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Syria market raids kill 21, hundreds flee IS bastion

Edit Topix 14 Jun 2016
Air strikes on a market in Syria's al-Qaida-held city of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians Sunday, as hundreds fled a besieged Islamic State group bastion near the Turkish border. Five children were among those killed in the air raids on Idlib, which is held by al-Qaida affiliate Al-Nusra Front and its allies, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ... ....

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Edit The Seattle Times 14 Jun 2016
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday. 1. GUNMAN IN NIGHTCLUB RAMPAGE WAS ‘HOMEGROWN EXTREMIST,’ FBI SAYS Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at the club in Orlando, Florida, claimed to support Islamic State extremists, as well opposing groups such as Hezbolla and Nusra Front. […]> ... ....

Orlando shooter may not have understood differences between ISIS, al-Qaida, Hezbollah

Edit The Times Picayune 14 Jun 2016
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Omar Mateen killed 50 people during an attack on the popular gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Fla ... Comey said that during the calls, Mateen also mentioned Moner Mohammad Abusalha, a fellow Floridian who had traveled to Syria to fight with Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria ... Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, often fights the Islamic State in the Syrian conflict ... ....

Orlando Shootings: The day before a killing spree, Omar Mateen was calm, father says

Edit DNA India 14 Jun 2016
It was during those conversations, Comey said, that he pledged loyalty to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, claimed solidarity with the ethnic Chechen perpetrators of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and expressed support for Abu-Salha, who had fought with Jabhat al-Nusra. Comey noted that al-Nusra is "a group in conflict with the ......

Orlando shooter profiled; candidates respond to tragedy (10 things to know for Tuesday)

Edit The Times Picayune 14 Jun 2016
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday.. 1. GUNMAN IN NIGHTCLUB RAMPAGE WAS 'HOMEGROWN EXTREMIST,' FBI SAYS. Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at the club in Orlando, Florida, claimed to support Islamic State extremists, as well opposing groups such as Hezbolla and Nusra Front. 2. VIGILS, RALLIES HELD AROUND US FOR ORLANDO SHOOTING VICTIMS ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6. PROSECUTOR ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... 10 ... ....

Orlando gay nightclub killer 'a homegrown extremist'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 14 Jun 2016
Share Go To ... "So far, the honest answer is, I don't think so." ... During three calls with 911 dispatchers, he not only professed allegiance to IS but also expressed solidarity with a suicide bomber from the Syrian rebel group Nusra Front, and a few years ago he claimed connections to Hezbollah - both IS enemies, according to Mr Comey ... His name surfaced again as part of another investigation into the Nusra Front bomber ... ....

Shooter was homegrown extremist with conflicting allegiances

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 14 Jun 2016
The FBI chief defended the bureau’s handling of Mateen during two previous investigations into his apparent terrorist sympathies ... During three calls with 911 dispatchers, Mateen not only professed allegiance to Islamic State but also expressed solidarity with a suicide bomber from the Syrian rebel group Nusra Front, and a few years ago he claimed connections to Hezbollah, too — both Islamic State enemies, according to Comey ... ....

Orlando killer Omar Mateen expressed support for multiple Islamist groups

Edit The Times of India 14 Jun 2016
ORLANDO ... U.S ... Mateen, 29, was shot dead by police who stormed the Pulse club with armored cars after a three-hour siege ... In calls to authorities on Sunday, Mateen also mentioned support for the Boston Marathon bombers and a Florida man who became a Nusra Front suicide bomber in Syria, Comey said. Nusra is an al Qaeda offshoot which is at odds with Islamic State in Syria's civil war ... It ended with gunshots ringing out over the music....

McGovern: Probable cause protects all

Edit Boston Herald 14 Jun 2016
The U.S. Constitution even protects suspected terrorists — and that uncomfortable reality is what makes it so difficult for authorities to keep their hands on cowards like Omar Mateen ... Orlando terror rampage. He was questioned twice ... A year later, they looked into him again. There were allegations that he had links to Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha — the first American suicide bomber in Syria who did battle with the al-Nusra Front ... ....

Pol wants to ban those on no-fly list from buying guns

Edit Boston Herald 14 Jun 2016
But one New York lawmaker wants to change that, and ban anyone who is on the no-fly list from obtaining firearms.Complete coverage. Orlando terror rampage ... The FBI also briefly investigated Mateen in 2014 on suspicion of watching videos by al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki and for attending a mosque in Florida with a man who later became a suicide bomber for the al-Nusra Front in Syria, which also opposes Islamic State ... Sen ... Sen ... ....

Orlando gunman likely ‘radicalised’ through internet, US says

Edit The Himalayan 14 Jun 2016
ORLANDO ... Mateen, 29, the US-born son of Afghan immigrants, was fatally shot by police who stormed Orlando’s Pulse club with armoured cars after a three-hour siege ... In calls to authorities on Sunday, Mateen mentioned support for the leader of Islamic State, the Boston Marathon attackers and a Florida man who became a Nusra Front suicide bomber in Syria, Comey said. Nusra is an al Qaeda offshoot at odds with Islamic State ...   ... ....

Orlando mourns as possible motives emerge for club gunman

Edit Austin American Statesman 14 Jun 2016
history ... His ex-wife said he suffered from mental illness ... During three calls with 911 dispatchers, Mateen not only professed allegiance to the Islamic State but also expressed solidarity with a suicide bomber from the Syrian rebel group Nusra Front, and a few years ago he claimed connections to Hezbollah, too — both ISIS enemies, according to Comey ... His name surfaced again as part of another investigation into the Nusra Front bomber ... ....

Orlando killer appears to have been “homegrown extremist”

Edit Denver Post 14 Jun 2016
ORLANDO, Fla ... history ... “We’re still working through that,” Comey said ... During three calls with 911 dispatchers, Mateen not only professed allegiance to ISIS but also expressed solidarity with a suicide bomber from the Syrian rebel group Nusra Front, and a few years ago he claimed connections to Hezbollah, too — both ISIS enemies, according to Comey ... His name surfaced again as part of another investigation into the Nusra Front bomber ... ___....
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