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Report: California killers were in contact with LA extremists
2015-12-09
[IsraelTimes] FBI also indicates that couple were radicalized 'for quite some time,' took target practice at area gun ranges

The couple who carried out the San Bernardino massacre that killed 14 had been in contact with "people holding myrmidon views in Los Angeles," MSNBC reported Wednesday based on correspondence with local police officials.

On Monday, the FBI said the two killers had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges. Authorities further disclosed that a year before the rampage, Syed Farook's co-workers at the county health department underwent "active-shooter" training in the very conference room where he and his wife opened fire on them last Wednesday.

It was not immediately clear whether Farook attended the autumn 2014 training session on how to react to a workplace gunman, county spokeswoman Felisa Cardona said. It was held for members of the department's environmental health division, where Farook was a restaurant inspector.

On Monday, one employee who had been in the room when Farook and Tashfeen Malik launched their attack on a holiday luncheon said colleagues tried to do just as they had been trained -- find protection and stay quiet.

"Unfortunately the room just didn't provide a whole lot of protection," said Corwin Porter, assistant county health director.

Farook, a 28-year-old born in the US to a Pak family, and Malik, a 29-year-old immigrant from Pakistain, were killed in a gunbattle with police hours after the bloodbath.

"We have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time," said David Bowdich, chief of the FBI's Los Angeles office.

He added: "The question we're trying to get at is how did that happen and by whom and where did that happen? And I will tell you right now we don't know those answers."

He also said the Muslim couple had taken target practice at ranges in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with one session held within days of the rampage.

In addition, authorities found 19 pipes in the couple's home in Redlands, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, that could be turned into bombs, Bowdich said. The FBI previously said it had found 12 pipe bombs.

Newly released emergency radio transmissions from the fast-moving tragedy show that police identified Farook as a suspect almost immediately. Witnesses said he had left the luncheon about 20 minutes before the shooting began.

It was was unclear how he was identified so quickly, given that witnesses said the attackers wore black ski masks. Bowdich would not address that question.
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  Jan Morgan has been running a 'No Muslims Allowed' gun range for a number of years where she has been teaching gun safety - particularly to women.

Of course CAIR and company got all upset about it but there wasn't anything they could do. This kind of vindicates her. I expect a lot more gun ranges to go 'no muslim'.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-12-09 16:13  

#9  had taken target practice at area gun ranges

Kinda vindicates that gun-shop guy in Florida.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-12-09 15:05  

#8  Thanks TW.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-12-09 14:51  

#7  So now we have "19 pipes".... NOT 12 pipe bombs.

The original reports spoke of pipe bombs and some extra pipes, as I recall. I interpret the above as twelve completed pipe bombs plus the makings for an additional nineteen to be completed by the pharmacist wife later.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-12-09 13:50  

#6  Known wolves, again.

FDR's internment looking better and better with each new fumble and excuse making by the usual MSM suspects - aka Quislings.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-12-09 08:19  

#5  Long-term objective: Sustain the crisis [war on poverty, drugs, crime, terrorism] for as long as possible. It's good for business and it demands continued budget increases and larger government. Big government isn't about solutions, it's about control and big government.

But you knew that already. I just felt like an early morning rant.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-12-09 08:06  

#4  No mention of a lot of schtuff. I wonder what the long-term objective is.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-12-09 07:58  

#3  In addition, authorities found 19 pipes in the couple's home in Redlands, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, that could be turned into bombs, Bowdich said. The FBI previously said it had found 12 pipe bombs.

So now we have "19 pipes".... NOT 12 pipe bombs. No mention here of the model car electronic firing devices.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-12-09 01:31  

#2  given that witnesses said the attackers wore black ski masks You don't always need to see someone's face to be able to ID them.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-12-09 01:18  

#1  Syed Farook's co-workers at the county health department underwent "active-shooter" training in the very conference room where he and his wife opened fire on them last Wednesday. This makes me wonder if Farook himself underwent the same "active-shooter" training since he worked there himself at the time. Or maybe he was off work that day.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2015-12-09 01:17  

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