I don't know why, but I don't believe ISIS. Even after their second claim, which was even stronger than the first, as it carries a threat along with it.
From the Daily Mail:
ISIS has has claimed responsibility the mass shooting in Las Vegas where 50 people were killed and more than 406 wounded, and said the attacker had converted to Islam a few months ago.
The shooter was 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, a resident of nearby Mesquite, Nevada, who opened fire on the festival taking place at Las Vegas Village from a room across the street in the Mandalay Bay Hotel at 10:08pm.
“The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition,” the group’s news agency Amaq said in reference to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the group in the Middle East.
“The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago,” Amaq added.AND THEN, THIS:
6) Tho rare, Amaq follow-up claim was needed on #ISIS' part: currently no known radical religious element to Paddock's background— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) October 2, 2017
9) Of all #ISIS claims of attacks, #LasVegasShooting is the strangest. Such attackers usually show indicators online ,travels, history, etc— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) October 2, 2017
10) As of today, #ISIS' Amaq has claimed the two largest shootings in recent US history: #Orlando, and now #LasVegas— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) October 2, 2017
#ISIS now issuing claims for #LasVegasShooting in multiple languages, per @siteintelgroup's Rita Katz— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) October 2, 2017
ISIS is just desperate for anything that might make them credible again.
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ReplyDeletehttp://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/143719179
https://www.bustle.com/p/these-las-vegas-hoaxes-being-shared-online-arent-real-heres-what-to-watch-out-for-2743341
That was fake and internet trolls tricked the israeli papers into putting that name out there.
Samir Al Hajib is a joke referencing a comedian named Samuel Hyde. The same trolls fucked with this guy before and tricked the media into thinking he was a mass shooter. https://www.forbes.com/sites/fruzsinaeordogh/2016/06/02/explaining-the-sam-hyde-as-mass-shooter-meme/#20cdec241270
Anyway, it's fake and trolls on 4chan are making everyone who's sharing this look like a fool.
Anyway, it's fake and trolls on 4chan are making everyone who's sharing this look like a fool.
ReplyDeleteI thought so at the time.
Now I wonder if Paddock was pissed off at his ex-girlfriend, who used to work at a Vegas casino.