‘The Sailors that lost their lives in the line of duty and showed exceptional heroism and bravery in the face of evil…’
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/saudi-ap-e1575814032208-448x189.png
(Associated Press) The Saudi airman who fatally shot three U.S. sailors at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Officials investigating the deadly attack were working Saturday to determine whether it was motivated by terrorism, while President Donald Trump indicated he would review policies governing foreign military training in the United States.
The Navy on Saturday identified the three victims and hailed them as heroes for trying to stop the shooter and flagging down first responders after being shot.
“The Sailors that lost their lives in the line of duty and showed exceptional heroism and bravery in the face of evil,” Capt. Tim Kinsella, the commanding officer of Naval Air Station Pensacola, said in a statement. “When confronted, they didn’t run from danger; they ran towards it and saved lives.”
The shooter opened fire inside a classroom at the naval base on Friday, killing three people and wounding two sheriff’s deputies, one in the arm and one in the knee, before one of the deputies killed him. Eight others were also hurt. Both deputies were expected to survive.
The official who spoke Saturday said one of the three students who attended the dinner party hosted by the attacker recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. Two other Saudi students watched from a car, the official said.
Ten Saudi students were being held on the base Saturday while several others were unaccounted for, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity after being briefed by federal authorities.
The FBI identified the shooter in a statement Saturday night as Mohammed Alshamrani, 21. Investigators said he was a 2nd Lt. in the Royal Saudi Air Force and was a student naval flight officer of Naval Aviation Schools Command. A U.S. official on Friday said the FBI was examining social media posts and investigating whether he acted alone or was connected to any broader group. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Two U.S. officials said Friday that authorities were investigating whether the attack was terrorism-related. They spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose information that had not yet been made public.
In remarks at a gathering of top U.S. defense and military officials on Saturday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper was asked whether he could say definitively that the shooting was an act of terrorism.
“No, I can’t say it’s terrorism at this time,” he said, adding that the investigation needs to proceed. He declined to discuss details of the investigation so far.
President Trump also declined to say whether the shooting was terrorism-related. The president tweeted his condolences to the families of the victims on Friday and noted that Saudi King Salman had reassured him in a telephone call that the shooter “in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people.”
But in comments echoing those made earlier by Esper, Trump said Saturday that he would review policies governing foreign military training in the U.S.
The U.S. has long had a robust training program for Saudis, providing assistance in the U.S. and in the kingdom. Currently, more than 850 Saudis are in the United States for various training activities. They are among more than 5,000 foreign students from 153 countries in the U.S. going through military training.
https://www.libertyheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/AP19341687285533-e1575814533528-448x189.jpg
“This has been done for many decades,” Trump said. “I guess we’re going to have to look into the whole procedure. We’ll start that immediately.”
Speaking at the Ronald Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, on Saturday, Esper and others downplayed any initial impact on U.S.–Saudi ties.
Asked whether he would now hesitate to send U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia, he said, “No, not at all.” He said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have shared security interests, especially with regard to Iran.
The shooting has shined a light on the sometimes rocky relationship between the two countries, however.
The kingdom is still trying to recover from the killing last year of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Saudi intelligence officials and a forensic doctor killed and dismembered Khashoggi on Oct. 2, 2018, just as his fiancée waited outside the diplomatic mission.
Naval Air Station Pensacola is one of the Navy’s most historic and storied bases. It sprawls along the waterfront southwest of the city’s downtown and dominates the economy of the surrounding area.
Part of the base resembles a college campus, with buildings where, in addition to foreign students, 60,000 members of the U.S. Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard train each year in multiple fields of aviation.
Kinsella said the base would remain closed until further notice.
Residents of Pensacola mourned the attacks and offered their condolences to affected members of the community.
Family members on Saturday identified one of the victims as a 23-year-old recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who alerted first responders to where the shooter was even after he had been shot several times.
“Joshua Kaleb Watson saved countless lives today with his own,” his older brother Adam Watson wrote on Facebook. “He died a hero and we are beyond proud.”
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3471832802856693&set=a.171280769578596&type=3&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertyheadlines.com%2Fsaudis-detained-pensacola-shooting%2F
A second victim was identified as Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, Florida, who joined the Navy after graduating from high school last year, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Haitham’s mother, Evelyn Brady, herself a Navy veteran, said the commander of her son’s school called her and told her Haitham had tried to stop the shooter.
The former track and field star had been assigned to flight crew training and was looking forward to graduating from the program later this month, Brady said.
“He said he was going to get his flight jacket for Christmas,” she said. “Now that’s not going to happen.”
The Navy identified the third victim as Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Georgia. All three were students at Naval Aviation Schools Command.
The shooting is the second at a U.S. naval base in one week. A sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing two before taking his own life.
Sort: Top
[–] Anon331717 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
If this had been a white American Christian, the FBI would have immediately labeled him as a terrorist. Since it is a goat fucking hadji, they cant say for sure it was terror related, even though the terrorists social media proves the point.
[–] SuckaFree 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Hadji's are Indian. We call these asshats "sand niggers" or "rag heads" or "goat fuckers."
[–] rughead 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Haji is anyone who makes a pilgrimage to Mecca (shit be upon Muhammad’s name)
[–] Anon331717 ago
hadj, hadji
Save Word
Sorry but you are incorrect.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hadj
[–] Chasmaniac 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I thought we were already called terrorists?
https://www.africanglobe.net/headlines/fbi-director-knewwhite-males-biggest-terrorist-threat/
I mean...if I can't trust Africanglobe for my news, who can I trust?!?
[–] 21646902? ago
So did he kill only jews?
[–] Anon331717 ago
What does that question have to do with what I posted?
[–] SuckaFree 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I think the one recording and the two others waiting in a car pretty much sums up all we need to know. It was a coordinated attack. Dude had help and was the one who volunteered for martyrdom. Which DS Hack/s were recently on social media posting about dogs or other encoded refs leading up to the attack? No way in hell was this a lone wolf style FF. They were ordered, but by whom is the real question.
[–] sunshine702 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I am very curious who this Goat Piss drinker met with in New York City. There are terror clusters. This was one. Remember the New Mexico compound. That was another
[–] angelCole 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't know but I wondered about a connection to POTUS'S firing of the Navy Secretary just weeks ago. I know this was part of a bigger conspiracy but was this used to blame POTUS since they started with that immediately.
[–] webster_warrior 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Train them in Saudi Arabia. Don't bring them here.
[–] SuckaFree 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
How about we DON'T train them?
[–] needlesdog 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Now your talking, love it!
[–] webster_warrior ago (edited ago)
An even better idea. Someone has created a need for all those arms sales. We are told it is ancient rivalries. The cost to our economy is in the trillions. I don't know Washington inside, but can only guess this aspect of the budget attracts a lot of the kind of attention the people really do not need -- hustlers, arms dealers, cloak and dagger spooks, double agents on all sides, dual citizens, on and on, not to mention Arabs and Moslems in our Navy.
[–] WillGreeley 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
A Day of Shame in America! Shame we have allowed the 'Enemy' an open door to terrorism on our own soil!
The Democrats are personally responsible for this shame and terrorism! Paying people to hate, terrorize America and Israel!
[–] RedMower 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Not terrorism.Assault on a American Military installation by a Foreign Government. It's an act of War.
[–] WillGreeley 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
There is something wrong with this picture, thus far. The msm left wing arm of the D party in America is meddling with the truth so much we may never get to hear the truth of the matter.
[–] JJS1 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Aside from what the hell are they on USA soil in our bases anyway my question is why are we always reactive after something happens instead of proactive to keep danger out .
[–] ColonelFlag 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Can't sell million dollar aircraft to countries unless someone can fly them. That simple. Nothing to do with defense, simply big bucks.
[–] Rootcause 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yep - follow the $$ - always follow the $$! There we will find the answer!
[–] Texasjoker 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
And yet Navy isn’t calling it A Terrorist attack.
[–] Thanandon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Obama purged the military of many of its high ranking officers, and promoted malleable POS in their place. There are certainly many more military "leaders" that need to be actively relieved of their command. They are worms in the apple.
[–] rughead 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Kick them out. Fuck them and their training
[–] CMAnon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Most push Jews as bad guys. I'm starting to wonder if it's Saudi's? Here's why.
1) No political party affiliations. Saudi's just rule by decree. They don't have negative domestic news coverage. As a result they don't have to explain what they're doing with their wealth.
2 They are the reason the petro-dollar was conceived. This has allowed them to manipulate the markets with their oil pumps. Control the markets you control the countries whose debt you own. Control the countries you control the politicians.
3) Take advantage of and hide behind the Jews. The easy deduction is to blame Jews. Why? because they've been blamed for centuries for everything. Nobody will think otherwise if you blame the Jews. They'll just shrug and life goes on.
4) Saudi's piloted the planes on 9/11, not Jews.
5) They blew up Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia
6) Wahhabiism in SA is the most fundamental form of Islam and the most dangerous.
7) The world needs Saudi oil. Everyone would go to great lengths to keep Saudi's happy. If they turned the oil spigot off for a month it would have the rest of the world on it's knees. So, they have a virtual license to do whatever they want, wherever they want.
[–] sunshine702 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I can hate both. In fact kinda seems like they are flip side of the same coin
[–] CMAnon ago (edited ago)
You could but for purposes of seeing who is really up to some serious shit, the sand scratchers are all about child raping, keeping slaves, honor killing, genital mutilation, throat slashing, double-crossing, and trillions of dollars to spread terrorism, fund jihadists. The Jews allow Christian churches to exist in Israel but the Saudis don't permit them on their soil. They keep their women like slaves and answer to nobody. There's a lot we don't know about them but from what we do know...they are bad news in a big way.
[–] The_Real_Wahrheit ago
Q did give that list, in which the House of Saud was tops at $6bil +++++++ if I recall correctly. Sorry if my info is slightly off, didn't confirm exactly what Q wrote.
[–] CMAnon ago
It's lots more than $6Bil. Probably $6 Trillion