1. After ISIS claimed Vegas, I was waiting for them to release Naba, their weekly newsletter, to see if anything new emerged. Naba is out:pic.twitter.com/yX8AN3OdSX
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2. Under a picture of the Mandalay Bay drenched in blood they rehash the attack. New info: They are now claiming shooter converted 6 mos agopic.twitter.com/2t53MSBNHq
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@siteintelgroup translation. ISIS earlier said shooter converted "months ago." Now they're saying it was 6 mos specificallypic.twitter.com/Lo6hF1S65M
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4. No proof is provided, but ISIS has rarely claimed attacks that were not by either their members or sympathizers.
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5. ISIS members meanwhile are pointing out that after ISIS downed Metrojet over Sinai, no one believed them:pic.twitter.com/8oF4skW8VK
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6. In their chatrooms, they are claiming that the West and the media is leading a cover-up in order to hide the "martyrdom" of their brother
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7. I don't take ISIS' claim at face value. And so far, 0 evidence tying this attack to ISIS has emerged.
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8. But here's why I disagree with those rejecting it out of hand. I've been covering ISIS since 2014 and since then I have kept a timeline
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9. Everytime ISIS claimed an attack in West, I jotted it down. Month later, I've gone back over list & annotated what investigation found
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10. My list is not complete but of the more than 50 cases I have annotated, I could only find 3 false claims.
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11. Yes, the group frequently exaggerates death tolls & yes, they inflate & distort details, but the crux of the claim is typically correct
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12. The thing to understand is ISIS considers an attack to be their handiwork if the attacker is sent by them or if he is inspired by them.
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13. The reason I don't buy argument that they are now opportunistically claiming attacks to deflect from battlefield losses is as followspic.twitter.com/mJNj4LXVnj
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14. Beyond the attacks they've claimed, there are many more they could have claimed but didn't. These are attacks where we know it was them
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15. Remember the Thalys train shouting? They never claimed it. Attacker shared a hotel room with Abdlehamid Abaaoud, leader of Paris attackpic.twitter.com/1E536rRI2X
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16. Remember the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels? Attacker was 1 of ISIS' jailers who held European hostages. Yet they never claimedpic.twitter.com/i8l5fiQlgA
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17. Do you remember the devastating attack on the Istanbul airport last year? Investigation determined it was ISIS. Again they did not claimpic.twitter.com/UuRWpN9NlI
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18. And 1 day before Vegas on Saturday, a guy who'd placed ISIS flag on his car's dashboard used it to ram police. Did ISIS claim it? Nopepic.twitter.com/HXGVkRovxK
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19 Does this mean ISIS had a role in Vegas? There is as yet 0 evidence of that. My point: This group has been more right than its been wrong
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20. Given ISIS' insistence, I'm with
@AmarAmarasingam: Have any reporters asked Paddock's brother and other family members if he converted?Show this thread
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HEY ABC CBS NBC VICE - How bout a lil Investigative Journalism? How bout asking Vegas PD what took so long? Any curious & brave Reporters??
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Where is all the video of this guy walking thru Mandalay Bay? Taking elevator, entering his room, going to his car everyday. Very Fishy, No?
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