like 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 . ”
" 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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
One might imagine that this threat to public safety and homeland security would lead to a reconsideration of Florida 's permissive gun culture . But the state 's Republican leaders are not backing down . When pressed on whether assault rifles ought to be restricted in the wake of the Orlando massacreconflict.attack.na, Gov. Scott insisted , " The Second Amendment did n't kill people . Evil killed people . "
“ We continue to underscore the importance of historical remembrance as a tool of prevention , as we call for a full , frank , and just acknowledgment of the facts , which would serve the interests of all concerned , ” he said . “ I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915 , and my view has not changed . ” He also invoked Pope Francis , Turkish scholars and other figures who have recognized the massacreconflict.attack.naas genocide . “ We continue to welcome the expression of views by those who have sought to shed new light into the darkness of the past , ” he said . Armenian - American organizations and human - rights groups have long pressed Obama to call it a genocide as president , to no avail .
As FAIR noted two weeks ago , the Clinton campaign directly coordinates online media with its Super PAC Correct the Record which has been attacking Sanders with an online troll army , text messages , videos , infographics and talking points for months . So even if one accepts the libertarian myth that Super PACs are somehow separate from campaigns , this can not be said about this Super PAC , which freely admits it works with Clinton . Using TV appearances and social media , Clinton herself linked Sanders to the Sandy Hook massacreconflict.attack.naand the far - right Minutemen militia . The core of the argument is that Sanders has never been asked about his “ socialist ties ” from the ‘ 70s and ‘ 80s . From Goldberg ’s May 2 polemic :