For years it has been a central element of the SPLC/CAIR rap sheet on me that I’m an “extremist” for pointing out there is no reliable way to distinguish allies from jihadis among the Muslims we’re working with. Yet here again, the point is proven.

“Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know,” by Jessica McBride, Heavy, December 6, 2019:

Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani was identified as the active shooter armed with a handgun who killed three people and wounded eight more at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. Alshamrani was first named in a tweet from NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian.

According to the Associated Press, the gunman has been identified as a Saudi national. “He was in the aviation pipeline. He was training in aviation,” the base commander said in a news conference.

Authorities have not said whether they are considering the Pensacola shooting an act of terrorism; the AP reported that authorities are looking into whether that’s the case, though. According to the commander, who spoke at a news conference, the base hosts international students for flight training….

1. Alshamrani Was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force & the Florida Governor Says the Saudi Arabian Government Now Owes a ‘Debt’ to the Victims

DeSantis said there are “a lot of questions about this individual being a foreign national, being a part of the Saudi Air Forece, and then to be training on our soil and then to do this.” He said authorities are investigating to try to answer all of those questions.

“The government of Saudi Arabia needs to make things better for these victims, and I think they’re going to owe a debt here, given that this is one of their individuals.”

The governor said that “obviously when you have a foreign national involved, you know, particularly in that part of the world, the investigation is going to be different than if it was somebody from a local community.”

According to the Associated Press, the suspect was “a Saudi aviation student.” CNN reported that the suspect was “a member of the Saudi Arabian military training at the station.” President Donald Trump tweeted that King Salman of Saudi Arabia “just called to express his sincere condolences and give his sympathies to the families and friends of the warriors who were killed and wounded in the attack that took place in Pensacola, Florida.”

Alshamrani was a “Saudi Air Force member,” NBC reported. The New York Times called him “Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani.” Metro UK reported that Alshamrani “was in the US learning how to fly American aircraft sold to the Saudi Arabian army.”….