In the aftermath of the Garland, TX shootout, the gunmen have been identified as a pair of Phoenix residents who lived in the same apartment complex, and often went to the same mosque for Friday prayers.
One of the gunmen, 30-year-old Elton Simpson, had been under investigation by the FBI since 2006, and had been in contact with an FBI informant who was prodding him to confess to terrorism throughout. In 2010, he was prosecuted for “lying to a federal agent” and given a small fine.
At the time, Simpson’s attorney said even this was a trumped-up charge designed to justify a long, wasteful investigation on him. Officials kept watching his social media accounts, but said they had no indication he was plotting anything.
The other gunman, Nadir Soofi, is more of a mystery, and there is no indication he was ever under suspicion at all. Soofi was reportedly born in the US, but attended high school in Pakistan.
While the FBI continues the investigation into the slain gunmen, their motives remain largely speculative, with most officials agreeing they were likely lone wolves, and not actually working with ISIS, despite ISIS claims to the contrary.
I don't believe anything coming out of this corrupt USG regime. For all (we) know,
these (suspects) could have been USG stooges. We have likewise seen how the corrupt
Bush/Oboomer regime isn't above manufacturing lies; Example: (WMDs in Iraq and Syria) to
justify bogus wars. It's also (convenient) for the USG that (terrorists) use social media.
I guess in the wake of these (terrorist) gunmen, the Right-wing flunkies in Congress
are going to demand tougher legislation to hack away at the Bill of Rights, and further
militarize the murdering thugs in the police department.
Fascism is Coming Alive Again
The wildly exaggerated threat of so-called Islamic terrorism is being shamelessly used by some western governments to boost their flagging fortunes at a time of economic malaise. Marketing fear is a sure-fire political ploy, as the Bush administration showed. But if you think promotion of “terrorism” hysteria in order to curtail democratic freedoms is something new, have a look at Germany, 1933. In that year, Germany’s democratic Weimar republic was foundering under economic depression, mass unemployment and raging hyper-inflation. The Reichstag, or parliament, was deadlocked between bitterly feuding parties, including the minority National Socialists, led by Adolf Hitler, the Catholics, Socialists, and Communists.
http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/fascism-is-comin…