A notorious jihad group from Pakistan is "taking credit" for yesterday's massacre. Why don't "moderate Muslims" take to the streets denouncing this depravity? All of it?
Baitullah Mehsud, the Leader of Pakistan's unified Taliban movement, claimed responsibility for the murder of 13 people at the American Civic Center (an immigration center).
Last week, Mehsud threatened to attack the US and took credit for three recent attacks in Pakistan, including the deadly military assault on a police training center in Lahore. Baitullah claimed responsibility for the Lahore attack attack as well as suicide attacks against security forces in Islamabad and Bannu during interviews with Pakistani news outlets and international wire services.(more here)
Was there more than one gunman? I liveblogged the coverage and for a couple of hours during the day they thought there was. Who assisted the gunman? Whose car did he use to barricade the back door to stop people from escaping? How many were involved? What's on the murderer's hard drive? Will law enforcement give us the straight story?
I live blogged it here and covered the killer here.
A Pakistani Taliban militant leader has claimed responsibility for the attack on a U.S. immigration center in New York state in which 13 people were killed, Reuters reported.
"I
accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction
to
U.S. drone attacks," Baituallah Mehsud told Reuters by telephone
from an undisclosed location on Saturday.
Click here for taped video from the scene from the Binghamton Press Sun & Bulletin.
U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment about Mehsud's claim, Reuters reported, and one Pakistani security analyst dismissed the claim as a publicity stunt.
Representative Maurice Hinchey, whose district includes Binghamton, told the New York Times that indications are the gunman was an immigrant from Vietnam.
Mehsud's claim comes as a suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at an alleged militant hide-out Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people.
The U.S. is suspected of carrying out more
than three dozen such strikes over the past year in Pakistan near the
Afghan border, where militants often launch attacks against U.S. and
NATO troops. The drone attacks have caused tension with the Pakistani
government, which frequently complains about the U.S. carrying out
strikes on its territory. President Barack
Obama has said he will step up the pressure on Pakistan to crack down
on militants in its territory by making aid to the country conditional
on the government's anti-terrorism efforts. Pakistan has said it is
committed to the fight, but many Western officials suspect the
country's military intelligence agency of maintaining links with
militant groups. Obama said last month the
U.S. would insist that action be taken "one way or another" when the
country has intelligence about high-level terrorist targets in
Pakistan, a likely reference to the drone strikes.
Here is what out brave President actually said about stopping terrorism from Pakistan.
UPDATE: I left the following remark in the comments section concerning the dubious nature where are the Muslims taking to the streets shouting NOT IN OUR NAME!, BAN JIHAD!!
UPDATE: FBI RULES OUT MUSLIMS CLAIM
You don't see Christian groups or Jewish groups claiming responsibility.
Why doesn't the ummah take to the streets to fight this pox on humanity? No, they'll take to the streets to scream for the death to the Jews. Got it.