by Deb Cupples | A gunman, reportedly an immigrant from Vietnam, took hostages and opened fire in a U.S. immigration center in New York. Thirteen people were killed. The man later, apparently, killed himself. (BBC)
After the incident, a Taliban leader in Pakistan claimed credit for the attack. Reuters (via Memeorandum) reports:
"Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baituallah Mehsud claimed on
Saturday responsibility for an attack on a U.S. immigration center in
New York state in which 13 people were killed.
"'I accept responsibility. They were my men. I gave them orders in reaction to U.S. drone attacks,' Mehsud told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
According to Fox, a Pakistani security analyst "dismissed the claim as a publicity stunt." Who knows?
Could be a stunt by the Taliban, but on the other hand the man may have been a terrorist. Sadly we will never know for sure either way.
Posted by: Ron Russell | April 04, 2009 at 07:54 PM
HI Ron,
How are you?
I agree. It's hard to know what actually happened.
Posted by: Deb | April 05, 2009 at 11:46 PM