AOL – by Mark Hosenball and Jon Herskovitz
(Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe two men killed after opening fire on a Texas event that offered a prize for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad represent an evolving model of “lone wolf” militants who are radicalized partly by themselves and partly through long-distance engagement with organized militants.
Although the Islamic State movement claimed credit for the Texas shooting, several U.S. officials said investigators have no evidence that either of the men shot dead by security personnel after they opened fire at the Garland, Texas, event traveled to Syria or Iraq. U.S. court documents do show that one of the men, Elton Simpson, once tried to travel to Somalia.
Officials also said that no hard evidence had emerged to demonstrate that Simpson and the second Texas shooter, Nadir Soofi, attacked the contest venue under direct orders, or encouragement, from Islamic State leaders.
However, investigators are examining exchanges on Twitter in the days before the attack between Simpson and Junaid Hussain of the Cybercaliphate, an affiliate of IS, as well as between Simpson and Mujahid Miski of Minnesota, another alleged recruiter for violent jihad.
But a U.S. official said investigators believed it was likely that IS played an “inspirational” rather than an “operational” role in the attack.
Soofi’s father has said that someone coerced his son into participating in the attack, the Dallas Morning News reported on Wednesday.
In a written statement posted online by the newspaper, Azam Soofi described Nadir as “a model son.”
“Someone pushed him into this situation,” Azam Soofi said in the statement. He was not immediately available for comment.
Nadir Soofi, who was born in the United States but lived abroad as a child, was a popular schoolboy in Pakistan but struggled to adjust after moving back to the U.S. as a teen, friends who studied with him in Pakistan have said. [ID:nL4N0XW3FK]
A U.S. intelligence official said that while the United States was concerned about Westerners traveling to Syria to fight with IS, “We also remain concerned about individuals in the West who are inspired by Isle’s propaganda and may take violent action on their own … We expect IS and its supporters to continue their efforts to incite fear and encourage lone wolf attacks around the world.”
According to a U.S. intelligence estimate seen by Reuters, U.S. agencies now believe that around 22,500 foreign fighters, including at least 4,000 Westerners, have traveled to Syria from more than 100 countries. That overall estimate, prepared in recent weeks, was 500 greater than a U.S. estimate issued in February.
However, U.S. officials questioned the authenticity of a purported Islamic State communiques that surfaced on Wednesday that claimed the group had trained 71 soldiers in 15 different U.S. states who were “ready at our word to attack any target we have desired.” The communiques said that 23 of the 71 had signed up for “missions like” the Texas attack last weekend.
This article adds more proof of a false flag: anything with “LONE”: “LONE WOLF”, “LONE NUT GUNMAN” = FALSE FLAG. They must’ve come up with “LONE NUT GUNMAN/WOLF” at the time they came up with the term “CONSPIRACY THEORY”. Add to it the mainstream media is pushing all these terms. It’s getting so formulaic, I can’t believe there are so many people who still believe this stuff.
The MSM still believes they are fooling people. Everyone in my area already realized it was a false flag, but the MSM is still living in their own delusional fantasy world. I can’t believe they get paid for writing these kinds of fiction and actually get away with it. It’s sickening.
“… several U.S. officials said investigators have no evidence that either of the men shot dead by security personnel after they opened fire at the Garland, Texas, event traveled to Syria or Iraq. U.S. court documents do show that one of the men, Elton Simpson, once tried to travel to Somalia.”
Hell, we’d settle for evidence they even existed, or that this even occurred, for that matter.
Watch out everyone! There could be a “Lone Wolf” Islamic Terrorist behind that bush over there. (Or, should I say that Bush in Florida.) Either way, they’re ramping up the fear factor to keep us on edge while they continue mobilizing more troops on our own soil. Jade Helm 15. Is it just a gun running operation to arm our enemies? Let’s see, are all the southern border states taking part in this exercise? Just thinking out loud.
Chuck Norris played Lone Wolf McQuaid.
So, he was a terrorist?
He’s a celebrity. He has some front row seats and doesn’t want the ride to end. That holds true for most of the wealthy and privileged.
The only movie I ever liked him in was “Return of the Dragon”.
The one where Bruce Lee kills him.
Yup #1, Chuck Norris will never win an acting award. What impact would Bruce Lee’s early demise have played in Norris’ rise to Martial Arts Stardom. I’m not referring to his fighting career but celebrity status and top billing. Lee would have easily been “King of the Hill”.