OSINT SUMMARY
Monday 7th December 2015, the recent intelligence reports reveal a Somali refugee was linked to the latest Bernardino mass shootings that claimed lives of 14 American civilians and injuring several others.
According to the report, Syed Farook the shooter along with jihadist wife Tashfeen Malik had come to Minnesota as refugees from Somalia.
The Female shooter in San Bernardino California is reportedly to have pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader on social media (Facebook platform).
Farook together with his family came to U.S. a Somalia refugee programme that has been going on for decades.
Media reports on Fox News Company indicate the perpetrators of the San Bernardino terror shooting also were involved in radicalizing Elton Simpson one of the two jihadists who tried to storm into a Prophet Muhammad drawing contest in Garland, Texas, on May 4.
The jihadist plans were however foiled by an off-duty police who engaged them on a fierce gun fight before they could get into the auditorium where there was an art contest.
Reports also reveal that the Elton Simpson was radicalized over the Internet by former Somali refugee Mohammad Hassan,” WND reported on May 11.
Reports further cited that the radical Islamists once lived in Minnesota before traveling to Middle East to join ISIS. He is believed to have continued to recruit new ISIS fighters in the U.S. via Social media.
His used Twitter handle ‘Miski’ where tweeted radical tweets, once he tweeted: “The brothers from the Charlie Hebdo attack did their part. It’s time for the brothers in the #us to do their part.”
U.S. has been reluctant to admit San Bernardino was an act of terrorism but now FBI is confirming that the Somali refugee-turned-American terrorist Muhammad Hassan alias Miski has been in communication over the last month or so with Syed Farook, who gunned down 14 Americans as they celebrated an office Christmas party last week in San Bernardino.
