{"id":1218324,"date":"2022-01-15T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218324"},"modified":"2022-01-15T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T23:19:27","slug":"white-house-releases-statement-on-synagogue-hostage-situation-leaves-out-major-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-statement-on-synagogue-hostage-situation-leaves-out-major-details\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Releases Statement On Synagogue Hostage Situation, Leaves Out Major Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-releases-statement-on-synagogue-hostage-situation-leaves-out-major-details%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration released a statement about the hostage situation at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Saturday and subsequently faced backlash for leaving out major details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@POTUS has been briefed about the developing hostage situation in the Dallas area,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted. \u201cHe will continue to receive updates from his senior team as the situation develops. Senior members of the national security team are also in touch with federal law enforcement leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged suspect who took hostages at the synagogue claims to be the brother of a terrorist who is incarcerated in Texas after she was convicted of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/armed-man-takes-hostages-texas-synagogue-source\/story?id=82285896\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The suspect\u2019s sister is a known terrorist who is incarcerated at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth and he is demanding to have the sister freed, according to the source.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel,\u201d ABC News correspondent Aaron Katersky tweeted. \u201cHostage taker is Muhammad Siddiqui and claims to be Aafia Siddiqui\u2019s brother. He is demanding her freedom from an 86-year prison sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki was called out online by various notable accounts for the lack of details that the administration provided:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">tell us what the situation is press sec <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BXSNfldOB5\">https:\/\/t.co\/BXSNfldOB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaJoNYC\/status\/1482489644679933959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So was this in a McDonald&#8217;s? Walmart? Public School? No important additional info? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3sv8LAyLj6\">https:\/\/t.co\/3sv8LAyLj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Neoavatara\/status\/1482483286270263300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You couldn\u2019t mention that it is taking place in a synagogue? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Bi69R1Whl\">https:\/\/t.co\/9Bi69R1Whl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Annika H Rothstein (@truthandfiction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/truthandfiction\/status\/1482483182775775234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Any other details about where this is occurring, Jen?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1482476441002405888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing more specific than this? We have more confirmed critical details.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLHeinrichs\/status\/1482481890594598917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aafia Siddiqui is \u201clinked to al Qaeda and was convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan,\u201d Foreign Policy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2014\/08\/26\/lady-al-qaeda-the-worlds-most-wanted-woman\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cSiddiqui \u2026 who\u2019s known in counterterrorism circles as \u2018Lady al Qaeda,\u2019 has been linked to 9\/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and was once on the FBI\u2019s most-wanted terrorists list. Educated in the United States \u2014 she studied at M.I.T. and received a doctorate from Brandeis \u2014 Siddiqui was arrested in 2008 in Afghanistan carrying sodium cyanide, as well as documents describing how to make chemical weapons and dirty bombs and how to weaponize Ebola. When FBI and military officials tried to question Siddiqui, she grabbed a weapon left on the table in her interrogation room and fired upon them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently conducting SWAT operations around the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Rd. All residents in the immediate area are being evacuated. Please avoid the area,\u201d the Colleyville Police Department wrote. \u201cUPDATE 1\/15\/22, 4:50 PM The situation at the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Road posted about earlier remains ongoing. We ask that you continue to avoid the area. We will continue to provide updates via social media. Media staging area is Good Shepherd Catholic Church 1000 Tinker Rd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are currently conducting SWAT operations around the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Rd. All residents in the immediate area are being evacuated. Please avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleyville Police (@ColleyvillePD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColleyvillePD\/status\/1482405122160345089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE 1\/15\/22, 4:50 PM The situation at the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Road posted about earlier remains ongoing. We ask that you continue to avoid the area. We will continue to provide updates via social media. Media staging area is Good Shepherd Catholic Church 1000 Tinker Rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleyville Police (@ColleyvillePD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColleyvillePD\/status\/1482487794320691206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Star Telegram reporter Jessika Harkay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alleged-hostage-taker-claims-to-be-brother-of-terrorist-convicted-of-trying-to-kill-troops-in-afghanistan\">tweeted<\/a> out remarks that the hostage taker allegedly made, which could be heard on the synagogue\u2019s live stream posted on Facebook before the tech giant took down the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t cry on the f***ing phone with me,\u201d a person, who is allegedly the hostage taker, said on the livestream. \u201cDon\u2019t f***ing cry on me. I have 6 beautiful kids \u2026 There are hostages in the synagogue who are going to die. \u2026 What are you crying for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to die, are you listening? \u2026 I\u2019m going to die doing this, alright? Are you listening? I\u2019m going to die. Don\u2019t cry about me,\u201d the person allegedly says. \u201cI\u2019m going to die. Don\u2019t cry about me. Are you listening? I am going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration released a statement about the hostage situation at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Saturday and subsequently faced backlash for leaving out major details. \u201c@POTUS has been briefed about the developing hostage situation in the Dallas area,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted. \u201cHe will continue to receive updates &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}