New developments on the Orlando shooter have put ISIS in a potentially awkward position

New developments on the Orlando shooter have put ISIS in a potentially awkward position

Multiple news outlets reported on Monday that the gunman who carried out the Orlando terrorist attack frequented the LGBTQ nightclub where he killed at least 49 people. He also used multiple gay-dating apps, according to several people who had communicated with him on the apps. And one of his former classmates told The Palm Beach Post that he believed […]

Do the right thing, Jesse Ventura

Do the right thing, Jesse Ventura

Telling this story gives me pause, because Jim Janos is now known as “Jesse Ventura,” former professional wrestler and former governor of Minnesota.

NARRATIVE FAIL: Orlando Islamic Terrorist Did NOT Use An AR-15

NARRATIVE FAIL: Orlando Islamic Terrorist Did NOT Use An AR-15

The anti-gun politimedia wasted no time at all demonizing the most common rifle in the United States as being the real villain of the Islamic terrorist attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Newsweek screamed, “ORLANDO SHOOTING PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON AR-15 RIFLE.” Judd Legume of Think Progress squeaked, “The NRA’s Love Affair With The AR-15, Weapon […]

When the Caliphate Crumbles: The Future of the Islamic State’s Affiliates

When the Caliphate Crumbles: The Future of the Islamic State’s Affiliates

Panic over which future Islamic State affiliate should be of chief concern rises each day as the Islamic State loses turf in Iraq and Syria and foreign fighters flee. This panic should be muted, though, as all Islamic State affiliates are not created equal. A scary jihad map from al Qaeda last decade looks remarkably […]

FBI had closely scrutinized the Orlando shooter before dropping investigation

FBI had closely scrutinized the Orlando shooter before dropping investigation

The FBI investigated the Orlando shooter for 10 months beginning in 2013, putting him under surveillance, recording his calls and using confidential informants to gauge whether he had been radicalized after the suspect talked at work about his connections with al-Qaeda and dying as a martyr. As part of the investigation, Omar Mateen, who was killed […]

Think Like a Green Beret: Active Shooter? Be a Hero

Think Like a Green Beret: Active Shooter? Be a Hero

A lot of Special Forces Green Beret training involves making decisions with limited information. Special Forces operations succeed or fail on the decisiveness of the men executing the plan. “If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow […]

Army veteran legally not male or female, judge rules

Army veteran legally not male or female, judge rules

Army veteran Jamie Shupe, who identifies as neither male nor female, can legally be considered nonbinary, a judge ruled. In what legal experts believe is Oregon’s first such ruling, Judge Amy Holmes Hehn said Friday that the Portland resident’s sex has been changed from female to nonbinary. “It feels amazing to be free from a […]

Omar Mateen’s Path to Radicalized Islam

Omar Mateen’s Path to Radicalized Islam

Omar Mateen, the Islamic terrorist responsible for at least 50 deaths after attacking a gay club in the Orlando, Florida area, has been linked to a radical Islamic school and individual by law enforcement. According to Fox News and their law enforcement source, Omar Mateen was reportedly a follower of Marcus Dwayne Robertson. “It is no coincidence that this […]

The Commander Who Was Willing To Sacrifice Our Own for the ‘Greater Good’

The Commander Who Was Willing To Sacrifice Our Own for the ‘Greater Good’

On 6 June, 2011, the men from Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion were patrolling near a village in Afghanistan’s Sangin Valley. That morning, all women, children, and livestock could be observed quickly evacuating the village, an occurrence termed “mass exodus,” which preceded all significant attacks against the Marines. This was observed by three surveillance aircraft, two […]

CIA chief: Missing report pages exonerate Saudi Arabia in 9/11 attacks

CIA chief: Missing report pages exonerate Saudi Arabia in 9/11 attacks

CIA chief John Brennan says that he believes 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 Commission report will soon be made public, and that they will prove that the government of Saudi Arabia had no involvement in the September 11 attacks. The families of those killed in the attacks have long wanted the pages from the […]

The Arab Revolt: A war of unintended consequences

The Arab Revolt: A war of unintended consequences

One hundred years ago this week, in the middle of World War I, an uprising erupted at the axis of the Islamic world, in Mecca. Encouraged by the British, the ruler of the holy city, Sharif Hussein, launched a revolt against the Ottoman Turks. The British hoped that Hussein’s ancestry and authority – he was […]

Islamic Extremist Kills 50 and Injures 53 in Attack on Florida Gay Nightclub

Islamic Extremist Kills 50 and Injures 53 in Attack on Florida Gay Nightclub

SOFREP is not afraid to call the attack on the Florida night club for what it is, an attack on the U.S. and the gay community by an Islamic extremist. As of right now there are 50 dead and 53 injured being reported from the mass shooting at a Florida nightclub early this morning. The numbers […]