Officials are investigating whether the shooting suspects were linked to Isis,but past attacks point to us that so-called ‘pledges’ can mean any number of things The news that US investigators are evaluating evidence that Tashfeen Malik may have either “pledged allegiance to the Islamic State” or expressed support for the group before launching the attacks which killed 14 and wounded 21, in San Bernardino, or California,on Wednesday prompts many questions. whether Isis were to be directly responsible, or even played a significant indirect inspirational role, or the killings would be a major escalation of terrorist threat and activity on US soil. But we are far from establishing such a link – and the motives of the attackers remain extremely unclear.
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Source: theguardian.com