latest on the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando. (all times local):

1:30 p.m.

FBI Director James Comey says the Orlando nightclub shooter espoused support for a jumble of often-conflicting Islamic organizations.

He said that shooter called 911 during the attack and not only pledged loyalty to the Islamic State but also expressed solidarity with the Tsarnaev brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing and a suicide bomber who died on behalf of the al-Nusra front, a group at odds with the Islamic State.

Comey says in the past few years, the gunman also expressed support for both al-Qaida and its enemy Hezbollah.

The FBI investigated Omar Mateen for 10 months beginning in May 2013 after he was said to have inflammatory remarks in support of terrorists.

Comey said investigators introduced him to confidential sources, followed him and reviewed some of his communications, but Mateen claimed he made the remarks in anger because co-workers were teasing and discriminating against him because he was Muslim.

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[uponit7771]

1. +1, seems like he was just into destroying shit

[Chemisse]

2. Yep - and claiming links to jihadist groups made him feel noble about it.

Clearly this guy had a lot of hate for a lot of people.

[David__77]

3. When was this information collected, and was the killer under surveillance?

If this information was known by the authorities prior to the killings, he should have been under surveillance. Were he a non-citizen, he should have been deported.

How many others are making statements like these, known to the authorities? And what will the authorities do about those cases of which they're aware?

[FLPanhandle]

4. Does it matter if the groups liked each other?

Bottom line, this guy supported violent Islamic groups.

[Eugene]

5. ISIL and Hezbollah are polar opposites.

Any true Salafi jihadist knows the difference and would consider
Shiites like Hezbollah to be infidels. He was claiming to be on
both sides of the Syrian civil war.

Either he was ignorant, just boasting, or out of his mind.
It is questionable that any professional jihadists would
work with him.

[geek tragedy]

6. a crazy mofo who found himself attracted to religious extremists.

wasn't any particular ideology or tenet, just that they were all extreme