Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) chided the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in a tweet Wednesday, saying they should focus on “actual threats” like the Jihadist who took hostages at the Texas synagogue instead of targeting parents at school board meetings.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is facing fierce backlash concerning the Texas synagogue siege by an Islamic armed captor this past weekend.
The gunman who held worshipers hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, was “not specifically” targeting the Jewish community, the Special Agent in charge of FBI Dallas claimed shortly after the attack, prompting incredulity from critics in light of “Lady Al-Qaeda’s” vociferous antisemitic rhetoric.
The FBI identified the many who took four people hostage in the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram — a British national. All of the hostages were unharmed in the standoff that lasted nearly 12 hours on Saturday.
A man took four hostages at a Jewish synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday morning. After a ten-hour standoff, the three remaining hostages escaped and an FBI Hostage Rescue Team made entry. The FBI confirmed the suspect is dead.
