ISIS Claims Texas Attack

via Long war Journal by Thomas Joscelyn

The Islamic State has released a message on its Al Bayan radio program claiming that the shooting in Garland, Texas was the work of “two soldiers from the soldiers of the Caliphat‎e.” The claim, which was made in the group’s “news” bulletin, was first obtained and translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.

The Islamic State says the exhibit in Texas “was holding a contest for drawings offensive to the Prophet Muhammad” and so “the brothers opened fire…which led to the wounding of one of the policemen tasked with protecting the exhibit,” according to SITE’s translation.

The group notes that the pair of terrorists (referred to as “the brothers”) were “killed during the exchange of fire” and asks “Allah to accept them in the highest rank of paradise.” The “news” item, which was also released in transcript form, ends with a threat “to the protector of the Cross,” America. The “coming ones are worse and more bitter, and you will see from the soldiers of the Islamic State what will hurt you, Allah permitting.”

Interesting enough, Geert Wilders, popular far-right politician and anti-islamic crusader was the keynote speaker at this event.  Gotta figure that this could have been much worse and could have changed history.  Luckily, it’s just going down as an unfortunate incident inwhich 2 people succumbed to a crazy ideology and died in the process of carrying it out.