There are some media reports, vague reports, that Noor Salman the terrorist’s wife, has mysteriously slipped away into “hiding”. Let’s hope those reports are incorrect and the FBI is tailing/tracking her. However, a direct question by the Daily Mail to the brother-in-law of terrorist Mateen makes the circle of knowledge seem wider than media previously would admit.
From the outset the social patterns -specific behavioral patterns- of Omar Mateen (shooter), Noor Salman (wife), Mariam or Mary (sister), and Seddique Mateen (dad), seem transparently obvious to have known in advance something was about to happen.
The similarities in networks and familial behaviors between Omar Mateen/Noor Salman and the San Bernardino terrorists Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik are very, very similar.
Now this report about Mariam Seddique’s husband, Mustafa Abasin (Omar Mateen’s brother in law), from Daily Mail:
[…] Asked by DailyMail.com, if he could explain why Mateen sold him his home for just $100 he said he could not comment.
When DailyMail.com put it to him that there was a suggestion that this meant he knew about his plans for the shooting ahead of time and asked, ‘Did you know?’
He said, ‘I will not comment, I will not comment.’
When asked if he had been questioned by the FBI and if he was helping them with their investigation he refused to comment.
[…] It was revealed on Thursday that Salman called her husband a little after 2am when his mother contacted her and said she was concerned about his whereabouts, a law enforcement official working on the investigation told CNN.
Mateen, who was just starting his brutal massacre at that time, did not answer, so at 2.30am Salman texted: ‘Where are you?’
At that point Mateen responded, telling his wife: ‘Do you see what’s happening?’
When she replied back to that by texting ‘no’ he wrote: ‘I love you babe.’
There were no text messages exchanged between the two after that, though Salman did call her husband again a few hours later during his standoff with police. He did not answer his phone.
It was also revealed on Friday that Mateen may have given his wife access to bank accounts and taken out life insurance policies in the past few weeks. (read more)
