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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Pensacola terrorist attack leads to expulsion of Saudi students

The United States is removing nearly two dozen Saudi military students from a training program and sending them back to Saudi Arabia following after an investigation into a deadly shooting by a Saudi aviation student at a Florida navy base last month, Attorney General William Barr said Monday.

Many of the 21 cadets had contact with child pornography and possessed jihadist or anti-American material, Barr said. None is accused of having advanced knowledge of the shooting, which Barr said was motivated by “jihadist ideology” and has been classified as an act of terrorism.

The 21-year-old Saudi Air Force officer, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, opened fire at the base in Pensacola, killing three U.S. sailors and injuring eight other people. The Justice Department has been investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.

Officials have said Alshamrani hosted a party before the shooting, where he and others watched videos of mass shootings. The gunman had also apparently taken to Twitter before the shooting to criticize U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, another U.S. official told the AP last month.

Alshamrani, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy during the rampage at a classroom building, was undergoing flight training at Pensacola, where foreign military members routinely receive instruction.

The December shooting raised questions about how well international military students are screened before they attend training at American bases.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome, it's about time to begin kicking these potential terrorists out of this country. Years ago we were instructed "if you see something, say something". But the lack of motivation by the f.b.i. and other authorities, this useful concept to oust terrorists did nothing. It's good to see America finally beginning to take care of business.

Anonymous said...

Agreed, don't let our country train these terrorists for any type of combat.

Anonymous said...

Best decision possible!

Anonymous said...

Thank you