, killing 42 and injuring hundreds . The men - wearing heavy jackets and carrying a holdall - were caught on camera as they walked into Ataturk Airport on Tuesday evening to begin their murderous rampage through the terminals . Security sources have claimed all three came from countries which once fell under the control of the Soviet Union , Dagestan , Kurdistan and Uzbekistan , and may have been part of ISIS ' Russian - speaking terror cell .
President Obama famously has tried not to use the phrase " radical Islamic terrorism " in his remarks , a position many Republicans have lambasted him for . Obama has said he believes that phrase gives a measure of legitimacy to terror groups . And as investigators look past Mateen 's religious convictions , Lynch said a top goal is to build a complete profile of the gunman in order to help prevent another massacreconflict.attack.nalike Orlando . “ We are trying to re - create the days , the weeks , the months of this killer ’s life before this attack , ” Lynch said . “ And we are also asking those people who had contact with him to come forward and give us that information as well . ”
Berlin ( AFP ) - Germany 's parliament votes Thursday on a resolution that brands the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide , drawing a clear warning from Turkey 's president that it would harm ties . Put forward by the ruling left - right coalition and the opposition Greens , the resolution entitled " Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916 " also carries the contested word throughout the text . The vote comes just over a year after President Joachim Gauck became Germany 's highest ranking official to describe the massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsas a " genocide " , sparking a fierce response from Turkey . Its timing is also awkward , as Germany and the European Union need Ankara to help stem a migrant influx even as tensions are rising between both sides over a string of issues , including human rights . In a strong call against the Bundestag move , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said : " If ( Germany ) falls into such a game , that would harm our future ties -- the diplomatic , economic , political , commercial and military ties between the two countries . "
She also told investigators that in the weeks before the attack , Mateen spent thousands of dollars , including for the guns used in the attack . Mateen and Salman married in 2011 . They have a 3-year - old son and lived in Fort Pierce , about two hours from the massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolentevents. A U.S. attorney plans to bring evidence before a federal grand jury to determine whether charges will be filed , two law enforcement officials said . Facebook postings
" The democratic order in Turkey must be respected . Everything needs to be done to protect human lives , " Merkel 's spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Twitter . Ties between Turkey and Germany - vital partners in efforts to curb mass migration to Europe - have been strained since Germany passed a resolution in June branding the 1915 massacreconflict.attack.naof Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide . Ankara recalled its ambassador and threatened unspecified retaliation . Iran , a Shi'ite Muslim nation which has long been a regional rival to Sunni majority Turkey , said on Friday it was deeply concerned about the crisis in the neighboring country .
Clinton spoke from Cleveland , Ohio and Trump spoke from Manchester , New Hampshire . Both expressed their very different stances on guns , Muslim - Americans , and how the country should be led in light of crisis . Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both responded to the Orlando massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventson Monday , June 13 , 2016 . Clinton spoke from Cleveland , Ohio and Trump spoke from Manchester , New Hampshire . Both expressed their very different stances on guns , Muslim - Americans , and how the country should be led in light of crisis .
What good did Secretary of State Clinton ’s knowledge do ? It was enough for her to know that Gaddafi ’s Libya , for several reasons , would never be a properly obedient client state of Washington . Thus it was that the United States , along with NATO , bombed the people of Libya almost daily for more than six months , giving as an excuse that Gaddafi was about to invade Benghazi , the Libyan center of his opponents , and so the United States was thus saving the people of that city from a massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle. The American people and the American media of course swallowed this story , though no convincing evidence of the alleged impending massacre has ever been presented . ( The nearest thing to an official US government account of the matter – a Congressional Research Service report on events in Libya for the period – makes no mention at all of the threatened massacre . )
The sheer magnitude of the carnage , with at least 50 dead , is reflected in many of the headlines , which talk about " the worst mass shooting in US history . " The face of the shooter , 29-year - old US citizen Omar Mateen , is splashed on many homepages . The shooter 's ethnic origin — he was the son of Afghan parents — and Muslim religion , as well as the possibility that he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group before or during the massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, have caused speculation among international media that the shooting would provoke a strong backlash against Muslims in the United States . And while most major newspapers around the world are focusing their headlines on what we know at this time , some are already looking forward to the next day , and wondering whether this might benefit the man who has been the face of anti - immigrant and anti - Muslim reaction in America — giving Donald Trump a bigger chance to win the presidential election in November . The presumptive Republican presidential nominee 's extreme positions on international affairs and on immigration and Islam have captured the attention of the world 's media for months now .
Trump is wrong that Muslims do n’t do our part , ” by Mohammed A. Malik : “ Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something . ‘ They know what ’s going on . They know that [ Mateen ] was bad,’ he said after the Orlando massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolentevents. This is a common idea in the U.S. It ’s also a lie . First , Muslims like me ca n’t see into the hearts of other worshipers .
Later on Saturday , the Isis - operated radio station Bayan claimed that Lahouaiej - Bouhlel was a soldier who had completed a “ new , special operation using a truck ” . It also warned western nations that no security measures would spare them “ from the blows of the mujahideen ” . The claim of responsibility , which came 36 hours after the attack , will increase pressure on French authorities investigating the massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle. No evidence was presented to support the claim that Lahouaiej - Bouhlel had been acting in Isis ’s name . Although President François Hollande has spoken of France facing “ the threat of Islamist terrorism ” , François Molins , the Paris prosecutor leading the investigation , said Lahouaiej - Bouhlel had no obvious links to radical Islam .
BRENNAN : Well , I think the results of that event are still being assessed . But I think it just underscores that the United States , and our partners and allies , will take action when we believe it is necessary . We 've seen , particularly in that part of the world , the bloody massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventson the beaches of Tunisia , and how ISIS and some of the other organizations in that area , really just try to kill as many people as possible . So actions that the United States takes , these are based on very good intelligence , and are designed to eliminate the threat to life and limb . KELLY : The White House came out on the record yesterday and confirmed the strikes , and confirmed who the target was .
According to the Rand Corp. , the United States provided $ 441 million in security funding to the Philippines from 2002 to 2013 . That security relationship has benefited both countries , but whether it will continue under Duterte is at least an open question . 6 ) Duterte has demanded that the United States apologize for the Bud Dajo “ massacrelife.die.na” in 1906 , which his spokesman has ludicrously likened to the Holocaust . The Battle of Bud Dajo was part of the larger American war against Moro extremists , as Philippine Muslims were then known . Hundreds of Moros , including women and children , died in this extinct volcano .
At a rally in Turkey , Erdoğan described MPs who backed the Armenia motion as " the long arm of the separatist terrorists in [ Turkey ] " , in remarks broadcast on state television . According to the motion , the Armenian Genocide " is exemplary for the history of mass destruction , ethnic cleansing , expulsions and genocides which marks the 20th century in such a terrible way . " It also acknowleges that Germany stood by and allowed the massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsto occur . Armenians mark 101 years since genocide 10 show all Armenians mark 101 years since genocide
One country that does possess nuclear weapons is Israel , which refuses to ratify the NPT . Clinton has consistently and uncritically supported the policies of the Israeli government . In the Atlantic interview , she placed the blame for Israel ’s 2014 massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsin Gaza squarely with the Palestinians . From July 8 to Aug. 27 , 2014 , Israel killed over 2,100 Palestinians — including more than 400 children — 80 percent of them civilians . Sixty - six Israeli soldiers and seven Israeli civilians were killed .
Most recently , The Daily Beast questioned the legality of a scholarship program he launched that serves white men . It ’s also not the first time this election season that supporters of Trump attempted to draw a line between white LGBT people and LGBT communities of color . The candidate himself repeatedly made the case after the Orlando massacreconflict.attack.nathat the appropriate reaction is a ban on all Muslims entering the country , combined with " extreme vetting " that questions about an immigrant 's ideology . Southern Poverty Law Center mentioned several white nationalist groups that seem to be working to bring white sexual minorities into the fold , rallying on an islamophobic agenda . This dangerous conflation of LGBT rights and white power is n’t just tied to the U.S. – as nationalist groups around Europe have touted LGB inclusivity while advocating for white supremacy .
Turkey – the successor of the Ottoman Empire – admits that many Armenians were mistreated at the time , but claims that the number of victims has been grossly exaggerated and that there was no “ genocide ” or official systematic effort to eliminate the Armenian minority . Acknowledging crimes against humanity would not only damage Ankara ’s international reputation , but also leave it liable for reparations , which some Armenian human rights groups estimate should be worth trillions of dollars . READ MORE : Armenia , Turkey still at odds a century after 1915 massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsOn April 25 of last year , Turkey held a celebration to mark 100 years since the Gallipoli Landings , the Ottoman Empire ’s greatest success in World War I , in order to distract attention from the 100th anniversary of the genocide , angering many in Armenia .
According to the Rand Corp. , the United States provided $ 441 million in security funding to the Philippines from 2002 to 2013 . That security relationship has benefited both countries , but whether it will continue under Duterte is at least an open question . 6 ) Duterte has demanded that the United States apologize for the Bud Dajo “ massacreconflict.attack.na” in 1906 , which his spokesman has ludicrously likened to the Holocaust . The Battle of Bud Dajo was part of the larger American war against Moro extremists , as Philippine Muslims were then known . Hundreds of Moros , including women and children , died in this extinct volcano .
Europol Director Rob Wainwright speaks on the fight against terror at the Europol headquarters in The Hague . The Islamic State group has honed the ability to launch global attacks and is set to focus more on Europe following the Paris massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, the chief of EU police agency Europol says . Rob Wainwright told a news conference that " the so - called Islamic State had developed a new combat - style capability to carry out a campaign of large - scale terrorist attacks on a global stage — with a particular focus in Europe " . Mr Wainwright was unveiling the findings of a new Europol report on changes in how the jihadist group operates , coinciding with the launch of the agency 's new counterterrorism centre in The Hague .
Erdoğan also touched upon the PKK 's terror attack on an elementary school which happened on early Friday in Turkey 's southeastern Diyarbakır province . He said that the terror attack on the school showed the vicious plans of the terror organization . Erdoğan said that the attack was also a response to the 1,128 academics who signed a petition that described security operations against the PKK in the country 's southeast as a " massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolentevents. " " They [ the academics ] say ' This is who we are . We do n't have a problem with this issue .
Perhaps not coincidentally , one month after winning reelection , Cuomo banned fracking in the state . The million - dollar question hovering over Teachout ’s campaign is whether her success in the district reflected genuine enthusiasm for Teachout or just the intensity of frustration with Cuomo . One issue that contributed to the Cuomo backlash could be less friendly turf for a liberal Democrat : the New York SAFE Act , a gun control law signed by the governor after the Sandy Hook massacrelife.die.nathat banned high - capacity magazines , created a registry for assault weapons , and strengthened background checks . Teachout was critical of how quickly the SAFE Act was passed during her statewide 2014 campaign but said she was “ largely in support of the act . ” In January , however , citing her rural roots , she came out against it . With virtually no margin for error in the Democratic Party ’s bid to retake the House , the 19th district is a must - win .
They said in October I 'd be dead in six months . It ’s what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones , who claims that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs . He even said -- and this really , is just so disgusting -- he even said the victims of the Sandy Hook massacrelife.die.nawere child actors and no one was actually killed there . I do n't know what happens in somebody 's mind or how dark their heard must be to say things like that . But Trump did n’t challenge those lies .
Later on Saturday , the Isis - operated radio station Bayan claimed that Lahouaiej - Bouhlel was a soldier who had completed a “ new , special operation using a truck ” . It also warned western nations that no security measures would spare them “ from the blows of the mujahideen ” . The claim of responsibility , which came 36 hours after the attack , will increase pressure on French authorities investigating the massacrelife.die.na. No evidence was presented to support the claim that Lahouaiej - Bouhlel had been acting in Isis ’s name . Although President François Hollande has spoken of France facing “ the threat of Islamist terrorism ” , François Molins , the Paris prosecutor leading the investigation , said Lahouaiej - Bouhlel had no obvious links to radical Islam .
The vessel is expected to arrive in the Med this Autumn , where it will liaise with land - based Russian forces already deployed in the region . The Admiral Kuznetsov will be packed with warplanes and attack choppers . RELATED STORIES ' CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE ' ISIS release shocking footage of child soldiers executing Taliban captives accused of spying BAGHDAD BOMBINGS At least 125 dead and 150 injured after ISIS car blast at shopping centre cages of death Chilling images reveal the hellhole prisons where ISIS captives were BURNED ALIVE as the jihadis fled Fallujah GOTCHA SAS soldiers shoot and kill three British ISIS extremists during 30 minute gun battle in Libya HOSTAGE DRAMA ISIS release gloating pictures of Bangladesh terror siege victims as its revealed all 20 killed were foreigners FREED TO KILL ISIS mastermind of Istanbul massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle' dodged extradition to Russia because it breached HUMAN RIGHTS ' It will be carrying 15 Sukhoi Su-33 fighters and 15 MiG-29 warplanes , as well as 30 attack choppers . Airstrikes from coalition forces - including the UK and the US - have already left ISIS on the brink of collapse , and it is hoped Russia ’s latest attempt will succeed at destroying what 's left of the caliphate .
Armenians have long labelled the 1915 - 17 killings that left some 1.5 million of their people dead as genocide , while Turkey argues it was a collective tragedy in which equal numbers of Turks and Armenians died ( AFP Photo / Ozan Kose ) Berlin ( AFP ) - Germany 's parliament votes Thursday on a resolution that brands the massacrelife.die.naof Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide , drawing a clear warning from Turkey 's president that it would harm ties . Put forward by the ruling left - right coalition and the opposition Greens , the resolution entitled " Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916 " also carries the contested word throughout the text . The vote comes just over a year after President Joachim Gauck became Germany 's highest ranking official to describe the massacre as a " genocide " , sparking a fierce response from Turkey .
Early reporting indicated that between 62 and 90 Syrian troops may have been killed in the U.S.-led airstrikes . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , a UK - based monitoring group with contacts across Syria , cited sources at the airport saying at least 90 Syrian soldiers had been killed and 120 wounded . Meanwhile , Anti - War.com 's Jason Ditz described the massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleas perhaps " the single biggest blunder of the entire US war in Syria . " " The latest US attack — this time on Syrian troops ostensibly surrounded by ISIS fighters — demonstrates once again why using war against terrorism fails . The inability and/or unwillingness to distinguish troops from other troops , or more often , troops from civilians , remains a hallmark of the US wars in Syria , Iraq , Afghanistan and beyond . "
The men independently chased down the truck . One began to climb in and hit the terrorist , who tried to shoot him . ( New York Times ) The British government announced it will separate radicalized prison inmates from other convicts , housing criminals who preach terrorism and other forms of extreme ideology in high - security “ specialist units . ” ( The Telegraph ) Federal prosecutors plan to argue in court that Dylann Roof “ self - radicalized ” by reading white supremacist tracts online before carrying out the massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleat a historically black church in Charleston . The feds are seeking the death penalty . The trial will start later this year .
REUTERS / Joshua Roberts A rainbow flag is held up with the name of the gay nightclub where the worst mass shooting in U.S. history occured in Orlando , Florida , during a vigil in front of the White House in Washington , U.S. , June 12 , 2016 . REUTERS / Joshua Roberts Los Angeles County Sheriff 's deputies are seen behind a girl riding in a bus at the 46th annual Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood , California , after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando , Florida U.S. June 12 , 2016 . REUTERS / David McNew People pay their respects to the Orlando massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsvictims during a vigil in the Queens borough of New York , U.S. , June 12 , 2016 . REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton Two women hold each other at a vigil outside The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street , considered by some as the center of New York State 's gay rights movement , following the shooting massacre at Orlando 's Pulse nightclub , in the Manhattan borough of New York , U.S. , June 12 , 2016 . REUTERS / Mark Kauzlarich A man carries a gay pride flag at a vigil outside The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street , considered by some as the center of New York State 's gay rights movement , following the shooting massacre at Orlando 's Pulse nightclub , in the Manhattan borough of New York , U.S. , June 12 , 2016 .
According to the Rand Corp. , the United States provided $ 441 million in security funding to the Philippines from 2002 to 2013 . That security relationship has benefited both countries , but whether it will continue under Duterte is at least an open question . 6 ) Duterte has demanded that the United States apologize for the Bud Dajo “ massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolentevents” in 1906 , which his spokesman has ludicrously likened to the Holocaust . The Battle of Bud Dajo was part of the larger American war against Moro extremists , as Philippine Muslims were then known . Hundreds of Moros , including women and children , died in this extinct volcano .
Russian jets targeted an elementary school and two high schools . Mohammad al - Khatib , a media activist who witnessed the aftermath of the attack , described the scene in vivid detail . “ A teacher told me that a massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlehappened at the western school after it was targeted with a missile by a Russian warplane , I went there . The missile fell in a classroom that was destroyed completely , ” said Khatib . “ Residents told me they pulled only four dead bodies and lost about 15 others who were reduced to shreds including the female teacher of the targeted classroom . ”
Erdoğan also touched upon the PKK 's terror attack on an elementary school which happened on early Friday in Turkey 's southeastern Diyarbakır province . He said that the terror attack on the school showed the vicious plans of the terror organization . Erdoğan said that the attack was also a response to the 1,128 academics who signed a petition that described security operations against the PKK in the country 's southeast as a " massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle. " " They [ the academics ] say ' This is who we are . We do n't have a problem with this issue .
The monitor said at least 42 ISIS fighters had been killed in the attack , adding that fighting was ongoing yesterday , with regime forces backed by Russian air strikes trying to recapture lost ground . Syria 's state news agency Sana said that at least 300 civilians , " most of them women , children and elderly people " , had been killed in the assault . It denounced the deaths as a " massacreconflict.attack.na" . The ISIS assault puts the group in control of around 60 per cent of Deir Ezzor city , which is the capital of the surrounding province of the same name . If confirmed , the death toll in the assault would be one of the highest in a single attack by ISIS , though the terrorists have carried out mass murders before .
Both China and Russia are overwhelmingly non - religious and also vehemently anti - gay ; to the extent Russians are religious , they are loyal to the Orthodox Christian Church . In Cameroon , Catholic Church officials continue to spew the most vile and inflammatory anti - gay rhetoric . A prominent evangelical multimillionaire Brazilian pastor and congressman with a history of vile anti - gay rhetoric , Marco Feliciano , yesterday attacked the LGBT community for “ using ” the Orlando massacrelife.die.nafor “ self - promotion ” and instead said that support for Palestinians was to blame . Over the last several years , Christian zealots in the U.S. have agitated with both activism and money — often successfully — for the implementation of severely repressive anti - LGBT laws in Christian Africa . That includes Uganda , where they tried to implement the death penalty for homosexuals .
The men independently chased down the truck . One began to climb in and hit the terrorist , who tried to shoot him . ( New York Times ) The British government announced it will separate radicalized prison inmates from other convicts , housing criminals who preach terrorism and other forms of extreme ideology in high - security “ specialist units . ” ( The Telegraph ) Federal prosecutors plan to argue in court that Dylann Roof “ self - radicalized ” by reading white supremacist tracts online before carrying out the massacrelife.die.naat a historically black church in Charleston . The feds are seeking the death penalty . The trial will start later this year .
The vessel is expected to arrive in the Med this Autumn , where it will liaise with land - based Russian forces already deployed in the region . The Admiral Kuznetsov will be packed with warplanes and attack choppers . RELATED STORIES ' CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE ' ISIS release shocking footage of child soldiers executing Taliban captives accused of spying BAGHDAD BOMBINGS At least 125 dead and 150 injured after ISIS car blast at shopping centre cages of death Chilling images reveal the hellhole prisons where ISIS captives were BURNED ALIVE as the jihadis fled Fallujah GOTCHA SAS soldiers shoot and kill three British ISIS extremists during 30 minute gun battle in Libya HOSTAGE DRAMA ISIS release gloating pictures of Bangladesh terror siege victims as its revealed all 20 killed were foreigners FREED TO KILL ISIS mastermind of Istanbul massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolentevents' dodged extradition to Russia because it breached HUMAN RIGHTS ' It will be carrying 15 Sukhoi Su-33 fighters and 15 MiG-29 warplanes , as well as 30 attack choppers . Airstrikes from coalition forces - including the UK and the US - have already left ISIS on the brink of collapse , and it is hoped Russia ’s latest attempt will succeed at destroying what 's left of the caliphate .
The body said Mr Ali was referred for mental health treatment a year before the alleged murder but that the illness was not mentioned in the court ruling sentencing him to death . In September , the first secretary of Pakistan ’s permanent mission to the UN said the government was examining the country ’s penal code to determine whether the death penalty could be “ narrowed ” amid criticism over Mr Ali ’s case . More than 400 people have been executed since the government lifted a four - year moratorium on the death penalty in 2014 , following the Taliban ’s massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsat a school in Peshawar . Capital punishment was initially only restored for terror offences but later reinstated for kidnapping , murder , blasphemy and other capital crimes , leaving more than 8,000 prisoners on death row
" The democratic order in Turkey must be respected . Everything needs to be done to protect human lives , " Merkel 's spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Twitter . Ties between Turkey and Germany - vital partners in efforts to curb mass migration to Europe - have been strained since Germany passed a resolution in June branding the 1915 massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsof Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide . Ankara recalled its ambassador and threatened unspecified retaliation . Iran , a Shi'ite Muslim nation which has long been a regional rival to Sunni majority Turkey , said on Friday it was deeply concerned about the crisis in the neighboring country .
With the end of the Democratic primaries looming on June 7 , Clinton turned the full force of her attacks from her Democratic rival , Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders , to Trump , using her harshest language to date . Beyond calling Trump divisive , she appeared to question his mental health . “ I will leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants , ” Clinton said , referencing Trump ’s praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his suggestion that the massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsof civilians in Tiananmen Square by the Chinese government showed “ toughness . ” If the speech was a sharpened attack on Trump , it was also a recognition of her commitment to an activist foreign policy , one that challenges formidable adversaries like Russia and exerts American power — diplomatic , economic and military — where needed . This was not the speech of someone trimming her sails to appeal to Sanders ’s less hawkish voters .
Obama , Susan Rice and Sec . of State John Kerry . When word spread of the massacrelife.die.naand destruction of Kessab on March 21 , 2014 the US Ambassador to the UN , Samantha Power , made a public statement , along with Victoria Nuland , that the US was concerned about the attack at Kessab , however those terrorists involved had no relationship with USA . However , this was proven false , as Pres . Jarba came to congratulate his troops , the FSA , inside Kessab .
Olson was appointed to her post in 2010 by President Obama and has a history of taking strong stands against “ anti - Muslim bias . ” DHS whistleblower ‘ exposes government ’s submission to jihad ’ – Under Obama , Homeland Security watchword is “ See Something , Say Nothing . ” Ann Corcoran , the author of the Refugee Resettlement Watch blog and the book “ Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America , ” said Olson ’s statement is reminiscent of Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’s warning the day after the San Bernardino jihad massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein which Lynch said she would take “ aggressive action ” to prosecute “ anti - Muslim ” rhetoric that “ edges toward violence . ” Lynch was forced to walk back those comments after outrage from free speech advocates . “ This is threatening free speech , ” Corcoran said of Olson ’s statement . “ It ’s the federal government trying to intimidate into silence those citizens who do n’t have resources or connections .
Turkey reacted with fury on Thursday ( 2 June ) after the Bundestag labelled the World War I massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleof Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide , threatening further measures . Berlin ’s lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a non - binding resolution on the 1915 - 16 killings – one MP voted against and another abstained – in a move touching a raw nerve in Turkish - European relations . Germany angers Turkey with Armenian genocide resolution German lawmakers declared the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a “ genocide ” in a symbolic resolution on Thursday which risks hurting relations with Ankara just as Berlin and European partners need its help in tackling the refugee crisis .
Akhmed Chataev is said to be the brains behind the attack after three suicide bombers launched a co - ordinated assault on Ataturk Airport on Tuesday , according to Turkish media . The Chechen warlord has risen to become an ISIS commander , with at least 130 militants at his disposal , with security sources claiming he was creating terror cells to be sent into Russia . One - armed Chechen warlord Akhmed Chataev ( pictured ) has been named as the mastermind behind the Istanbul airport massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, it has emerged It comes as pictures emerged of the three suicide bombers - seen smiling together just moments before they carried out the deadly massacre , killing 42 and injuring hundreds Attack : CCTV shows the moment a deadly blast went off at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul late on Tuesday
Trump , the presumptive Republican nominee for the Nov. 8 election , has blamed Democratic policies for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and doubled - down on his pledge to ban Muslim immigration , while Clinton has warned against demonizing Muslim - Americans . See images of Orlando memorials around the world : 35 PHOTOS Orlando massacrelife.die.deathcausedbyviolenteventsvigils and tributes around the world See Gallery Trump gains slightly on Clinton after Florida attack - poll People gather in front of the US Embassy in Copenhagen to remember the victims at the nightclub Pulse in Orlando Florida on June 13 , 2016 . / AFP / Scanpix / Jens Astrup / Denmark OUT ( Photo credit should read JENS ASTRUP / AFP / Getty Images ) April Ross looks at a makeshift memorial outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub June 13 , 2016 in Orlando , Florida . The American gunman who launched a murderous assault on a gay nightclub in Orlando was radicalized by Islamist propaganda , officials said Monday , as they grappled with the worst terror attack on US soil since 9/11 .
@DebraMax , attacks Hillary Clinton ’s gay campaign manager , Robby Mook , calling him “ a disgrace ” for working for “ that bitch . ” She says Clinton “ took money from these countries , from these countries that would take him and his friends or his lover or his partner and throw them off a building and kill them . ” She says Mook is too young to remember “ the time of AIDS ” and adds , “ I never thought in my life I would see another time that I would fear for me and my other gay friends , ” referring to the shooting in Orlando . “ How disgraceful that you are out there in the public supporting somebody that is going to come here and will kill you for being a gay man , ” she says . @DebraMax is not the first to use the massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleat an Orlando gay Pulse nightclub to try to push LGBT people to vote for the overtly anti - Muslim Trump . That ’s the message from Breitbart ’s Milo Yiannopoulos and from Trump himself . It ’s the same message Gingrich delivered at the Log Cabin Republicans party .
The Chechen warlord has risen to become an ISIS commander , with at least 130 militants at his disposal , with security sources claiming he was creating terror cells to be sent into Russia . One - armed Chechen warlord Akhmed Chataev ( pictured ) has been named as the mastermind behind the Istanbul airport massacre , it has emerged It comes as pictures emerged of the three suicide bombers - seen smiling together just moments before they carried out the deadly massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattle, killing 42 and injuring hundreds Attack : CCTV shows the moment a deadly blast went off at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul late on Tuesday It comes as pictures emerged of the three suicide bombers - seen smiling together just moments before they carried out the deadly massacre , killing 42 and injuring hundreds .
I think the administration should have said : " No . We are going to at least create safe zones . We are not going to let you massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlepeople with impunity . " We knew that Assad was using chemical weapons . And when he crossed the famous red line and used them without a doubt , we should have reacted to that .
The Wall Street Journal ran a full - page ad on Wednesday containing links to a Turkish project that denies the Armenian genocide – the 1915 massacrelife.die.naof 1.5 million people by Ottoman Turks . The newspaper says it accepts ads with “ provocative viewpoints . ” The ad features the words “ Truth = Peace ” printed in large letters and shows a hand colored like the Turkish flag holding up a peace sign , while two other hands colored like the Russian and Armenian flags have their fingers crossed .
The virus of political correctness has long infected the way in which Mr. Obama , his administration and many in the media speak about the enemy — when they do at all — and in how they deal with it . It ’s no wonder that despite waving Islamist red flags everywhere from his place of employment to the FBI , Mateen roamed freely until he committed mass murder . Mr. Obama initially dismissed ISIS as “ junior varsity . ” He later declared the organization “ contained ” — just a day before it launched its massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattlein Paris . One thing we know about the most committed jihadis — the networks of whom are in every corner of the globe — is that they can not be contained . Even after the Boston , Paris and San Bernardino attacks , Mr. Obama would not change his strategic approach , around which ISIS has easily navigated .
History of airport attacks Preliminary findings suggest all three attackers at Ataturk airport opened fire and then detonated explosives strapped to their bodies , similar to the mass shootings and suicide bombings at Paris ' Bataclan concert hall in November . ISIS claimed responsibility for that massacrelife.die.na, which left 89 people dead . Similar attacks took place elsewhere in Paris the same night , killing an additional 41 people . The tactic -- to enter shooting , and then detonate explosives -- is called " inghimasi , " and it 's being used more and more frequently by terrorists .
The greatest threat to our homeland security today is the National Rifle Association , a front group for the firearms industry that derails gun - safety measures and perversely profits with each new mass shooting . Related 7 Things That Are Harder to Get Than an Assault Weapon In Florida , it 's easier to obtain a gun than an abortion Responding to Orlando — the deadliest attack by a gunman in our history — the NRA blamed the massacrelife.die.naon " the Obama administration 's political correctness " and not the terrorist 's access to " so - called ' assault weapons ' " — while advertising that " semi - automatics are the most popular firearms sold in America for sport - shooting , hunting and self - defense . " Make no mistake : The NRA paved the way for the Orlando attack , during which Omar Mateen killed at least 49 people . Here 's how :
The Wall Street Journal ran a full - page ad on Wednesday containing links to a Turkish project that denies the Armenian genocide – the 1915 massacreconflict.attack.selfdirectedbattleof 1.5 million people by Ottoman Turks . The newspaper says it accepts ads with “ provocative viewpoints . ” The ad features the words “ Truth = Peace ” printed in large letters and shows a hand colored like the Turkish flag holding up a peace sign , while two other hands colored like the Russian and Armenian flags have their fingers crossed .