Yesterday (6/9/11) a 32 year old Hispanic man opened fire in a restaurant in Carson City, Nevada killing three uniformed National Guardsman and one civilian and injuring six others. The gunman then turned his AK-47 on himself and died later in hospital. There is no suggestion that this incident was related to Islamic terrorism and is most likely just a man with pre-existing mental health problems being driven over the edge during the long, labor day weekend.
However while it sounds racist I am interested to know more about the immigration status of the gunman, Eduardo Sencion and his relatives and close friends. There is a possibility that someone in the American intelligence community used any problems to put Sencion up to the attack. However the only real reasons I can think for doing this is to promote about Hispanic immigration into the US especially neighbouring Arizona's controversial laws on the matter.
Also the scene of off-duty but uniformed military reservists being shot and killed in a restaurant/cafe by men armed with AK-47's has been seen before in Israel during Palestinian uprisings. The UN vote on Palestinian statehood is taking place later this month. Israel has been warning that a no vote will lead to another Palestinian uprising. So this shooting could be an American attempt to bring Israel's claim to a wider audience in order to intimidate people into voting yes on Palestinian statehood.
Mind you I've not exactly been overwhelmed with information about the shooting so I could well be wrong.
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