Frightening news out of New Mexico today:
BREAKING: Court documents say man arrested at New Mexico compound was training children to commit school shootings.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2018
Holy crap.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) August 8, 2018
Well that’s terrifying. https://t.co/34ffZPDEwH
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) August 8, 2018
Well, that's a headline. Time to look this one up.
— Corey (@elbryn_canticle) August 8, 2018
This is the one where they arrested three moms and two dudes because the children were starving. One of the kids got a message out asking for food and water. https://t.co/3QPhRpoxvl
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) August 8, 2018
Evil is real and walks among us. https://t.co/teUK4tWAD8
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 8, 2018
Indeed. Which is why it’s so important to fully expose it. The Associated Press failed in that regard.
Any other interesting tidbits about this "man?" ? https://t.co/qePXcDBi4H
— Code the Smirk (@lamblock) August 8, 2018
Well, AP?
Ahhhhh something mighty important left out of Tweet.
It appears to be a madrassa. https://t.co/ipBf4N178V
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) August 8, 2018
That seems … important. So, why’d they leave it out of their follow-up tweet, too?
The Latest: Prosecutors say in court documents that the father of a missing Georgia boy was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings. https://t.co/Sz3omSdlCD
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2018
Come on, AP.
Backstory for anyone who hasn’t been following this
Sickos busted for abusing kids at compound linked to controversial Brooklyn imam Siraj Wahhaj https://t.co/mwkqkqXGEy (via @nypost) https://t.co/M64EobaxlZ
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) August 8, 2018
Sickos busted for abusing kids at compound linked to controversial imam https://t.co/o8vALejVfc via @nypost
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) August 8, 2018
More from the New York Post:
The five people arrested for child abuse in New Mexico after they were found living with 11 children in “Third World” conditions are related to a controversial Muslim faith leader in Brooklyn who has been linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.
Siraj Wahhaj, 40; Lucas Morton, 40; Jany Leveille, 35; Hujrah Wahhaj, 38; and Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, were arrested and charged with 11 counts of felony child abuse for keeping the kids, ages 1 to 15, in squalid conditions at a compound made of garbage in the New Mexico desert.
Siraj Wahhaj is also accused of kidnapping his 3-year-old son Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj from Georgia in December.
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Siraj Wahhaj is the son of the Brooklyn imam of the same name, 68, who heads the Masjid At-Taqwa in Bedford-Stuyvesant, several congregants at the mosque confirmed to The Post.
Hujrah and Subhanah are the elder Wahhaj’s daughters. Morton is married to Sabhanah, and Leveille is the younger Wahhaj’s wife, according to public records and statements by the imam.
Whoa. Had no idea that one of the men arrested in the New Mexico compound is the son of well-known NYC imam Siraj Wahhaj. https://t.co/z4zZrWCQRJ
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) August 8, 2018
Had no idea? Maybe that was the AP’s point. Their article at least offers a little more information, but no details about Wahhaj’s background:
"Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was conducting weapons training at the compound near the Colorado border where 11 hungry children were found in filthy conditions. … [He] was training children at a New Mexico compound to commit school shootings.” https://t.co/bdQ528gZgO
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 8, 2018
But tweeters in search of outrage have no time to read the articles.
Siraj Wahhaj Sr was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 93 World Trade Center bombings. He is also Linda Sarsour's mentor.https://t.co/l9jPr1V85E
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) August 8, 2018
And we can’t have stuff like that getting out. Not when the NRA is gun grabbers’ favorite punching bag.
Can't wait to hear the gun rights crowd weigh in on his right to arm children for potential school shootings.
Will they thoughts and prayers him or go straight to crisis actor?
— Ruby Twill (@rubytwill) August 8, 2018
In all seriousness. Was the compound funded by @DLoesch and the @NRA?
— Justice Will Reign (@Notapaidprotest) August 8, 2018
Good guy with @NRA gun.
— ImpeachTheMotherfucker (@HawaiiS17) August 8, 2018
You know…a “well regulated militia”. The 2nd amendment should not be infringed, so conservatives don’t give a damn. They are still teaching their children to shoot, so it’s not different from this. Barbaric!!!
— Conservative Alter_Ego (@DG_Beantown) August 8, 2018
Right on cue.
People are tweeting misguided comments about that story that are not going to age well.
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) August 8, 2018
Eh, that’s OK. Mission accomplished, AP.
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Update:
WHOA: Linda Sarsour's got a VERY interesting connection to New Mexico child abuse case https://t.co/YCSdvvUOED
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2018
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