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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI: San Bernardino shooters did not support ISIL on social media
There was also no evidence Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, were part of an organized cell or had any contact with overseas armed groups, Comey added.
The couple did, however, express support for a violent ideology in their private communications, Comey said.
Earlier, Malik was wrongly said to have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), on a social media account under a different name.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/16/san-bernardino-shooters-did-not-support-isil-on-social-media.html
Johonny
(21,014 posts)Hahahahahahahaha
Human101948
(3,457 posts)in the psyches of all those weak-minded Americans who are quaking in their boots and ready to nuke the Middle East.
spanone
(136,008 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)their lives indeed matter.
Or just like protests at the Nazi , uh I mean Trump or Rubio or Cruz campaign events, are very important.
People need to understand that Trump is saying what Cruz and Rubio believe.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)Or Carly supporters or Ted Cruz supporters. There is a large portion of the population that has an alternate reality that they carefully nurture.
spanone
(136,008 posts)TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Their friend who supplied them with two of the weapons told the FBI that he and Farook were planning a terror attack in 2012 (?) but got spooked when other terrorists were rounded up.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Apparently, trust no one is the only guide to interpreting these events.
My head just exploded.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)The facts as we knew them were put to good use last night.
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