Mateen may not have understood the difference between ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah

[struggle4progress]

By Adam Taylor
June 13 at 3:51 PM

... during his 911 calls, Mateen said he was a supporter of the Islamic State, the extremist Sunni group also known as ISIS that controls a significant expanse of territory in Syria and Iraq. Media outlets linked to the Islamic State later claimed Mateen as their own, describing him as "one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America."

Mateen also mentioned the 2013 Boston bombing during his calls. That attack, which left three dead and more than 260 injured, was carried out by the Tsarnaev brothers ... partly motivated by a magazine published by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen ...

... in "inflammatory and contradictory" comments to co-workers in 2013, Mateen had claimed to be a member of Hezbollah, the Shiite militia based in Lebanon ...

The Islamic State and al-Qaeda ... split in 2014 ... Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, often fights the Islamic State in the Syrian conflict ... Hezbollah ... supports the government of Bashar al-Assad, effectively meaning it fights both the Islamic State and al-Qaeda ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/13/omar-mateen-may-not-have-understood-the-difference-between-isis-al-qaeda-and-hezbollah/

[Lance Bass esquire]

1. Heard that earlier today.

Growing up in the Kardashian/Trump reality TV world You can see how confusing it would be to pick the Actual cause you believe in to kill others and yourself over. It like ..you know..hard and stuff.

[sibelian]

2. Or, he might.

It's not a subject we will ever resolve, is it?

[REP]

3. Sounds like an Average American to me

Doesn't know the difference and doesn't care but it's worth killing over.

Strike that. Sounds like "Typical anyone calling themselves any of the above names."

[Journeyman]

4. He appears to have been an angry, isolated man, who sought to shock his listeners . . .

rather than communicate his pain. Unable to adequately define what he was angry about, or why others should heed his warnings, he could only lash out, rudely and crudely, seeking to anger others by claiming solidarity with what he perceived they would detest.

Ultimately, his inability to find release for his anger boiled over into murderous rage and we, as a society, had to deal with it.

If this picture that's emerging proves accurate, I've no idea how we can deal with such situations going forward.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Buh buh buh DU said he was ISIS.

because he said so on the phone.

[leveymg]

6. Perhaps you can explain that to us.

The identification with the Tsarnaev brothers, nonetheless, is self-evident. What I don't get is all the NYPD gear. Frustrated wannabes can be dangerous.