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9 May, 2015

Criticizes radical Islam for Garland shooting

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Cruz criticizes radical Islam for Garland shooting. He also praises police officers for killing the terrorists.

We saw the ugly face of radical Islam in Garland, Texas…Radical Islamists behead Christians and even conduct attacks in Texas…Thankfully, one police officer helped those terrorists meet their virgins.

7 May, 2015

No regrets

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In an interview with the Associated Press, Geller says she believes she saved lives by hosting the contest because the gunmen would have picked another soft target and killed innocent civilians.

Would you regret saving lives?…Cartoons are political critique. It’s a cartoon. Is that what we want to outlaw? We want to outlaw humor? We want to outlaw comedy? If you want to know who rules over you, find out who you cannot criticize…I will continue to speak in defense of freedom until the day I die. It’s just that simple. It’s not even a choice. It’s a calling.

5 May, 2015

Claims responsibility

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ISIS claims its first attack on US in an audio statement on the extremist group’s Al Bayan radio station. The message says “two soldiers of the caliphate” carried out the attack and promised the group would deliver more attacks in the future. No further details are provided and it is not known whether the group is opportunistically claiming the attack as its own. Following the claim ISIS-related groups celebrate online, with postings on IS-affiliated militant websites, including Twitter:

Following the IS claim of responsibility, IS members and followers celebrated online

How are you (Americans) going to live when we create our lone wolves to be nuclear bombs … by God, you can’t match us and in the heart of your homes you will see.

Let anyone who wants to draw the picture of our Prophet to think one thousand times before doing so, because our hands can reach his neck

3 May, 2015

Shooting

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PROPHET_CARTOON_CONTEST_SHOOTING_43697197Soofi and Simpson are killed by police after shooting at a security guard outside an artistic exhibit of the Islamic prophet Muhammed in Dallas Sunday evening. The event was organized by Geller and also features Wilders as a speaker. A traffic officer working after-hours as security for the event and armed only with a service pistol kills both men, who were wearing body armor and carrying assault rifles. An unarmed security officer working with the patrol officer is shot in the ankle. None of the approximately 200 people attending the event is hurt. Witness:

There was no panic. We knew something had happened, but we didn’t hear anything and didn’t see anything. Security guards quickly escorted the event’s organizer, Pam Geller, from the stage. We were concerned about the [wounded security guard’s] safety and his well-being and just wanted to understand the process of what was going to happen.

Final Tweet

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Elton Simpson final tweet

Simpson takes responsibility for the shooting on Twitter, around 20 minutes before the shooting starts.

The bro with me and myself have given bay’ah to Amirul Mu’mineen. May Allah accept us as mujahideen. Make dua #texasattacks

Bay’ah means to give an oath of allegiance, to Amir al-Mu’minin or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. “Make dua” means to call out in prayer. He also tells his users to follow @_AbuHu55ain, who posts about the shooting before the account was suspended.