Beyond ISIS: Orlando Mass Killing Is About Much, Much More Than ‘Radical Islam’

Although Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Pulse nightclub killing, pledged allegiance to ISIS, he also claimed ties to groups fighting ISIS like the Nusra Front and Hezbollah, according to the FBI.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
29-year-old Omar Mateen attacked a crowded gay nightclub with an assault rifle and a handgun, killing at least 50 people and wounding 53 others.

AUSTIN, Texas --- In the wake of the worst mass killing on U.S. soil since 9/11, politicians and the media seized on the killer’s purported declaration of allegiance to Middle Eastern terrorist groups as an excuse to demand more military intervention overseas and an increasingly militarized homeland. Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old shooter who

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FBI Told Orlando Shooter’s Wife Not To Tell US Media He Was Gay

In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about his homosexuality.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, gives a statement to the media at their home outside Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, June 12, 2016.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told the former wife of the Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, not to speak of his homosexuality or the fact that she, his family and others believed he was gay, Yusufiy’s current fiance, Marco Dias, told a Brazilian TV channel in an interview. Dias told the Brazilian television station SBT

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How G4S Tolerated The Homophobic Hatred Of Orlando’s IS Terrorist

Omar Mateen’s homophobic fling with the Islamic State emerged in the bowels of a national security complex dominated by the Christian Right.

Nafeez Ahmed
بواسطة Nafeez Ahmed
Omar Mateen

Omar Mateen, the terrorist who massacred 49 people and left 53 injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in a 911 phone call during the attack. The connection has rightly drawn attention to the insidious role of IS in legitimizing violence against theologically dehumanized civilians:

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Law Enforcement Knew Florida Shooter Before Shooting

As special interests attempt to leverage this latest terrorist attack – all of these actual facts must be kept in mind to ground us to a reality Western politicians and media outlets will attempt to detach us from in the coming days and weeks.

Tony Cartalucci
بواسطة Tony Cartalucci

A horrific mass shooting unfolded in Florida claiming the lives of at least 52 with scores more injured. The British Independent would report in its article, “Omar Mateen: Orlando gay club gunman identified by police,” that: Police have identified the gunman in the mass shooting at a gay club in Florida as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, an American

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