Orlando: Scores
dead in gay nightclub shooting
President Obama calls attack on gay nightclub in Orlando
"an act of terror and an act of hate".
Orlando shooting
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/florida-shooting-attack-orlando-nightclub-160612080037582.html
Fifty people have been killed, including the assailant,
and at least 53 injured in an attack inside a gay nightclub in the US state of Florida,
authorities said, in the worst mass shooting in US history.
Authorities identified the shooter on Sunday as Omar
Mateen, a 29-year-old man born in New York with
Afghan origins.
Mateen, who was armed with an assault-type rifle and
a handgun, was killed in a shootout with at least 11 police officers inside the
Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Ron Hopper, special FBI agent in charge of the Orlando office, confirmed
that Mateen was interviewed twice by the agency in 2013, after he made
"inflammatory comments" to co-workers alleging possible
"terrorist ties".
In 2014, authorities interrogated Mateen anew for
possible ties to an American suicide bomber.
In both cases, the FBI closed the investigations as they
turned out to be "inconclusive" at that time, Hopper said.
Hopper also confirmed media reports that Mateen made 911
calls to police early on Sunday, and referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL
also known as ISIS) group.
'Act of terror and hate'
In a televised statement, President Barack Obama condemned the shooting as "an act of terror
and an act of hate", calling the shooter "a person filled with
hatred".
"As Americans, we are united in grief and
outrage," he said, adding that the attack is "a further reminder of
how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon" and commit
violence in the US.
Orlando Police chief John Mina described the shooting
as "one of the worst tragedies we have seen", adding that police
officers "were shaken by what they have seen inside the club".
"It's a tragedy not only for the city but the entire
nation," he said. "Just a look into the eyes of our officers told the
whole story."
The injured, many in critical condition, were transferred
to nearby hospitals. Among those injured was one police officer, whose kevlar
helmet was hit by a round from the suspect.
The suspect exchanged gunfire with a police officer
working at the club, which had more than 300 people inside. The gunman then
went back inside and took hostages, Mina said.
Around 5am, authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue the
hostages.
While details of the attack were still emerging, Orlando
residents gathered outside the nightclub to pay their respects to the victims.
Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher, reporting from the scene,
described a banner laid out in the streets where people dipped their hands in
paint and made their mark. Across the top of the banner was written, "Today
our hearts cry out in unity".
"Just metres away at the Pulse nightclub, a popular
venue for the LGBT
community, bodies of the victims are still lying where they fell," our
correspondent said. "Many are yet to be identified."
As the shooting occurred, the nightclub urged patrons to
"get out" and "keep running" in a post on its Facebook
page.
One witness, who said he was inside the building during
the incident, said he heard about 40 shots being fired.
Christopher Hansen said he was in the VIP lounge of the
club when he heard gunshots. He continued to hear shooting even after he
emerged and police urged people to back away from the club. He saw the wounded
being tended to across the street.
"I was thinking, 'Are you kidding me?' So I just
dropped down. I just said, 'Please, please, please, I want to make it
out,'" he said. "And when I did, I saw people shot. I saw blood. You
hope and pray you don't get shot."
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One witness said that he heard about 40 shots being
fired during the Orlando attack [EPA]
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Police said they carried out a "controlled
explosion" at the club hours after the shooting broke out, while entering
the nightclub.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state
of emergency in Orlando.
The nightclub shooting came just a day after a man
thought to be a deranged fan fatally shot Christina Grimmie, a rising singing
star who gained fame on YouTube and as a contestant on The Voice, while she was
signing autographs after a concert in Orlando.
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Note: Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked Al
Jazeera, and the Human Rights Watch.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
which is a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL also known as the
ISIS group) to rise in Syria.
Albert A. Gore Jr.
was a co-founder & chairman for the Current
Media, LLC, sued Al Jazeera, and
is the chairman for the Climate Reality
Project.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project, the Center
for American Progress, for the Harlem
Children's Zone, the Robin Hood
Foundation, the International Rescue
Committee, the Human Rights Watch,
the Roosevelt Institute, and the New America Foundation.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a
supporter for the Center for American
Progress, a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a benefactor for the Human
Rights Watch, a member of the Democracy
Alliance, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and Jonathan
Soros’s father.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Human Rights Watch.
Carol M. Browner
was a director at the Climate Reality
Project, a secretary of environmental regulation for the Florida state government, the energy
czar Barack Obama administration,
and is a senior fellow, director for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress calls
for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
for guns.
Cynthia G. Brown
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, and was an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.
Kevin Jennings
was an assistant deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Education, the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network,
and is an executive director for the Arcus
Foundation.
Arcus Foundation
was a funder for the Center for American
Progress, and the Human Rights Watch.
Center
for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
Richard L. Scott
is the Florida state government
governor, and was the founder & CEO for HCA Holdings Inc.
Bain Capital is
an investor in HCA Holdings Inc.
Mitt
Romney is a co-founder for Bain
Capital, was a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and the candidate for the 2008 Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
Glenda E. Hood was
a member of
the Homeland Security Advisory Council,
a Florida steering committee member for the 2008 Mitt Romney presidential campaign, the secretary of state for
the State of Florida, and an Orlando (FL) mayor.
Florida
state government is the government for the State of
Florida.
William H. Webster
is the chair for the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, was a director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Kenneth
Canterbury is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.
William J. Bratton
is a member of
the Homeland Security Advisory Council,
the commissioner for the New York City
Police Department, was the chief for the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department, a superintendent for the Boston Metropolitan Police, and a police
commissioner for Boston (MA).
Thomas M. Menino
was a Boston (MA) mayor, an advisory
board member for Everytown for Gun
Safety, and a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns.
Annise Parker is
a member of
the Homeland Security Advisory Council,
and an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a
Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Independence
USA PAC is a
Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a
Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, a co-chair for Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder for the Independence USA PAC, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, a New York (NY) mayor, a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone, and a
donor for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Manny
Diaz is a director at the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, was a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and a Miami
(FL) mayor.
Clifford S.
Asness is a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, supported same-sex marriage in New
York, and is a director at the International
Rescue Committee.
Kati
Marton is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and was a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human
Rights Watch, and Al Jazeera.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
which is a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL also known as the
ISIS group) to rise in Syria.
Gara LaMarche was
an associate director at the Human Rights
Watch, a
VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, a director at
the White House Project, is the
president of the Democracy Alliance,
a director at the Open Society Policy
Center, and a director at the Roosevelt
Institute.
Daisy
Khan was a director at the White
House Project, is a developer for Park51,
and an executive director for the American
Society for Muslim Advancement.
Developer Scales Back Plans for Muslim Center Near Ground
Zero (Park51)
By SHARON OTTERMANAPRIL 29, 2014
The developer whose proposal
to build a Muslim community center and mosque near the World Trade Center
failed amid a national controversy three years ago said Tuesday that he now
plans to construct a museum devoted to Islam in the same location.
Sharif El-Gamal, the developer,
said through a spokesman that instead of a $100 million, 15-story community
center and prayer space, he now planned a smaller, three-story museum
“dedicated to exploring the faith of Islam and its arts and culture.” The
building would also include a sanctuary for prayer services and community
programs.
To make the plan more
attractive to neighbors, he said in a statement, he had commissioned a French
architect, Jean Nouvel, winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize, to design the building at 45-51
Park Place, about two blocks from the former World Trade Center in Lower
Manhattan, and had included plans for a public green space.
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the Pritzker family and
sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation and is considered to be one of the world's
premier architecture prizes;[2] it is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of
architecture.
Jay
Pritzker was a co-founder for the Hyatt
Hotels Corporation, and Donald
Pritzker’s brother.
Donald Pritzker
was Jay Pritzker’s brother, a co-founder
for the Hyatt Hotels Corporation,
and Penny S. Pritzker’s father.
Penny S. Pritzker
is Donald Pritzker’s daughter, a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser
for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential
campaign, a co-chair for the 2009
Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, a director at the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and Craig
M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP,
and is Craig M. Robinson’s sister.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, the candidate for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African
American Religious Leadership Committee, and is a senior pastor for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, and is the acting head for the Nation of Islam (Muslim).
Jonathan Soros is
George Soros’s son, a global board
member for the Open Society Foundations,
a director at the Open Society Policy
Center, a senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute, and a director at the New
America Foundation.
Jeh Johnson: Gun Control Part of Homeland Security
Post-Orlando
by AWR Hawkins 14 Jun 2016
On
June 14 Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said gun
control will part of Homeland Security going
forward.
He pointed to the Orlando
attack carried out by a man who passed a background check, cooperated with the
Florida waiting period on handguns, and possessed a Security Officer license
and a Statewide
Firearms License as justification for putting even more gun control
in place.
Jeh Charles
Johnson was a governor for the Roosevelt
Institute, an assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, and is the secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is
a division of the U.S. Department of
Justice.
Kati
Marton is a director at the New
America Foundation, an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and was a director at the Human Rights Watch.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and supported same-sex marriage in New York.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human
Rights Watch, and Al Jazeera.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
which is a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL also known as the
ISIS group) to rise in Syria.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human
Rights Watch, and Al Jazeera.
Arcus Foundation
was a funder for the Human Rights Watch,
and the Center for American Progress.
Kevin Jennings is
an executive director for the Arcus Foundation,
was an assistant deputy secretary for the U.S.
Department of Education, and the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Center
for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
Carol M. Browner
is a senior fellow, director for the Center
for American Progress, was a secretary of environmental regulation for the Florida state government, the energy
czar Barack Obama administration,
and a director at the Climate Reality
Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr.
is the chairman for the Climate Reality
Project, was a co-founder & chairman for the Current Media, LLC, and sued Al
Jazeera.
Current TV is
acquired by Al Jazeera, and a division
of Current Media, LLC.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked Al
Jazeera, and the Human Rights Watch.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
which is a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL also known as the
ISIS group) to rise in Syria.
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