2 hours ago, Dan747 said:

BREAKING - The National Guard shooter has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan illegal who entered the United States under the Biden administration in 2021 and reportedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

 

And he was granted asylum in the US by the Trump administration.

"The National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, came to the United States in 2021. Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and it was granted by the Trump admin in April 2025"

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13 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

You might want to look at the crime stats in DC.  Murder down 30%. Sex crimes down nearly 40%. Vehicle theft down 20%. Overall violent crime down 28%.

Hard to made any claim based on a very short term and under highly unusual circumstances. But we can agree that some types of crimes declined and not crime-free as claimed. 

15 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

And he was granted asylum in the US by the Trump administration.

"The National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, came to the United States in 2021. Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and it was granted by the Trump admin in April 2025"

 

Legal Status at Time of Incident: His initial legal permission to be in the U.S. had reportedly expired in September 2025, several months after his asylum was granted, meaning he may have been in the country illegally at the time of the shooting. 

Any wonder why I don't live in the US?  

14 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Hard to made any claim based on a very short term and under highly unusual circumstances. But we can agree that some types of crimes declined and not crime-free as claimed. 

"Crime free" is obviously hyperbole. Typical Trumpian New Yorker style bullsh1t.  But the numbers don't lie. 

5 hours ago, Fact said:

@Wydahoan   Remember Comey's 86 47?

Weak. 

5 hours ago, Fact said:

@Wydahoan

 

In 2023, New York Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., warned that then-candidate Donald Trump was "destructive to our democracy" and needed to be "eliminated." However, he quickly apologized for his comments, claiming that it was a "poor choice of words."

Quickly apologized, something that trump has never done in his lifetime. 

4 minutes ago, Wydahoan said:

Quickly apologized, something that trump has never done in his lifetime. 

AI quickie Gemini:

 

The phrase "Roy Cohn never admit you are wrong" summarizes a key principle of his "three rules" for winning: attack, deny everything, and always claim victory. This aggressive strategy also includes never apologizing and never admitting defeat, even when clearly in the wrong

3 hours ago, TedG said:

 

Legal Status at Time of Incident: His initial legal permission to be in the U.S. had reportedly expired in September 2025, several months after his asylum was granted, meaning he may have been in the country illegally at the time of the shooting. 

 

What I see is that he was indeed given asylum in September and has never been here illegally. What we need to know is the name(s) of the case officer(s) who approved his application. No hiding behind redactions when this sort of thing occurs.

And I see multiple news stories now confirming the shooter worked for the CIA. The CIA is thoroughly compromised. Shut it down and start over again with something like the OSS.

3 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

And he was granted asylum in the US by the Trump administration.

"The National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, came to the United States in 2021. Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and it was granted by the Trump admin in April 2025"

 

Served 10 years with US Special Forces, mostly Kandahar. His application, which included his wife and kids, likely was supported by some of the men he served with.

 

During the fall of Kabul, most of the Afghan army, ill trained despite 20 years of Western support, melted away, much like the ARVN. But like the hard core of the ARVN, it was the Afghan Special Forces who put up a stiff resistance, in some cases fighting until the last man standing, defending a government which had fled to Dubai, and a for a dream of a free and democratic Afghanistan (effectively destroyed in 2020 when the US government decided to conduct talks with an extremist Islamic movement, and decided to free thousands of extremists, despite Afghan government protests). In many cases, they were directly salaried by the Americans and British. For instance, CT333, the so called Triples, were embedded with the British, and conducted joint operations.

 

When the jig was up, these commandos took different decisions, depending where they were in their lives. Some went home, hoping the Taliban would leave them alone. They didn't, with hundreds tortured and killed. Some fled to Tajikistan, along with the Afghan Air Force, where there was a hope an organised resistance could be formed (never knew what happened to all those Afghan aircraft; mostly ground attack fixed wing). Over time, they were recruited by Iran and Russia, and have been reported involved in operations in Ukraine and Azerbijan.  Some took to the hills, forming the cadre that makes up the NRF, lead by Massoud, and the AFF, who has been extending operations in Kabul in 2025, forcing Taliban officials, who are looking to make a deal with America right now (and who are regularly complemented by the current President), to travel by night. Neither the NRF or AFF receive support from the Western powers. Lindsey Graham though is a champion of the NRF, so is showing some backbone.

 

Obviously details are to unfold. This man was granted asylum by the current government; the fact this man was in the US in November 2025 is on the present Trump government. They had an opportunity to remove him in April, and didn't take that option, but instead the current government took the option to regularise his presence, to encourage him to stay. Maybe they thought he had a purpose, like Marinus van der Lubbe. I would assume, because of the anti-immigrant/anti-foreigner atmosphere that US society has expressed since November 2024, that he must have had a particularly strong case to be granted refugee status. Its not unusual for incompetant governments to blame prior administrations for their mistakes, and this government is no different.

 

The Afghans should have known better. America has an historic record of abandoning its allies. It abandoned the Chinese to Mao. It abandoned Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea to the Communists. It abandoned the Iranians to the mad Mullahs.  In recent years, its become apparent that firearms are freely available in the US, and regulations restricting ownership are nothing more than a smokescreen.

 

Increasing shootings and massacres seems to be the way Americans now like to settle differences, often denied, disparaged by many commentators. Many other countries, like Finland and Switzerland, are as least as heavily armed as America, but they don't go around killing each other. Something rotten in American society.

32 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

What I see is that he was indeed given asylum in September and has never been here illegally. What we need to know is the name(s) of the case officer(s) who approved his application. No hiding behind redactions when this sort of thing occurs.

 

What you might find is a man who for 10 years gave blood, sweat and tears at the side of US Special Forces, thinking they were on the same side to defend a Free and Democratic Afghanistan, rewarded with a minimum wage job in America, and no support for the undoubted PTSD he suffered. Been more than a few ex US military go loco in recent years.

 

The idea of long term Islamist sleepers is a fiction that Hollywood created through things like Homeland. Ultimately members of the cabinet bear responsbility for decsions taken. Noem for the chop, maybe Hegseth as well; as I recall he served in Afghanistan. Has he ever been asked to support asylum applications by former members of the Afghan special forces?

 

On the otherhand, he might have just been a low level grunt, taken on because he spoke a bit of English, and people are egging up a CIA/whatever connection. And he shot some soldiers for much the same reason Americans murder each other, regularly. No job, pissed off with life, angry at his life suicidal, crazed. In America, uniquely perhaps, the common solution to all of ones problems in life is to conduct murder, and take it from there.

All asylum seekers in the US undergo mandatory and rigorous security screening that involves multiple federal and intelligence agencies including counter terrorism agencies. There are reports of FBI reassigning staffs from Domestic Terrorism operation sections and even considering disbanding it entirely. DHS has reportedly dismantle a national database used to curb domestic terrorism. Just my opinion whether the weakening of the counter terrorism left survelliance gaps. 

44 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

 

Served 10 years with US Special Forces, mostly Kandahar. His application, which included his wife and kids, likely was supported by some of the men he served with.

 

During the fall of Kabul, most of the Afghan army, ill trained despite 20 years of Western support, melted away, much like the ARVN. But like the hard core of the ARVN, it was the Afghan Special Forces who put up a stiff resistance, in some cases fighting until the last man standing, defending a government which had fled to Dubai, and a for a dream of a free and democratic Afghanistan (effectively destroyed in 2020 when the US government decided to conduct talks with an extremist Islamic movement, and decided to free thousands of extremists, despite Afghan government protests). In many cases, they were directly salaried by the Americans and British. For instance, CT333, the so called Triples, were embedded with the British, and conducted joint operations.

 

When the jig was up, these commandos took different decisions, depending where they were in their lives. Some went home, hoping the Taliban would leave them alone. They didn't, with hundreds tortured and killed. Some fled to Tajikistan, along with the Afghan Air Force, where there was a hope an organised resistance could be formed (never knew what happened to all those Afghan aircraft; mostly ground attack fixed wing). Over time, they were recruited by Iran and Russia, and have been reported involved in operations in Ukraine and Azerbijan.  Some took to the hills, forming the cadre that makes up the NRF, lead by Massoud, and the AFF, who has been extending operations in Kabul in 2025, forcing Taliban officials, who are looking to make a deal with America right now (and who are regularly complemented by the current President), to travel by night. Neither the NRF or AFF receive support from the Western powers. Lindsey Graham though is a champion of the NRF, so is showing some backbone.

 

Obviously details are to unfold. This man was granted asylum by the current government; the fact this man was in the US in November 2025 is on the present Trump government. They had an opportunity to remove him in April, and didn't take that option, but instead the current government took the option to regularise his presence, to encourage him to stay. Maybe they thought he had a purpose, like Marinus van der Lubbe. I would assume, because of the anti-immigrant/anti-foreigner atmosphere that US society has expressed since November 2024, that he must have had a particularly strong case to be granted refugee status. Its not unusual for incompetant governments to blame prior administrations for their mistakes, and this government is no different.

 

The Afghans should have known better. America has an historic record of abandoning its allies. It abandoned the Chinese to Mao. It abandoned Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea to the Communists. It abandoned the Iranians to the mad Mullahs.  In recent years, its become apparent that firearms are freely available in the US, and regulations restricting ownership are nothing more than a smokescreen.

 

Increasing shootings and massacres seems to be the way Americans now like to settle differences, often denied, disparaged by many commentators. Many other countries, like Finland and Switzerland, are as least as heavily armed as America, but they don't go around killing each other. Something rotten in American society.

Thanks for posting.  Very informative.

9 hours ago, JAG said:

 

Yes, refering to posters making entirely valid points as "sick repulsive terrorist lover" and "violent hate ridden Trump deranged freaks" has rather dragged it down to a new low.

 

If I were you I would lie down in a darkened room for a while until your rage (and blood pressure) subside.

 

You share his views and therefore your response is both unoriginal and predictable.

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

You share his views and therefore your response is both unoriginal and predictable.

No you opened your big mouth ,like mm's do all the time.

Facts don't matter to you,only your misplaced love for some one who does not care one iota 

about you.

You "Effed up" like normally.

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

You share his views and therefore your response is both unoriginal and predictable.

You are probably the most unoriginal and predictable poster on this forum!

This is kind of on plan for the fascist Trump regime.

He expected lall kinds of violence in his reaction to his military federalization in U.S. cities.

Getting the violence gives him more fuel to go even further.

Not saying a false flag but it's the kind of thing you would do in a false flag.

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47 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

This is kind of on plan for the fascist Trump regime.

He expected lall kinds of violence in his reaction to his military federalization in U.S. cities.

Getting the violence gives him more fuel to go even further.

Not saying a false flag but it's the kind of thing you would do in a false flag.

OMG....

30 minutes ago, TedG said:

OMG....

You'd need to be clueless or in the maga cult to not understand that Trump is intentionally baiting violence. 

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You'd need to be clueless or in the maga cult to not understand that Trump is intentionally baiting violence. 

And people like you claim the left does not engage in conspiracy theories.  

Just now, TedG said:

And people like you claim the left does not engage in conspiracy theories.  

It's logic actually. 

Didn't take long for the claims of conspiracy and nonsensical attempts at a politicization of a tragedy.

 

15 hours ago, gargamon said:

The US has gun laws to permit firearm access to counter a government out of control. Enough said.

 

Et voila. The "government" is not out of control. Your disagreeing with government administration policies does not determine "control".

 

15 hours ago, Mason45 said:

Those f*****g lefties are are are it again,

 

And voila again. It is very unlikely the suspect is a leftie. Violent people who shout Islamic religious slogans are almost always conservative and not considerate of progressive policies.

 

14 hours ago, Fact said:

Democrat. 

 

Voila again. Truly an idiotic and infantile  statement.

 

13 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Trump pledge crime free DC. LOL. His action to send the National Guard has consequences 

 

Unfounded. You are no better than the  extreme rightists  blaming this on liberals.  An apparently mentally ill brute, infused with Islamic fervour is unlikely to have been expressing his displeasure with the DC public security initiative.

 

 

12 hours ago, TedG said:

I had no issues seeing members of the National Guard at Union Station in DC.  I don't understand they the left is so upset over the guard helping out law enforcement. 

 

The concern is that the National Guard may not be the most appropriate personnel to assist with daily public safety. Many US citizens do not want to see  military personnel in battle gear deployed on their streets. USA isn't supposed to be a war zone.

 

10 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

You might want to look at the crime stats in DC.  Murder down 30%. Sex crimes down nearly 40%. Vehicle theft down 20%. Overall violent crime down 28%.

 

Weren't the crime stats indicating a decrease in  crime anyway, prior to the National Guard deployment?

 

5 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

All asylum seekers in the US undergo mandatory and rigorous security screening that involves multiple federal and intelligence agencies including counter terrorism agencies. There are reports of FBI reassigning staffs from Domestic Terrorism operation sections and even considering disbanding it entirely. DHS has reportedly dismantle a national database used to curb domestic terrorism. Just my opinion whether the weakening of the counter terrorism left survelliance gaps. 

 

Ok, but what does that have to do with this incident? The man was admitted 4 years ago wasn't he? That was prior to the changes that may have occurred. If he was on a visa overstay, then it only supports the  Trump initiative to remove such people.

I just hope that this is not another Pizzagate Conspiracy.

 

Is the USA out of control, yet?

 

 

I read that both of the victims were on the job less than 24hrs. 20 and 24 years old. Pretty sad 

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

It's logic actually. 

There is no logic in your mind. 

18 hours ago, Tug said:

I’m delightedly corrected!!im a bit mystified as to how you can say this afghan is a democrat how does that work?perhaps you imbibe of the magga juice to much???

Amazing. You're the first to post as usual. You post a big fat lie that both victims are dead and 1 hour later it's " I'm delightfully corrected" and your very next comment is back to maga/ trump derangement. Unreal. 

1 hour ago, TedG said:

There is no logic in your mind. 

Ad hominem garage.

There was zero need for the guard to be in DC. Fascist Trunp theater 100 percent This wouldn't have happened without the guard being there.