And the list of countries in Trump's order doesn't include Saudi Arabia, where most of the September 11 hijackers were from, or other places with a more direct link to terrorism in America. But the culprits of recent deadly terror attacks aren't linked to the countries singled out by Trump's order. Omar Mateen, the man responsible for the Orlando nightclub shooting, the deadliest terror attack in the US since the September 11 attacks, was born in New York to Afghan parents. Kurzman said his research identified zero fatalities since September 11 caused by extremists from the seven nations in Trump's order. "That's something," Cohen said, "that law enforcement folks are going to be factoring into their violence prevention efforts."

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 07:30 UTC