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There has been a lot of
speculation in both mainstream media and social media about Sunday
night's tragedy in Las Vegas, where, according to the latest from the
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 516 people were injured and
59 people were murdered by Stephen Paddock.
Before any real information
about the shooter was put out via U.S. media outlets, UTT published a
tweet at 6:34 AM CST on Monday assessing the Las Vegas attack was
likely a jihadi operation. So far as UTT has been able to
ascertain, we were the first organization in America to reach this
conclusion.
The following were the
basis for that assessment:
- The Islamic State has previously
called for attacks on the U.S. homeland and has specifically
mentioned Las Vegas, Nevada as a target.
- The Islamic State issued a statement
last week through one of it's information outlets Nasher
News calling for muslims to avoid places in America (and
elsewhere) where "Crusaders" gather and have mentioned
major events as good targets.
- In recent days, jihadis have
launched attacks in Europe.
- The target of the attack.
- The method and execution of the
attack.
While investigation reveals
Paddock was a politically left-wing individual with possible Marxist
ties to Antifa and other groups, the evidence points to jihad.
Since UTT first published
it's initial assessment, the Islamic State claimed the Las Vegas
attack was conducted by one of their "soldiers."
It should be noted, this is
a very strong data point in understanding the events in Las Vegas.
The Islamic State has never
claimed responsibility for an attack that was not carried out by a
jihadi.
Later in the day Monday,
the Islamic State issued a second public message calling Stephen
Paddock a "soldier of the caliphate" and a
"martyr" and stating he converted to Islam in the last few
months.
The Islamic State further
gave Paddock the Arabic name of Abu Abed al Bir Al-Amriki.
The fact the FBI found
"no evidence" of links between Paddock and "terrorist
organizations" is, in fact, evidence he is likely linked to such
organizations.
The FBI has been wrong on
every single attack of this nature over the last 8 years.
The FBI had investigations
on and interviewed nearly all of the jihadis who ended up killing
Americans in the attacks in Little Rock, San Bernadino, Ft.
Lauderdale, Orlando, Boston, and others.
The government called the
massacre at Fort Hood, Texas and the beheading of a woman in Oklahoma
as "workplace violence."
The government continues to
catastrophically fail in their basic duties to (1) know the enemy and
(2) protect the public.
UTT reminds the public that
on numerous occasions we have identified threats inside communities
that later produced jihadis who initiated attacks inside the United
States. Once such case involves the Islamic Community Center of
Phoenix (ICCP), which UTT included in several presentations given to
law enforcement in Arizona beginning in September 2014. UTT
briefed law enforcement and local leaders that the center and its
leaders are a danger to the community.
On May 3, 2015, two muslim
jihadis from the ICCP went to Garland, Texas to kill people at the
Draw Mohammad contest. Fortunately, the jihadis were killed by
police before they could harm innocent non-muslims.
While UTT makes this
assessment based on the facts at hand, we will be monitoring the ongoing
investigation, as well as the response by law enforcement (federal
and local), state and national leadership, as well as the Islamic
State. We will continue to provide the information and our
assessment of the situation to American citizens.
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