The Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Attack On Casino In Manila

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    The Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Attack On Casino In Manila

 

DIARY / Grant Gambling //  Posted at 11:18 am on June 2, 2017 by Grant Gambling

 

A casino and resort in Manila, Philippines was attacked by a gunman (or possible multiple gunmen) killing 34. It’s unclear at this time how many of the victims were shot and how many people actually suffocated from the smoke from the tables that were set ablaze by the “soldiers of the caliphate”.

Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa told Manila media “This is not an act of terror. There was no element of violence or threat”.

http://www.redstate.com/diary/GrantGambling/2017/06/02/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-manila-attack/

[skeeter]

I haven't been actively seeking info on this attack, but just listening to the news cycle I know alot about Comey's subpoenas but virtually nothing about this terrorist attack & its 34 more fatalities, courtesy of Islamic violence.

The US media has finally decided to just stop reporting on major stories it finds inconvenient.

[dfwgator]

I haven't been actively seeking info on this attack, but just listening to the news cycle I know alot about Comey's subpoenas but virtually nothing about this terrorist attack & its 34 more fatalities, courtesy of Islamic violence.

The US media has finally decided to just stop reporting on major stories it finds inconvenient.

We need a version of "Radio Free Europe" for the US these days to get the truth.   Our media is the modern-day TASS.

[skeeter]

Our media is the modern-day TASS.

They are and for someone brought up during the cold war thats tough to accept.

[montanajoe]

As I said in other thread I doubt this is Islamic terrorism at least as it has been carried out in the PI in recent years. My friends there tell me the gunman appeared to be a dark shinned foreigner armed with an automatic weapon and a hand gun. He entered the casino and fired shots into the air..no one was shot except the gunman..which to me pretty conclusively rules out terrorism..
 
Thirteen of the victims were female employees who gathered in a bathroom to escape the gunfire the other 22 were guests all were suffocated by the fumes from the fires the perp started in the casino.

It appears he was shot and  burned himself to death in a room of the hotel...

Doesn't appear to be something the radical Muslims in the south were directly involved in although they would be happy to claim responsibility..... the  official motive is a botched robbery which I'm inclined to believe...as they don't have the same hang ups on calling terrorism for what it is as we do in the West