The Orlando killer Omar Mateen claimed responsibility identifying himself as an Islamic soldier in redacted transcripts released Monday morning of phone calls made during the June 12 slaughter.
“Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God [in Arabic]. I let you know, I’m in Orlando and I did the shootings,” Mateen told a 911 dispatcher during a 50-second phone call in the midst of the massacre.
“I pledge allegiance to [omitted] may God protect him [in Arabic], on behalf of [omitted],” Mateen told the dispatcher.
The Justice Department on Monday released the first official transcripts of multiple phone calls involving Mateen during the bloody attack. Missing are any references to ISIS or the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, although Mateen may have pledged allegiance to the ISIS chief.
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I guess we cannot handle the truth.
David DeGerolamo
