Terrorist attack foiled in Texas

[BDKJMU]

CITY: 2 GUNMEN KILLED OUTSIDE MUHAMMAD CARTOON CONTEST

GARLAND, Texas (AP) --Two armed men who opened fire on a security officer outside of a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad have been killed, authorities in the Dallas suburb of Garland said Sunday night.

The City of Garland said in a statement posted on its Facebook page Sunday night that two men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center and began shooting at a security officer.

Garland Police Department officers engaged the gunmen, who were both shot and killed, the statement said.

The statement did not say whether the shooting was related to the event. The security officer's injuries were not life-threatening, the city said.

The gunmen's vehicle may contain an "incendiary device," according to the statement. A bomb squad was on the scene, and nearby businesses were evacuated.

Police blocked off a large area around the center Sunday night. There was a heavy police presence, and at least three helicopters circled overhead.

The New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative had been hosting a contest at the center that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Such drawings are deemed insulting to many followers of Islam and have sparked violence around the world. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any physical depiction of the Prophet Muhammad - even a respectful one - is considered blasphemous.

Earlier Sunday, about 75 attendees at the contest were escorted by authorities to another room in the conference center. They were then taken to a separate location, where an Associated Press reporter was told they could not leave until FBI agents arrived to question them.

Neither the FBI office in Washington, D.C., nor the Dallas office had any immediate comment.

Johnny Roby of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was attending the conference. He told the AP he was outside the building when he heard around about 20 shots that appeared to be coming from the direction of a passing car.

Roby said he then heard two single shots. He said he heard officers yell that they had the car before he was sent inside the building.

Pamela Geller, president of the AFDI, told the AP before Sunday's event that she planned the contest to make a stand for free speech in response to outcries and violence over drawings of Muhammad. Though it remained unclear several hours after the shooting whether it was related to event, she said Sunday night that the shooting showed how "needed our event really was."......"
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[BDKJMU]

Shooters muslim???

[travelinman67]

Immigrants...future democrat slate voters.

Arrest the police who shot them

NO JUSTICE. NO PEACE!!!

[houndawg]

Nice set up. Have one of these every month or so in a different city...

[andy7171]

And ISIS is on the board in America. Well done Homeland Security!

[93henfan]

And ISIS is on the board in America. Well done Homeland Security!

Homeland Security isn't going to stop lone wolves and small cells operating on their own initiative, unless they get careless with opsec.

[kalm]

And ISIS is on the board in America. Well done Homeland Security!

It's more like they had it first and goal, settled for a field goal, and missed it.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Immigrants...future democrat slate voters.

Arrest the police who shot them

NO JUSTICE. NO PEACE!!!

I agree, these cops need to be brought up on charges, how dare they hurt and kill people like this. They were probably brown, gay hating butchers, way to racially profile and execute people just trying to come to America and assimilate like the blacks have.

[Skjellyfetti]

[ASUG8]

[HI54UNI]

[CID1990]

[andy7171]

"Simpson, identified in court papers as an American Muslim, had been convicted of lying to federal agents about his plans to travel to Somalia five years ago, but a judge ultimately ruled it could not be proved that he was heading there to join a terror group. He was placed on probation."


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[93henfan]

Somalia is around 185th on my bucket list of countries to see.

[CAA Flagship]

Somalia is around 185th on my bucket list of countries to see.

Just ahead of Montanada?

[93henfan]

Somalia is around 185th on my bucket list of countries to see.

Just ahead of Montanada?

I would like to visit Montanada, but I will only go when the Heading to the Sun Road is plowed.

So, like first week of August.

[Ibanez]

Just ahead of Montanada?

I would like to visit Montanada, but I will only go when the Heading to the Sun Road is plowed.

So, like first day of August from 9:30 am to 9:32 am.

accuracy

[Grizalltheway]

Just ahead of Montanada?

I would like to visit Montanada, but I will only go when the Heading to the Sun Road is plowed.

So, like first week of August.

Well, you could always just pull an Iowa and try gunning your 4Runner up the thing before it's open. What could go wrong?

[Chizzang]

Nice set up. Have one of these every month or so in a different city...

This ^

[93henfan]

I would like to visit Montanada, but I will only go when the Heading to the Sun Road is plowed.

So, like first week of August.

Well, you could always just pull an Iowa and try gunning your 4Runner up the thing before it's open. What could go wrong?

Only lesbians try stuff like that. It was two women in a Subaru, so I think I can safely say they were lesbians.

[Grizalltheway]

Troof. I bet they kept warm by scissoring.

[alyssa]

I thought something like this was gonna happen. This event was talked about months ago on the news. In Irving, Texas recently the Muslims were trying to bring Sharia law.

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I'm gettin' more scared lately of these types of things. Changes are happenin' too fast for me. I don't feel protected from outside threats in my own country. And I don't respect the women who live like THAT, too weak and controlled. It reminds me of when my sister was teaching school and a Muslim boy exposed himself to her. The boy's mother refused to speak to my sister (because she doesn't count as a person and has no power) about it. The mother said speak to the father. It's the opposite of my American Indian cultures were the women are powerful.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Cute story, next time let your husband post so I will read it.

[BDKJMU]

Shooters muslim???

Yep.

"Texas shooting suspect linked himself to ISIS

(CNN) - One of the two men killed while trying to shoot up a Garland, Texas, event featuring controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed linked himself to a prominent ISIS fighter in a tweet posted just before the attack.

The man, identified by a federal law enforcement source as Elton Simpson, apparently posted a tweet pledging loyalty to British ISIS fighter Junaid Hussain and reading in part, "May Allah accept us as mujahideen."

Hussain, who goes by the name Abu Hussein Al Britani, had urged his followers to follow the account reportedly owned by Simpson. He tweeted after the attack, "If there is no check on the freedom of your speech, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions."......

.....In 2011, Simpson was convicted of making a false statement involving international and domestic terrorism and sentenced to three years of probation, court records show. Prosecutors said he told FBI agents that he had not discussed traveling to Somalia to engage in "violent jihad" when, in fact, he had, according to an indictment reviewed by CNN......."
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[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Fu*k that POS............hes MujahiDONE

Let your heart be open to 155 grains @ 1150fps