Gunman behind Pensacola attack is linked to al-Qaida

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Source: Associated Press, via AL.com

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Gunman behind Pensacola attack is linked to al-Qaida
Updated 9:54 AM; Today 9:47 AM

By The Associated Press

The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an al-Qaida operative, a U.S. official said Monday.

Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray were set to hold a news conference to announce developments in the shooting late last year at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, in which a Saudi Air Force officer killed three U.S. sailors, including Joshua Kaleb Watson of Enterprise, and injured eight other people.

The FBI declined to comment ahead of the news conference.

The contacts between the shooter, Mohammed Alshamrani, and the al-Qaida operative were discovered on the shooter's phone, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the case by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2020/05/gunman-behind-pensacola-attack-is-linked-to-al-qaida.html

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A Saudi Air Force officer who killed three U.S. sailors in an attack late last year at Pensacola Naval Air Station was linked to al Qaeda, a U.S. official said.
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[niyad]

1. How far we have fallen. wray and barr? Have to show me proof, verifiable proof, since I do not

Believe a word out of that liar's orifice.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. this

i agree.

[ancianita]

2. Barr is using Wray to prop his credibility as an AG.

Wray does his job. Chris Wray is no one's lackey.

Barr knows that the public now knows that he does what bloody donnie tells him, and so he trots out a show of good law enforcement to ride Wray's coattails.

[Grins]

4. Hannity/Limbaugh blaming Obama in 5..4..3..2... NM

[DURHAM D]

5. The Saudi link is more interesting than the al Qaeda link. nt

[Jim__]

6. Barr has no credibility. His being part of the announcement just undermines the message.