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Orlando massacre shows chinks in USA anti-terrorism strategy

  Bloomberg The FBI let the Orlando mass-shooting suspect slip through its grasp despite interviewing him twice since 2013 due to a lack of evidence to hold him, a troubling fact that will pressure officials struggling to detect lone terrorists without eroding basic civil liberties. The FBI is investigating Sunday’s killing spree at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, as an ...

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US Muslim leader condemns attack, slams extremists

  Washington / AFP The head of a prominent US Muslim advocacy group strongly condemned the nightclub massacre in Florida, calling members of the IS group an “aberration” amid allegations the gunman was inspired by the extremists. Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also called for unity and urged politicians not to “exploit” the slaughter in ...

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Massacre thrusts terror threat into American presidential race

  Bloomberg White House hopeful Donald Trump appeared bent on exploiting massacre in Orlando to boost the argument that he can be trusted to tackle terrorism over rival Hillary Clinton. With many victims of the carnage yet to be identified, and police still probing the suspected extremist’s ties of the slain gunman, Trump wasted no time in harnessing the assault ...

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