Both San Bernardino attackers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, officials say

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Source: Washington Post

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Federal authorities believe the Facebook posting from one of the attackers who killed 14 people here last week was made on behalf of both shooters, according to several senior U.S. law enforcement officials.

The Facebook posting said, “We pledge allegiance” to the leader of the Islamic State, using the name Khalifah Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Al Qurashi, the emir of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Some of the text in the posting appeared to be garbled, one official said.

This new detail illustrates what federal officials described Monday as the radicalization of both attackers. The FBI investigation continues to explore when the two attackers became adherents to a radical strain of Islam and who may have influenced whom, another law enforcement official said Tuesday.

“It’s looking like they were on the same path at the same time,” that official said.

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[LanternWaste]

1. Indeed, the same path Pastor Robert Dear took also.

“It’s looking like they were on the same path at the same time...”

Indeed, the same path Pastor Robert Dear took also. Radical strains of most any philosophy often results in a net negative for the society around it.

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2. Malik was sent from Pakistan to Saudia Arabia to be educated. Wahhabist schools and clerics

probably provided years of Wahhabi radical thinking to her. Who arranged the marriage? When did Farook go to Saudi Arabia? He was born and grew up in the United States.

Seems like our government is trying to let Saudi Arabian Radical Islam off the hook.

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3. I think that's backwards

She was born in Pakistan but moved with her family to Saudi at a young age and grew up in Saudi Arabia. She then went back to Pakistan for college and while going to college there also did a one year course at a female madrassa, I'm guessing most of the radicalization occurred in Pakistan.