Islamic State claims responsibility for Texas attack outside Muhammad cartoon show

WaPo

"The Islamic State claimed responsibility Tuesday for the thwarted attack outside a prophet Muhammad cartoon contest near Dallas, threatening to carry out “worse and more bitter” violence on American soil.

"The authenticity of the claim — announced on a Syria-based radio station operated by the militant group — could not be immediately verified.

"U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, suspect that the Islamic State did not direct the attack, but theorize the gunmen were inspired by the terrorist group’s propaganda, which includes an online English-language magazine. In recent months, the FBI has charged several people with alleged attempts to stage attacks in the United States.

"Sunday’s shootout in Texas represented the first time the Islamic State has announced links to a high-profile attack in the United States.

“ 'Two soldiers … of the caliphate attacked an exhibit in Garland in American Texas, and this exhibit was holding a contest for drawings offensive to the prophet Muhammad,” the militant group said on its al-Bayan radio station, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors radical factions around the world." . . .

. . . "The winner of the cartoon contest was Bosch Fawstin, a New York native born to Albanian Muslim immigrants. His entry featured a scowling, turbaned Muhammad saying: “You can’t draw me!”

"At the bottom of the cartoon he wrote: “That’s why I draw you.”

"The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for dozens of major attacks and slayings in Europe, North Africa and elsewhere. In October, a gunman shot and killed a ceremonial guard at a soldiers memorial in the Canadian capital of Ottawa before storming the nearby Parliament building, where he was fatally shot. Some investigators described the attacker as a potential “lone wolf” militant inspired by the Islamic State, but Canadian officials later said there were no credible links to the group."

On race relations today. . .

 

 Poll: Race relations at their worst point since 1992
. . . " 2012 was a year in which the president inflamed tensions around the death of a Florida teen that was presumed to be a racially-inspired homicide. Only a year later was the victim of that teen’s assault vindicated by a criminal jury. It was a year when the Supreme Court was determined to be a willing participant in a racial conspiracy after they ruled that a 47-year-old law was hopelessly dated and violated the principles of federalism." . . .

 . . . "It required substantial agitating by a professional class of provocateurs to create the conditions that finally led to violence in America’s streets."

Again, I must say that in frequent dealings with African-Americans in my community and in my church, I have experienced nothing but grace and friendliness from them. It leads one to think that there is some embarrassment over the evil things we all see in our society caused by this racial friction; that we want others to know we are all better than the Sharpton-Wright- Farrakhan Axis.  TD


 The logical outcome of the Sharpton-types being: ANOTHER BLACK MAN KILLS A COP

 “It’s with great regret and sadness that we announce the passing of New York City Police Officer Brian Moore. Shield number 469. New York City police officer, hero of the city, killed in the line of duty,’’ Police commissioner Bratton told reporters outside the hospital.

. . . " Well it has happened again, another black man kills a cop, but where is the outrage, where are the protests, is there an epidemic of blacks killing cops in this country? I don’t expect to see any outrage or protests, because in today’s upside down society the criminal, the bad guy, is the one that seems to get all the sympathy, the cops, the good guys, are the one’s being treated like the criminals." . . .

New York City Police Officer Brian Moore is seen in an undated picture released by the New York City Police Department. Moore, 25, a plainclothes police officer shot in the head over the weekend has died of his wounds, local media reported.

"Here is a novel idea for the black leaders, instead of protesting when a black criminal dies, why don’t you teach young black men not to be criminals. Communities would be safer, jails would not be over crowded and lives would be saved. Making martyrs out of criminals will only make way for more criminals."

 

Rev. Al expresses anger over the murder of this police officer. Um, what? Wait. Oops, my mistake.

 Al Jazeera takes note of the police shootings

 The Hot Air article above closes with this positive quote:

. . .  Despite the best efforts of a class of professional agitators, racial progress is quantifiable. That is not to say that racism is not an issue, racial progress is never stifled by its adversaries, or that racial disparities have entirely disappeared or perhaps ever will. There are persistent inequalities of outcomes among the races that should anger every American, and many of them are perpetuated by a cast of well-meaning public servants in Washington. Perhaps perfect racial equality and harmony is a utopian goal that will never be achieved. But those who contend that race relations have not improved with historically atypical alacrity lack the evidence to support this contention.

IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

 

ISIS claims responsibility for Garland jihad attack, making Pamela Geller a target
"Pamela Geller is apparently on the hit list of ISIS.  French press agency AFP reports that ISIS is claiming responsibility for the attack on the Draw Muhammad cartoon competition in Garland, Texas:

"Two of the soldiers of the caliphate executed an attack on an art exhibit in Garland, Texas, and this exhibit was portraying negative pictures of the Prophet Mohammad," the jihadi group said.
"We tell America that what is coming will be even bigger and more bitter, and that you will see the soldiers of the Islamic State (ISIS) do terrible things," the group announced.
It marked the first time the extremist group, which has captured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, claimed to have carried out an attack in the U.S.

"Pamela, a longtime AT contributor, is no shrinking violet.  She has announced that she wants to have more such events. " Video at the link

"ISIS can be expected to plan and attempt to carry out more attacks.  We are in a battle of wills.  Pamela has baited the trap.  Will the Obama administration rise to the challenge?  It is an opportunity to take down ISIS."

 ISIS in America and the Importance of the Second Amendment . . . "Any discussion about the Second Amendment must take seriously the Islamic threat. The Second Amendment is not about hunting; it’s about defending ourselves from threats of force.

"Consider the following from Breitbart. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), sent a message to his fellow Sunni supporters to commemorate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.

"Baghdadi wrote:

“Soon, by Allah’s permission, a day will come when the Muslim will walk everywhere as a master, having honor, being revered, with his head raised high and his dignity preserved. Anyone who dares to offend him will be disciplined, and any hand that reaches out to harm him will be cut off."

Read more at Godfather Politics

First attack on US soil. Well, except for Boston; Oklahoma and, well...

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MAAMOUN YOUSSEF via Drudge   "CAIRO (AP) -- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad - though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.

"An audio statement on the extremist group's Al Bayan radio station said that "two soldiers of the caliphate" carried out Sunday's attack and promised the group would deliver more attacks in the future.

 . . . 

"It was also unclear from the statement whether the group, which has captured large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, had an actual hand in the operation, or whether the two suspects had pledged allegiance to the group and then carried out the attack on their own.

"The suspects have been identified by officials as Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi. They opened fire on an unarmed security officer stationed outside the contest center featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad." . . .

 

Iran Deal ad- Why are the Mullahs laughing?

Blackfive   "Secure Freedom (Center for Security Policy) has released a new ad showing the joy the Iran Deal has given to the Iranian regime. They couldn't be much happier.They are laughing because they know this deal gives them everything they want."

"President Obama announced a framework for a deal with Iran over its nuclear program last month. Not long after his press conference, the Iranians announced they didn’t agree to most of what the President was bragging about. It was almost as if the two sides were talking about completely different things.

Obama: "This framework would cut off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon."

"The Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif didn’t quite see it that way.

"None of those measures include closing any of our facilities. The proud people of Iran would never accept that," he said.

"Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khameini took to Twitter to pour cold water on Obama’s celebration." . . .  Keep reading...

Baltimore; A Great Society Failure/ Not enough money? Baltimore got $1.8 billion from Obama Stimulus

Yet Baltimore students say they are using 20-year-old textbooks. Should we be looking for corruption at the administrative level? What other explanation could there be?  I'd say America has third-world voters who chose a third-world president and third-world local governments. TD


Thomas Lifson  "Last Tuesday, President Obama blamed the GOP-controlled Congress for its failure to fund the “massive investment in urban communities” that could “make a difference.”  Well, how does $1.8 billion for the 622,000 people of Baltimore sound?  Pretty massive – actually, just about $2900 for every man, woman, child, and baby of the entire City of Baltimore.

"But that’s the total amount of Obama Stimulus money sent to Charm City, according to an analysis by The Free Beacon:

 The city of Baltimore received over $1.8 billion from President Barack Obama’s stimulus law, including $467.1 million to invest in education and $26.5 million for crime prevention.

"Moreover, that spending was concentrated in Baltimore’s inner-city areas:" . . .

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/

Marytland Politically More Corrupt than Chicago or Illinois

Rich Lowry: Baltimore, a Great Society Failure. . . "Obama said, cuttingly, that this Congress won’t approve “massive investments in urban communities.” Dating back to the Kerner Commission in the aftermath of the riots of the 1960s, the left’s go-to solution to urban problems has been more social programs. Since then, we’ve gotten more social programs — and just as many urban problems.

"Exhibit A is Baltimore itself. The city hasn’t been “neglected.” It has been misgoverned into the ground. It is a Great Society city that bought into the big-government vision of the 1960s more than most, and the bitter fruit has been corruption, violence and despair.

"All you need to know about the confused ineffectuality of the city’s leadership was evident in the purposefully inadequate initial response to the mayhem, apparently on the theory that a little rioting is OK.

"And why not? The left has a soft spot for rioters." Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine

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ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm

 

 Judicial Watch "ISIS is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, according to Judicial Watch sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector.

 "The exact location where the terrorist group has established its base is around eight miles from the U.S. border in an area known as “Anapra” situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Another ISIS cell to the west of Ciudad Juárez, in Puerto Palomas, targets the New Mexico towns of Columbus and Deming for easy access to the United States, the same knowledgeable sources confirm.

 

"During the course of a joint operation last week, Mexican Army and federal law enforcement officials discovered documents in Arabic and Urdu, as well as “plans” of Fort Bliss – the sprawling military installation that houses the US Army’s 1^st Armored Division. Muslim prayer rugs were recovered with the documents during the operation.

"Law enforcement and intelligence sources report the area around Anapra is dominated by the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Cartel (“Juárez Cartel”), La Línea (the enforcement arm of the cartel) and the Barrio Azteca (a gang originally formed in the jails of El Paso). Cartel control of the Anapra area make it an extremely dangerous and hostile operating environment for Mexican Army and Federal Police operations.

"According to these same sources, “coyotes” engaged in human smuggling – and working for Juárez Cartel – help move ISIS terrorists through the desert and across the border between Santa Teresa and Sunland Park, New Mexico. To the east of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, cartel-backed “coyotes” are also smuggling ISIS terrorists through the porous border between Acala and Fort Hancock, Texas. These specific areas were targeted for exploitation by ISIS because of their understaffed municipal and county police forces, and the relative safe-havens the areas provide for the unchecked large-scale drug smuggling that was already ongoing.

"Mexican intelligence sources report that ISIS intends to exploit the railways and airport facilities in the vicinity of Santa Teresa, NM (a US port-of-entry). The sources also say that ISIS has “spotters” located in the East Potrillo Mountains of New Mexico (largely managed by the Bureau of Land Management) to assist with terrorist border crossing operations. ISIS is conducting reconnaissance of regional universities; the White Sands Missile Range; government facilities in Alamogordo, NM; Ft. Bliss; and the electrical power facilities near Anapra and Chaparral, NM.

  ISIS Camp Discovered in Mexico, Just Miles From US Border 

 

Free the Baltimore Six

Free the Baltimore Six  . . . "So keen were Mosby and her supporters on convincing those who were “angry, hurt or have their own experiences of injustice at the hands of police officers” that Mosby charged three black officers along with three white ones.

"The driver of the transport vehicle, Caesar Goodson, Jr., an African-American, faces the most serious charges, including second-degree depraved murder, manslaughter, and second-degree assault.  By Mosby’s own account, Goodson never laid a hand on Gray and stopped more than once to check on his status.

"The last of the pre-postmodern civil rights activists, Harvard’s Allen Dershowitz, said there was “no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder” and called Mosby out for creating a “show trial.”  Said Dershowitz all too accurately, “This is a very sad day for justice.” Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/05/free_the_baltimore_six.html#ixzz3ZBVFkaMW

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was quoted by police ordering them to retreat from the street protestors Monday and allow the stores to be looted. She said that it was just property. As a result, everything was taken from the CVS pharmacy and discount store except the cowboy boots.  Comedian Argus Hamilton

After Baltimore looting, one Jewish-owned store assesses losses

 

. . .  "A human tornado blew through this sports apparel store on Monday night, carrying away $1 million in sneakers, work boots, jackets, shirts, sweats, caps – nearly all the merchandise in a business that Leon Levy, now 89, started in 1980 with his sons Harvey, Marc and Brian."

Like the Iranians, the Saudis Think Obama Is Weak

 

 NRO  . . . "These two events encouraged the Saudis to believe that President Obama is unreliable and uninterested in their concerns. Their view has been reinforced by subsequent events. The president’s malleability toward Iran, for example, has been especially problematic. Witnessing Iran’s growing empire of Khomeinism and President Obama’s apparent acquiescence to that endeavor — take Obama’s silence to this week’s capture of a vessel that was under U.S. protection — the Saudis are panicking. The central problem is that while both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are aware of Iran’s aggressive ambitions, each nation has a different conception of America’s deterrent power against Iran. Where President Obama sees American regional strength via the (semi) formidable U.S. military presence in the Gulf, the Saudis see America’s regional weakness via Iran’s political domination in Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus, and now Sana’a, Yemen. 

 

"And the distinctions seem to reveal something deeper. President Obama has decided that Iran’s geographical empowerment is a price worth paying to limit American involvement in the Middle East. " . . .
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417832/iranians-saudis-think-obama-weak-tom-rogan

 

 

Bill Clinton "Hillary Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Donor"

 

The Lid  " Former President William Jefferson "Bubba" Clinton appeared on the Today Show on Monday, essentially to defend the pay for pay charges first leveled against him and his wife in Peter Schweizer's "Clinton Cash."

"If his statements sound a bit familiar, that's because former president Bubba is using the same subterfuge he used when deflecting scandals when he was president--well not all he did copy his most famous excuse by saying,  "Hillary Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Donor," or some form of that comment.

"Below are some examples". . .

Former terror suspect well known to the FBI is named as one of two gunmen shot dead by cops after attack on anti-Islam 'draw Muhammad' art contest near Dallas

 

 "ISIS supporters claimed on Twitter that one of the gunmen was a man calling himself Shariah Is Light on the social media site"

UK Daily Mail ...Below: " Controversial: On Sunday, two heavily armed police officers can be seen securing art work following the shooting. The art competition, which was awarding $10,000 to the best caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, had been condemned by critics.  This photo is not satire.

. . . "A senior FBI official has identified one of the men as Elton Simpson, who was previously the subject of a terror investigation, according to ABC News.

"Simpson, identified in court papers as an American Muslim, had been convicted of lying to federal agents about his plans to travel to Somalia five years ago, but a judge ultimately ruled it could not be proved that he was heading there to join a terror group. He was placed on probation.

"After his identity emerged, FBI agents and a bomb squad swarmed Simpson's apartment in north Phoenix, Arizona and used a robot to carry out the first sweep of his home, the channel reported. The second gunman's identity is not yet known." . . .

. . . 

"The attack unfolded shortly after Dutch member of parliament and leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, Geert Wilders, had delivered his keynote speech. There had been calls by members of Congress for him to be stopped at the border so he would not be able to speak.

 ''We are here in defiance of Islam to stand for our rights and freedom of speech,' he said during his speech shortly before the building was shut down. 'That is our duty... Our message today is very simple: we will never allow barbarism, never allow Islam, to rob us of our freedom of speech.'

 "His remarks were met with a standing ovation. He then told the audience that most terrorists are Muslims, and 'the less Islam the better'.

"In 2009, he sparked controversy for showing a controversial film which linked the Koran to terrorism and has previously said the Netherlands is being taken over by a 'tsunami of Islamisation'. 

"Pamela Geller, the organizer of the event and the leader of Stop Islamisation of America, wrote on her personal website after the attack: 'This is a war. This is war on free speech. What are we going to do? Are we going to surrender to these monsters?'". . .

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3066779/Police-officer-suspect-said-injured-shooting-outside-art-anti-Muslim-exhibition-art-depicting-prophet-Muhammad.html#ixzz3ZBBgXNus

 Elton Simpson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
. . . "The tweet, which includes the hashtag #texasattack, reads, “The bro with me and myself have given bay’ah to Amirul Mu’mineen. May Allah accept us as mujahideen. Make dua”
"The post was made at 6:35 p.m., about 20 minutes before news of the shooting was first reported. The account contains several tweets referencing ISIS and Islamic terrorists.
"Bay’ah means to give an oath of allegiance, in this case to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS known also as Amir al-Mu’minin.
"“Make dua” means to call out in prayer." . . .

 Simpson's pre-loved car shown here:

 FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting 
 . . . "Geller's group is known for mounting a campaign against the building of an Islamic center blocks from the World Trade Center site and for buying advertising space in cities across the U.S. criticizing Islam.

"When a Chicago-based nonprofit held a January fundraiser in Garland designed to help Muslims combat negative depictions of their faith, Geller spearheaded about 1,000 picketers at the event. One chanted: "Go back to your own countries! We don't want you here!" Others held signs with messages such as, "Insult those who behead others," an apparent reference to recent beheadings by the militant group Islamic State."

Picture of three people we figure are marked for death below: Winner: Artist  and former Muslim Bosh Fawstin   (left) is presented with a check for $12,500 by Dutch politician Geert Wilders (center) and Pamela Geller (right) during a ceremony at the Curtis Culwell Center just before the shootings occurred .

About Bosh Fawstin:

 My name is Bosch and I'm a recovered Muslim. That is, if Muslims don’t kill me for leaving Islam, which it requires them to do. That’s just one of the reasons I’ve been writing and drawing against Islam and its Jihad for a number of years now. But fortunately for us, Islam hasn’t been able to make every Muslim its slave, just as Nazism wasn’t able to turn every German into a Nazi. So there is Islam and there are Muslims. Muslims who take Islam seriously are at war with us and Muslims who don’t aren’t.

Shots Fired at Mohammed Art Contest: Officer Down, Two Suspects Dead, Report Claims Explosives in Area

 http://weaselzippers.us/222547-gunfire-reported-at-caricatures-of-muhammad-event-in-garland-tx/
 Gunfire Reported At ‘Draw Muhammad’ Event In Garland, TX…Update: 2 Suspects Killed, Police Officer Shot…Update: Evacuated Attendees Sing National Anthem…Update: Tweet From Attacker? Claims ISIS Affiliation 

"Religion of peace is offended by the First Amendment.
"Via Dallas News

A spokesman for Garland ISD has confirmed that gunfire was reported at an anti-Islam event at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland ISD.
Police believe two people were shot outside the facility where an art show centering on caricatures of Muhammad was being held, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.
There were reports that an officer was involved in the shootings, and police had sealed the doors to the center as SWAT personnel responded to the incident. . .

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Muslims Praise Allah for Shooting Our Free Speech Event in Texas 

“Allahu Akbar!!!!! 2 of our brothers just opened fire at the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) art exhibition in texas!” 

 

Alan Dershowitz says charges against Baltimore officers will be dropped

 

Examiner.com..."In an exclusive interview with NewsMax TV on Saturday, Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer, jurist, author, political commentator and a prominent scholar on constitutional and criminal law stated that the charges against the Baltimore police officers would be dropped due to lack of evidence. Dershowitz appeared on NewsMaxs', “The Steve Malzberg Show” in which he explained that this is not only a sad day in America but also that under the Constitution, the only people who are entitled to justice are the defendants, those who are charged with a crime, not based on political justice or agendas.

Dershowitz

"Dershowitz told Malzberg, “This is a very sad day for justice. Today had nothing to do with justice. Today was crowd control. Everything was motivated by a threat of riots and a desire to prevent riots. The mayor outrageously said we're going to get justice for the victim, the family and people of Baltimore, never mentioning the defendants. Under our Constitution, the only people who are entitled to justice are the defendants.”

“ 'They are presumed innocent, they need due process of law, and the mayor and the state attorney have made it virtually impossible for these defendants to get a fair trial. They have been presumed guilty, “Dershowitz said. “I understand why the mayor and state attorney want to prevent riots… but that's not the job of the justice system. You cannot allow police officers or any other defendants to become scapegoats for crowds demanding a continuation of rioting.”

"Dershowitz’s comments comes days after the start of the riots and the ensuing decision by the Mayor of Baltimore who issued orders for the police to stand down and not fight back. As a result, over 100 Baltimore police officers were injured and some had to take medical leave due to the seriousness of their injuries. The Baltimore Police Capt. Eric Kowalczyk had stated they were not pelted with pebbles, but with bricks and some with embedded glass were thrown at his officers."