Recently, two gunmen attempted to the ambush an event in Garland, Texas, where political cartoons of ISIS were on display. One suspect, identified as Elton Simpson by a federal law enforcement source, linked himself to ISIS in a tweet posted just before the attack. Simpson even had a history with federal power. The other suspect, identified as Nadir Soofi by two federal law enforcement officials,was Simpson's roommate in a Phoenix apartment. Simpson and Soofi never made it inside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, where a right-wing Dutch politician who's on an Al Qaeda hit list was speaking SUnday evening.
Living fairly close to Garland this was a shock, and you wouldn't expect these things to happen "close to home". Terrorism isn't something you'd expect in a smaller town, unfortunately the icon for terrorism in the U.S. will always be 9-11.
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