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| Orlando Gunman Told Police That U.S. Should ‘Stop Bombing’ Syria and Iraq | Orlando Gunman Told Police That U.S. Should ‘Stop Bombing’ Syria and Iraq |
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| WASHINGTON — Omar Mateen, the gunman in this month’s massacre in an Orlando nightclub, told a crisis negotiator less than an hour after the attack began that America needed to “stop bombing Syria and Iraq” and he threatened more attacks in the coming days, according to an F. B. I account released Monday morning. | WASHINGTON — Omar Mateen, the gunman in this month’s massacre in an Orlando nightclub, told a crisis negotiator less than an hour after the attack began that America needed to “stop bombing Syria and Iraq” and he threatened more attacks in the coming days, according to an F. B. I account released Monday morning. |
| He also warned — falsely, it turned out — that there were bombs in a car outside the club and that “you people are gonna get it, and I’m gonna ignore it if they try to do anything stupid.” | He also warned — falsely, it turned out — that there were bombs in a car outside the club and that “you people are gonna get it, and I’m gonna ignore it if they try to do anything stupid.” |
| In a series of calls between 2:35 a.m. and 3:24 a.m. during the rampage, Mr. Mateen also spoke in Arabic and claimed responsibility “in the name of God the merciful,” and linked his attack to the Islamic State and to the terrorist attacks last year in and around Paris. | |
| The F.B.I.’s account of the emergency calls included no mention by Mr. Mateen of any hatred of gays or a desire to attack a gay nightclub in particular. The F.B.I. has been investigating the attack as a possible anti-gay hate crime, but the partial transcript offers nothing to back up that theory. | The F.B.I.’s account of the emergency calls included no mention by Mr. Mateen of any hatred of gays or a desire to attack a gay nightclub in particular. The F.B.I. has been investigating the attack as a possible anti-gay hate crime, but the partial transcript offers nothing to back up that theory. |
| At a news conference in Orlando, Ronald Hopper, an assistant agent in charge of the bureau’s Tampa Division, said the gunman made 911 calls during the shooting in a “chilling, calm and deliberate manner.” | At a news conference in Orlando, Ronald Hopper, an assistant agent in charge of the bureau’s Tampa Division, said the gunman made 911 calls during the shooting in a “chilling, calm and deliberate manner.” |
| In releasing parts of the written transcript, the F.B.I. decided to remove parts of the conversation in which Mr. Mateen was heard expressing his allegiance to the Islamic State and support for other extremist ideologies. | In releasing parts of the written transcript, the F.B.I. decided to remove parts of the conversation in which Mr. Mateen was heard expressing his allegiance to the Islamic State and support for other extremist ideologies. |
| Justice Department officials said they believed that including those sections would risk giving a platform for the terrorist ideologies that seem to have inspired Mr. Mateen, and would force survivors of the attack to hear his rants anew. | Justice Department officials said they believed that including those sections would risk giving a platform for the terrorist ideologies that seem to have inspired Mr. Mateen, and would force survivors of the attack to hear his rants anew. |
| But that decision opens up department officials to charges that they are playing down elements of radical Islamist beliefs in the attack — a politically charged issue that Donald J. Trump and other Republicans have seized upon. | But that decision opens up department officials to charges that they are playing down elements of radical Islamist beliefs in the attack — a politically charged issue that Donald J. Trump and other Republicans have seized upon. |
| The partial transcript adds another layer of detail to the horrific events of the June 12 rampage, as F.B.I. counterterrorism investigators and the local authorities in Orlando continue to try to piece together the gunman’s motivations and examine any help he may have received. | The partial transcript adds another layer of detail to the horrific events of the June 12 rampage, as F.B.I. counterterrorism investigators and the local authorities in Orlando continue to try to piece together the gunman’s motivations and examine any help he may have received. |
| Attorney General Loretta Lynch will visit Orlando on Tuesday to meet with the investigators. | Attorney General Loretta Lynch will visit Orlando on Tuesday to meet with the investigators. |
| The F.B.I. has interviewed Mr. Mateen’s wife, Noor Zahi Salman, at length to determine whether she will face charges in the case. She has acknowledged that she suspected her husband might be planning an attack and was with him when he went to buy ammunition and visited the Pulse nightclub beforehand, but she has insisted to investigators that she tried to talk him out of doing anything, officials said. | The F.B.I. has interviewed Mr. Mateen’s wife, Noor Zahi Salman, at length to determine whether she will face charges in the case. She has acknowledged that she suspected her husband might be planning an attack and was with him when he went to buy ammunition and visited the Pulse nightclub beforehand, but she has insisted to investigators that she tried to talk him out of doing anything, officials said. |
| Investigators continue to believe that Mr. Mateen was a “lone wolf” attacker who was apparently inspired by the ideologies of the Islamic State and other terrorist groups but was not directly in contact with any of them. | Investigators continue to believe that Mr. Mateen was a “lone wolf” attacker who was apparently inspired by the ideologies of the Islamic State and other terrorist groups but was not directly in contact with any of them. |
| “We currently have no evidence that he was connected to an Islamic terrorist group, but radicalized domestically,” Mr. Hopper said at the news conference. | “We currently have no evidence that he was connected to an Islamic terrorist group, but radicalized domestically,” Mr. Hopper said at the news conference. |