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We re joined now by cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. paul, people are saying this man appears to have acted alone. he wanted an isis flag, no one knows if there s any direct link between this man who calls himself sheik haron and isis. but is this a new model? where there doesn t need to be a direct connection between a person and isis itself where people only need to be inspired to commit terror? that s right, john. all the indications is this is a loan wolf attack. that he was inspired by isis. he wanted to do this to retaliate for u.s. and italian air strikes against isis in iraq and syria. in a recent posting he talks about the australians and the americans as terrorists so that appears to be the motivation here. it s a new model for isis. the isis spokesman back in september called for lon wolf attacks in the west in a fatwa. ....
Was effectively setting up his own broadcast channel of what was going on inside at his will. four times he posted videos among other ways through a service called live leak which is a uk-based service where people can post videos. these were videos from hostages pleading for the authorities to go along with his demands. we have a clip from one of the last ones here. take a listen to what he had on here. please help us. it s simple. he wants an isis flag and he wants tony abbot to speak to him on live media. pretty straightforward. what else can we do? we are begging. that was from the last one so it was more intense than the earlier ones but in each one there was a recitation of these simple demands to talk to the prime minister to begiven an isis flag and for this to be called an isis attack on australia and he had control over that part of the message here that complicates things for ....
There was a stabbing by an isis inspired teen in melbourne. australia has been grabbling with radicalization for quite a long time there was a lot that year in sydney, another plot in 2000 linked to an al shabab support group. there s a large lebanese diaspora population in australia and some of the second generation have become radicalized and we ve seen people travel across to syria quite easy for these lebanese peek to travel there. about 15 have been killed there. a couple dozen believe to have return from australia. australia is dealing with its problem just like that united states. paul, you have your ear to the ground and soshl media on days like this. what are terror groups saying? ....
These public protests, draping himself in chains, holding up letters saying he was being politically persecuted. interestingly, in a lot of his social media logs he gets increasingly radical and on his web site seems to pledge allegiance to isis. there s no indication at this point, for example, that there was any communication or direct communication with isis in syria or iraq at all. so he does seem to be somebody who was sort of acting out on his own for the most part and doesn t seem to be affiliated with any particular muslim community or organization in australia. but somebody very outspoken and known very much to police. and atika, our evan perez in washington says that the united states knew of this man and had their eye on him. as you say at this moment, no link apparently between him and anyone else. are they calling this a lone wolf incident at this point? no one s calling it that yet. ....
Anyone who wants to be a member, sign on, follow us on twitter and facebook and do violent acts in our name. so many many ways while lone wolf is accurate in the seasons that he was never trained or told by isis to do this the fact we re talking about isis 1 good for isis brand. this is exactly what they would want. and the number of people willing to do this, unfortunately, is infinite. these are not the days of the al qaeda training camps in afghanistan where hundreds would flock there and learn how to be a terrorist. now all it takes, as you said before, is simply a computer to be radicalized and get the idea to do this. i want to talk about the last few minutes of this siege. you ve been saying all night that time was on the authorities side. this man would get tired and it would provide an opportunity go in. the fact now that we know at least two people are dead, there are several more injured, does that indicate that the end may be did not happen as authorities ....