1- This is strange. ISIS just claimed Las Vegas attack. Arabic statement says shooter converted to Islam months ago.
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2- I can confirm that the ISIS statement appeared on ISIS affiliated Amaq news agency. No evidence to back up claim.
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3- Contrary to public belief, ISIS does NOT claim every incident. Amaq claim on Las Vegas shooting should not be automatically dismissed.
4- Amaq by now has 2 Arabic statements. They also refer to the Las Vegas shooter as a "soldier of Islamic State."
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5- ISIS statements also appear on Nashir, a telegram account affiliated with ISIS. The news is of course spreading on many ISIS accounts.
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6- As ISIS is losing in Iraq &Syria, there's always possibility group wants to create confusion by wrongly claiming LasVegas Attack.
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7- By now we only know ISIS claimed Las Vegas attack. If group doesn't provide evidence then this claim is a hoax meant to create confusion.
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8- Via Reuters: U.S. officials say no evidence Vegas shooter was connected to international militant group after ISIS claims responsibility.
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9- After making initial claim in Arabic, ISIS has just released English statements claiming #LasVegas shooting. Still no evidence.
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10- Although majority ISIS claims accurate, here false claim they made in June. Manila was work of gambler, not ISIS amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun
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11- The FBI is dismissing the ISIS claim 👇
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JUST IN: FBI says Las Vegas shooter had no connection to ISIS, any international terror group
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12- ISIS not backing off. New statement says #LasVegas shooting done by Abu abdul al-Bar al-Amriki after "accurate monitoring of crusaders".
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13- New ISIS statement refers to #LasVegas shooter by Jihadi name "Abu Abdul al-Bar al-Amriki", calls him "martyr", "asks God to accept him"
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