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posted by martyb on Monday October 02 2017, @04:18PM   Printer-friendly

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/02/554976369/section-of-las-vegas-strip-is-closed-after-music-festival-shooting

A gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.

Editorializing: Interesting how media always emphasize ISLAMIC terrorists, but downplay domestic terrorism as psychologically disturbed individual lone-wolfs.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Monday October 02 2017, @05:37PM

    by jmorris (4844) on Monday October 02 2017, @05:37PM (#576012)

    Your average US Muslim sees terrorist acts against the west and is appalled.

    Yes, but when double digit percentages of American Mulims, ie. those actually holding citizenship, are willing to admit to pollsters they support violent jihad against the U.S., support the imposition of Sharia, etc. I'm not really comforted by the fact they aren't yet a majority as they are in pretty much every Muslim majority country. Even 10% is way to many, there is simply zero chance this doesn't end badly.

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