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AF-Odin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:38 am From the realm of never let a good crisis go to waste: Local newspaper ran an article today that was provided by the Texas Tribune. Seems the Giffords folks have jumped on this incident and are proclaiming (without any information from LE on where how perpetrator obtained firearm) that the perpetrator was easily able to obtain his firearm due to Texas weak gun control laws that do not require universal background checks on all firearm sales. They then went to the "ghost gun" used in El Paso in 2019. They will be pushing for Congress to enact both universal checks and banning sales of gun parts. Mid-Term elections can't come soon enough.

....I have more than 35 years experience with counter-terrorism and police training. I was the Deputy Director of the Anti-Terrorism Assistance Training Program when I was at the Department of State. There is a checklist that SWAT teams follow in evaluating a threat and deciding on a course of action.

When you have a hostage incident the prime objective is to end the situation peacefully with no harm to the hostages. If the hostage taker escalates the threat to the hostages or begins to physically harm them, that should trigger an assault. But if the hostages escape and are no longer in jeopardy and there are no other civilians at risk, there is no need to put the lives of SWAT officers in danger by conducting an armed assault. Anytime you are firing automatic weapons and using flash bang grenades in a confined space, the good guys can be wounded or killed. Using force is a last resort when all other options are closed.

...The FBI needs to do some explaining.

Akram was declared one of around 3,000 "subjects of interest" for MI5 in 2020 because of an - as yet unknown - threat to the UK.

The covert MI5 probe into his Islamic extremism lasted at least a month, sources confirmed.

...He was downgraded following the assessment - but he remained on a "long list" of 30,000 suspects.

...He was not on US "no-fly" lists despite the oddball's clear links to Islamic extremism dating back at least 20 years.

His brother, Gulbar, has demanded to know how he had been allowed to travel, telling reporters: "He's known to police.

...Akram jetted into New York's JFK airport on December 29.

US officials say he bought a gun in a "private sale" before slipping into the synagogue at 11am on Saturday, pretending to be a homeless man.

powerboatr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:06 pm i saw this morning news the guy was on watch lists and no fly list. so how did he fly into the U.S.
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i know the answer

philip964 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:07 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:33 pm In case there was ever any doubt the FBI lied about rescuing the hostages:

How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attack

"In the last hour of our hostage crisis, the gunman became increasingly belligerent and threatening," Cytron-Walker said a statement provided to CNN.

Fortunately, the rabbi knew what to do. He told CBS he waited for the right moment before throwing a chair at the assailant — buying enough time for himself and two others to run out.

..."We are alive today because of that education."

It appeared from the video, that he chased them with his gun and appeared at the door fully exposed with his gun pointed at them. It did not appear that he was fired on and he disappeared inside the building afterwards.

"In the last hour of our hostage crisis, the gunman became increasingly belligerent and threatening," Cytron-Walker said a statement provided to CNN.

Fortunately, the rabbi knew what to do. He told CBS he waited for the right moment before throwing a chair at the assailant — buying enough time for himself and two others to run out.

..."We are alive today because of that education."

philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:23 pm

Akram's brother Gulbar posted on Facebook that the suspect, from the industrial town of Blackburn in the north of England, suffered from mental illness and said relatives had spent all night at a Blackburn police station "liaising with Faisal, the negotiators, FBI etc."

philip964 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:21 pm
FBI said man did not target Jewish community.

“He was singularly focused on one issue, and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community,” FBI Special Agent Matthew DeSarno said.

Officials said the FBI called its Hostage Rescue Ream from Quantico, Virginia, and about 60 to 70 people arrived from Washington, according to Matt DeSarno, the special agent in charge from Dallas.

“As Chief Miller said, the FBI hostage rescue team, I consider one of the crown jewels of our organization,” DeSarno said. “Their mission is to conduct deliberate hostage rescues when necessary. In this case, we had a necessity for that. And they were successful, I’m very proud of that.

One of the synagogue's congregation who was watching the Facebook livestream as the situation unfolded, has told how the hostage-taker said he had flown 5,000 miles into the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.