Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was called-out on social media this week after the notorious Twitter user failed to comment on the devastating Sri Lanka terror attacks that killed over 350 people on Easter Sunday.
“Twitter-obsessed @AOC posted 14 times about the terror attack on Muslims in New Zealand, but has posted nothing about the terror attack on Christians by Muslim extremists in Sri Lanka. Very odd,” posted Piers Morgan Tuesday afternoon.
Twitter-obsessed @AOC posted 14 times about the terror attack on Muslims in New Zealand, but has posted nothing about the terror attack on Christians by Muslim extremists in Sri Lanka.
Very odd.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 23, 2019
Other users blasted Cortez’ apparent silence on the subject; noting she had posted at least 14 times about the deadly attack on a New Zealand Mosque just weeks ago.
“At 1st I thought of saying, ‘Imagine being told your house of faith isn’t safe anymore.’ But I couldn’t say ‘imagine.’ Because of Charleston. Pittsburgh. Sutherland Springs. What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?” posted Ocasio-Cortez on March 15.
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NYPD TERROR CHIEF: Sri Lanka Easter Bombings Could Signal ‘Resurgence of al Qaeda’
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Counterterrorism weighed-in Monday on the series of deadly bombings that rocked Sri Lanka over the Easter weekend; saying the attacks could signify the “resurgence of al Qaeda” in the region.
"What you’re looking at is the kind of operation that would take a great deal of organization, a good deal of funding, and more importantly, a fairly large number of people for your average terrorist plot." — NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & @NYPDCT John Miller pic.twitter.com/A2AaxvL4Kz
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) April 22, 2019
“What we heard, we didn’t like. Which was a complex, multi-location attack that was very well organized. And then making sure we put the pieces into place here against any similar targets,” Miller said.
“Number one, is this the resurgence of Al Qaeda, which has been expanding its network to pick up these affiliates? Because it is certainly more their style. Number two: Is this an ISIS-influenced group? When ISIS has gone from being a caliphate, gone from being an infantry, and now remains solely as a terrorist group. And number three: Is this a local group that has grown in sophistication and complexity,” Miller added.
REPORT: Sri Lanka Officials Warned ‘Weeks’ in Advance of Terror Plot Against Churches
Few details emerged Monday just hours after a series of deadly bombings targeted Sri Lanka’s churches and hotels took the lives of nearly 300 people; with the New York Times reporting local authorities were warned “weeks” in advance of the Easter attacks.
“In the days leading up to the devastating suicide attacks that killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the country’s security agencies had been closely watching a secretive cell of the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a little-known radical Islamist organization that security officials in Sri Lanka now say carried out the attacks,” reports the New York Times.
“The security agencies had even been given specific intelligence on April 11 that the group, also known by the spelling National Thowheed Jama’ath, was planning to bomb Catholic churches. India appeared to have shared warnings with them about the group more than a week before then,” adds the author.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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