Posted on May 23, 2017
Do you think ISIS is taking "credit" for the Manchester bombing just because nobody else has?
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Just curious if I'm the only one that thinks ISIS may be jumping on an opportunity to claim a terrorist/terror like attack because nobody has yet claimed responsibility. For all we know it could have been some demented nut job like we had at the Aurora Theater mass shooting. I think ISIS is looking to gain infamy from claiming attacks they haven't committed. Am I over thinking this horrible act?
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ISIS has open-sourced terror. Through their social media presence, they are able to recruit for, direct, and claim global acts of terror against a variety of targets. It doesn’t matter if they really had anything to do with it or not, their span of control is flat and wide: mention on social media you want to blow something up, wait for something to get blown up, then take credit for it. It’s low risk and high payoff.
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You're overthinking it. There would be nothing gained from them bombing an event, especially children, which could swing the vote more in favor of Theresa May for PM. Heck, if anything, I was almost thinking a false-flag just to get the vote back more in the tories' favor, since the PM is pretty close to going to Corbyn and the Labour Party.
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LCpl Shane Couch
It is sad that this was directed at teens and younger. My girlfriends niece had some friends at that concert but nobody has heard from them as of early this morning, but I am not sure as of right now.
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SSgt Ryan Sylvester
Hope they are alright. Last I've seen, there were 50 or so children still unaccounted for. I'm thinking a response is being planned right now, as we speak.
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LCpl Shane Couch
I do know that a nearby hotel has/had several unclaimed children that ran there for safety and the police were refusing to let them leave without their parents proving that they are their child. Train schedules have been affected coming into Manchester from surrounding cities. It is a 6 hour train to Manchester from where her friends live.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
SSgt Ryan Sylvester - The "nothing" that would be gained is the advancement of terror and the destabilization of western governments & society, which is the whole point of terrorism. The whole "false flag" idea is ludicrous, unless you think someone in the west would actually recruit a suicide bomber.
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Sadly we probably will never know if the attack was carried out by someone who was a part of ISIS or not. I'm sure that ISIS has claimed responsibility for many of the recent terror attacks. While it brings more pressure on them, it also makes the look stronger and more desirable to future recruits and this is why they continue to do it.
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