Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
The official FBI police report acknowledges shootings at 2am, it does
not confirm the occurrence of killings of hostages prior to 5am. The killings started when the Police SWAT Teams stormed the Building at 5.13am. (see Timeline Below)
The Orlando Police Department Timeline summarized in an FBI Tampa Press release not only suggests that no one was killed before 5.13am when the SWAT team broke into the building, it also confirms that the first deadly shots were fired at 5.14am and that the suspect was killed one minute later at 5.15am. This assessment was confirmed by Judge Napolitano in a Fox News report:
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The first reports of
shots came at 2.03am involving a confrontation between Mateen and a
security guard at the entrance of the nightclub ”An off-duty cop
working as a security guard at the club returned fire, prompting Mateen
to retreat further into the hotspot and take hostages, officials said.”
(New York Post, June 12, 2016).
According to police
statements, there was, however, no “active shooter situation” at 2am in
the morning, requiring an immediate police response. Moreover, there was no firm evidence that killings of hostages had taken place.
The
Orlando police authorities initiated a process of negotiation with
Mateen.
When Mateen said that “there would be an imminent loss of life,”
Orlando Police Chief John Mina (image right) was prompted “to end a
three-hour standoff and ordered the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and
freed dozens of people trapped in the club.” (New York Times, June 13, 2016).
Shortly after 5am, the
police using an armored vehicle burst through the wall of the building.
“A furious gunfight with 11 SWAT team members followed, during which
Mateen was killed and a cop was saved from death when a shot struck his
Kevlar helmet”. (New York Post ,June 12, 2016).
The Islamic State (ISIS)
allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released
by its Amaq news agency, saying the onslaught “was carried out by an
Islamic State fighter,” (Ibid).
What Really Happened?
The Orlando Police Department Timeline summarized in an FBI Tampa Press release not only suggests that no one was killed before 5.13am when the SWAT team broke into the building, it also confirms that the first deadly shots were fired at 5.14am and that the suspect was killed one minute later at 5.15am. This assessment was confirmed by Judge Napolitano in a Fox News report:
“Here’s what is news in the summary – nobody died until 05:13 in the morning, when the SWAT team entered. Prior to that no one had been killed. The 53 that were injured, and the 49 that were murdered all met their fates at the time of, and during, the police entry into the building,”Read more
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