FBI has denied the claim from the Islamic State terrorist group on the horrific shooting attack in Las Vegas on Sunday night. The investigation has found that the perpetrator, Stephen Paddock has no…
FBI has denied the claim from the Islamic State terrorist group on the horrific shooting attack in Las Vegas on Sunday night. The investigation has found that the perpetrator, Stephen Paddock has no connection with the international Islamic terrorist network. However, there are some particular reasons behind the claim.
One of the possible reasons is the psychological warfare. The Islamic terrorist group wanted to use the incident to struck fear among the Americans and the western world that they hate so much. The SITE Intelligence Group, which has been monitoring the Islamic jihad terrorist network since 2002, reported that the claim from ISIS only motivated other Islamic jihadists to launch a series of threatening posters in English.
Since four months ago, the Islamic Jihad terrorist network has threatened to attack the Las Vegas Strip. However, they unsuccessfully recruited any jihadists to execute it. Therefore, when a lonesome and lunatic Paddock made his shooting spree from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, ISIS immediately seized the opportunity to make the claim.
Furthermore, the Islamic State terrorist also made up a story. They said the 64-year-old retired accountant at Lockheed Martin has converted to Islam several months ago. The Islamic terrorist group also invented an Islamic name for Paddock, Abu Bakar Al Amriki. However, according to FBI official, there is no evidence regarding Paddock’s relationship with the international Islamic terrorist network.
For the past weeks, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have actively claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in America and Europe. They have to do it because they have been losing ground in the Middle East. The islamic terrorist group also vigorously recruited sympathizers of the Islamic jihad through social media. Although many perpetrators of the recent terrorists’ attack have shown the evidence of Islamization and radicalization, Stephen Paddock is not one of them.
The ISIS-influenced perpetrators usually work alone and kill themselves after launching the attack from a close range. While Paddock made a shooting spree from a very long distance, a 32nd floor of the hotel across the Las Vegas Strip.
In the Islamic teaching, killing the infidels is clearly instructed in the Koran and some instructions in many passages are explained in details. One of the passages even mentioned decapitating the infidels, which made a close-range attack as the preferred method for the Islamic terrorists.
It is very unlikely for Paddock to have such connection with the Islamic State terrorist. Furthermore, his brother, Eric said that he had no religious or political affiliation. He just loves to gamble, as he lived in Mesquite, 74 miles away from Las Vegas. He usually drives to Las Vegas to gamble a huge amount of money. While in the Islamic teaching, gambling is strictly prohibited, thus invalidate the ISIS’ claim regarding Paddock.
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