Being pro-ISIL *and* pro-Nusra isn't as rare as many think. Especially at networks' lower echelons, many feel they can root for two teams.
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Replying to @DaveedGR
There isn't as much tension in Mateen's view of ISIL and Nusra as this passage portrays. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/13/omar-mateen-may-not-have-understood-the-difference-between-isis-al-qaeda-and-hezbollah/ …pic.twitter.com/JNRjV6E4Wo
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Replying to @DaveedGR
Being pro-ISIL and pro-Hizballah is, of course, deeply contradictory. But his Hizballah remarks were 2013 & we know little of their context.
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Replying to @DaveedGR
Mateen may well have been incoherent in his understanding of militant groups. But maybe he wasn't. Current evidence far from conclusive.
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Replying to @DaveedGR
I can imagine Nusra vs ISIS. Hizbullah? That's... too weird to mix in unless you have no idea about religion or the Middle East
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Replying to @zeynep
Correct. I'm curious about the context of his 2013 remarks where he allegedly claimed to be a member.
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Replying to @DaveedGR
Occam's razor is that he's like the European non-religious loser/aggressive troubled men who discover cause, mix with own issues.
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Replying to @zeynep
There's no need for Occam's razor at this point. We're less than 48 hours in and lack anything resembling a complete picture.
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