Two UK teens arrested in connection with hostage situation at Texas Synagogue

Gone and soon forgotten

A pair of teens were arrested in the UK on Sunday evening in relation to an investigation of the Colleyville, Texas hostage-taking of a rabbi and his three worshipers. The teens were taken into custody by England's Greater Manchester Police and were being questioned, the Independent reported.

While we don't know what the connection the teens had to the hostage standoff, we can safely bet that they are not Jewish and might possibly be of the Islamic faith, jihad style. 

The situation began on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath at the Congregation Beth Israel, in Colleyville where a British Islamist Malik Faisal Akram, 44, held the victims captive and demanded the release of a female al Qaeda terrorist, Aafia Siddiqui.

Siddiqui, a devout Jew-hater and proud of it, is a Pakistani currently locked up in a federal prison in Texas and is serving an 86-year sentence for various terrorist activities.

The standoff lasted over 10 hours, part of which was seen on Facebook's live stream of the services, and ended with Akram being fatally shot by an FBI team after all four hostages were released unharmed.

Joe Biden, the FBI, the legacy media, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, had no idea what motivated Akram but it may have had something to do with his anti-Semitic remarks and his attempt at getting a fellow anti-Semite released from prison, but that's pure speculation for the Left.

Alleged President Joe Biden declared the hostage situation an “act of terror,” but said that authorities “just don’t have enough facts” to determine why Akram targeted the synagogue. Then he removed his head from his nether regions and still was confused.

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Biden said he spoke to US Attorney General Merrick Garland about the incident but even Garland didn't know why an anti-Semite would attack a synagogue. 

“We are focused. The Attorney General is focused. I’m making sure that we deal with these kinds of acts,” Biden said unconvincingly.

The only thing Biden is focused on is the Early Bird Special at the Cracker Barrel. 

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FBI stymied over motive of synagogue hostage taker who demanded release of Al Qaeda prisoner

The FBI has identified the Islamist who entered a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, took hostages and demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui from prison serving an 86 year sentence for trying to kill U.S. troops and more. But the FBI still cannot figure out why the suspect did his hostage taking in a Jewish house of worship on their Sabbath. The fact that anti-Semitism in the U.S. is at a 45-year high shouldn't matter because the suspect was a British national, and British people may have dental situations going on, but as a whole, they are quite nice.

Fortunately for the hostages, none of them were hurt, but the suspect was eventually killed because he had it his way.

The suspect was Malik Faisal Akram, 44, and he died at the scene during a. long standoff Saturday, in the town of Colleyville, located near Fort Worth.

The FBI's Evidence Response Team is looking for clues as to what may have motivated this man to go into a synagogue on Saturday. Of all days to select, he chose the Jewish Sabbath. And why would he demand the release of "Lady al Qaeda" as she is known as in the Islamic terrorist community? 

Siddiqui is a documented anti-Semite but the FBI hasn't established that Akram agreed with her ideology that all Jews should be destroyed along with Israel. Sure, perhaps some of our own politicians may agree with that sentiment, especially the ladies of the squad, but there is no evidence Akram felt the same. Perhaps it was just dumb luck the building he chose was a synagogue. Who knows?

"The FBI’s Evidence Response Team (ERT) will continue processing evidence at the synagogue. At this time, there is no indication that other individuals are involved," FBI Dallas said in an emailed statement, forgetting to mention a significant number in the Islamist community. "The FBI’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force (NTJTTF), which includes member agencies from across the region, will continue to follow investigative leads. An FBI Shooting Incident Review Team (SIRT) will conduct a thorough, factual, and objective investigation of the events."

Maybe they'll be lucky this time.

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The FBI urged anyone with information related to the incident to not submit tips at this time as this tends to jam up their phone lines and crash their internet. They assure us that they will figure it all out within the next few years, but currently they are quite busy working on the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

Meanwhile, the southern border remains open and FBI agents are hoping to find a traveler, [aka illegal alien] they can rely on to provide them with information about Mr. Akram's motive. 

It's a mystery.

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It's Over At Texas Synagogue: no injuries of hostages; suspect dead

After an hours-long standoff at a Colleyville, Texas synagogue, the gunman who had taken hostages is dead. [H/T Fox News]

The suspect had let one of the hostages leave the temple unharmed and the three remaining hostages were "out alive and safe," according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. "Prayers answered. All hostages are out alive and safe," he tweeted.

Just prior to that tweet a loud bang and then gunfire were heard at Congregation Beth Israel. Hostage negotiators were working feverishly to free the hostages.

"The subject is deceased," Colleyville police Chief Michael Miller told reporters at a news conference around 11:20 p.m. ET. The identity of the hostage taker was not being immediately released, possibly because he was a Muslim and we don't want to upset the apple cart.

Over 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the situation that began earlier in the morning. A SWAT team responded to the synagogue after the suspect entered it and took hostages during services that were being live-streamed on Facebook. 

The call to police went in at 10:41 a.m.

The suspect was evidently a supporter of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who in 2010 tried to murder and assault U.S. military personnel. She was sentenced to a mere 86 years and is being held at Federal Medical Center Carswell, at a prison in Fort Worth. 

She is also known as "Lady al Qaeda" but you can call her Al.

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As the hostage situation unfolded, the Colleyville cops tweeted that all residents in the immediate area of the synagogue were being evacuated, and an update was given at 1:20 p.m. explaining that the situation was still a situation and advised people to stay clear of the area.

ABC News reported the hostages included the synagogue's Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.

Rumor has it that CNN received 2 additional viewers at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, but that is not confirmed.

No injuries were reported other than those of the suspect.

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