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&Dead, 12 injured, Fort Hood.

hypocritexposer

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At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base's public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday.

The official would not give his name nor additional details. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33678801/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
 
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Nidal Malik Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan





Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attacks at Fort Hood


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AP – Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, …
By APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers – 3 mins ago
FORT HOOD, Texas – A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army base on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 11 other people and left 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and the violence was believed to be the worst mass shooting in history at a U.S. military base.
The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., when shots were fired at the base's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening, said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood.
"It's a terrible tragedy. It's stunning," Cone said.
A law enforcement official identified the shooting suspect as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Two other soldiers taken into custody following the deadly rampage were later released, the office of a Texas congressman said. A spokesman for Rep. John Carter says Fort Hood officials informed Carter's office of the release. Carter's congressional district includes the Army base.
Officials at Fort Hood did not immediately return calls seeking comment to confirm the report.
It was unclear what the motive was. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said the Army major was about to deploy overseas, though it was unclear if he was headed to Iraq or Afghanistan and when he was scheduled to leave. Hutchison said she was told about the upcoming deployment by generals based at Fort Hood.
Military officials say Hasan, 39, was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July. The officials, who had access to Hasan's military record, said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because military records are confidential.
The Virginia-born soldier was single with no children. He graduated from Virginia Tech University, where he was a member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 1997. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001. At Walter Reed, he did his internship, residency and a fellowship.
Officials were investigating whether Hasan was his birth name or if he may have changed his name, possibly as part of a conversion to Islam. However, they were not certain of his religion.
The Soldier Readiness Center holds hundreds of people and is one of the most populated parts of the base, said Steve Moore, a spokesman for III Corps at Fort Hood. Nearby there are barracks and a food center where there are fast food chains.
A graduation ceremony for soldiers who finished college courses while deployed was going on nearby at the time of the shooting, said Sgt. Rebekah Lampam, a Fort Hood spokeswoman.
Greg Schanepp, Carter's regional director in Texas, was at Fort Hood, said John Stone, a spokesman for Carter. Schanepp was at a graduation ceremony when a soldier who had been shot in the back came running toward him and alerted him of the shooting, Stone said. The soldier told Schanepp not to go in the direction of the shooter, he said.
The wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texas, Cone said.
Lisa Pfund of Random Lake, Wis., says her daughter, 19-year-old Amber Bahr, was shot in the stomach but was in stable condition. "We know nothing, just that she was shot in the belly," Pfund told The Associated Press. She couldn't provide more details and only spoke with emergency personnel.
Pfund said Bahr joined the reserves when she was 17 to earn money for school and loved being in the military even though none of her friends were interested in joining the Army.
A Fort Hood spokesman said he could not immediately confirm any identities of the injured.
"I ask that all of you keep these families and these individuals in your prayers today," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said.
The shootings on the Texas military base stirred memories of other recent mass shootings in the United States, including 13 dead at a New York immigrant center in April, 10 killed during a gunman's rampage across Alabama in March and 32 killed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history at Virginia Tech in 2007.
Around the country, some bases stepped up security precautions, but no others were locked down.
"The bottom line for us is that we are increasing security at our gates because the threat hasn't yet been defined, and we're reminding our Marines to be vigilant in their areas of responsibility," said Capt. Rob Dolan, public affairs officer for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz.
In Washington, President Barack Obama called the shooting "a horrific outburst of violence." He said it's a tragedy to lose a soldier overseas and even more horrifying when they come under fire at an Army base on American soil.
"We will make sure that we get answers to every single question about this horrible incident," the commander in chief said. "We are going to stay on this."
Covering 339 square miles, Fort Hood is the largest active duty armored post in the United States. Home to about 52,000 troops as of earlier this year, the sprawling base is located halfway between Austin and Waco.
Fort Hood officially opened on Sept. 18, 1942, and was named in honor of Gen. John Bell Hood.
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Associated Press Writers Pam Hess, Anne Gearan, Lara Jakes, Suzanne Gamboa and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington, D.C., Jay Root in Temple, Linda Stewart Ball, Anabelle Garay and Andre Coe in Dallas and Colin Fly in Milwaukee and the Associated Press News Research Center contributed to this report.
(This version CORRECTS name to Nidal Malik Hasan, corrects immigrant shootings to April, from March.) )
 
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Seems the shooter survived . I guess that means he will miss out on all the virgins awaiting him.
 

alice

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Did Charles Whitman, the UT tower shooter, shoot 14 people because he was Muslim? Or because Charles Whitman, a white Anglo/Saxon/Protestant, was crazy?

Answer: It was because he was crazy!

Alice
 

hypocritexposer

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alice said:
Did Charles Whitman, the UT tower shooter, shoot 14 people because he was Muslim? Or because Charles Whitman, a white Anglo/Saxon/Protestant, was crazy?

Answer: It was because he was crazy!

Alice

Welcome back Alice



Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly killed 11 people before being shot and wounded by police at Fort Hood, had said Muslims should "rise up" and attack Americans in retaliation for the US war in Iraq, a former army colleague said.

Col Terry Lee, a retired officer who worked with him at the military base in Texas, alleged Maj Hasan had angry confrontations with other officers over his views.

Maj Hasan was reportedly fighting orders to be deployed to Iraq at the end of the month, claiming that he was the victim of harassment and insults because of his Arab background and his faith.

The major is a psychiatrist who had been treating soldiers returning from Iraq for post-traumatic stress and alcohol and drug abuse problems.

"He was making outlandish comments condemning our foreign policy and claimed Muslims had the right to rise up and attack Americans," Col Lee told Fox News.

"He said Muslims should stand up and fight the aggressor and that we should not be in the war in the first place." He said that Maj Hasan said he was "happy" when a US soldier was killed in an attack on a military recruitment centre in Arkansas in June. An American convert to Islam was accused of the shootings.

Col Lee alleged that other officers had told him that Maj Hasan had said "maybe people should strap bombs on themselves and go to Time Square" in New York.

He claimed he was aware that the major had been subject to "name calling" during heated arguments with other officers.

Federal law enforcement officials have said Maj Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

The officials said the postings appeared to have been made by Maj Hasan but they were still trying to confirm that he was the author.

Maj Hasan's cousin Nader Husan said he was happy working for the military but did dread deployment to Iraq.

Mr Hasan said his cousin was a US-born Muslim who had joined the military after high school. He had served as a psychiatrist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, which treats many badly wounded troops.

"He was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed dealing with the people coming back and ... trying to help them with their trauma," he said.

He said his cousin had been transferred to Fort Hood in April months ago and was very reluctant to be deployed to Iraq. "We've known over the last five years that was probably his worst nightmare," he said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6511591/Fort-Hood-shooting-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-said-Muslims-should-rise-up.html

Col Terry Lee interview
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"Why was he transferred from Walter Reed?" "Something must have happened there"
 

hypocritexposer

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AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspect
Nov 5 08:15 PM US/Eastern
By LARA JAKES
Associated Press Writer

Federal law enforcement officials say the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

The officials say the postings appeared to have been made by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was killed during the shooting incident that left least 11 others dead and 31 wounded. The officials say they are still trying to confirm that he was the author. They say an official investigation was not opened…

One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BPNHDO6&show_article=1
 

alice

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And Charles Whitman was a white/anglo/Saxon/Protestant...when he sniped 14 people from the tower at University of Texas.

Alice
 

Whitewing

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Ah yes, indeed he did.

A glioblastoma, which is a highly cancerous brain tumor, was discovered during autopsy that experts on the "Connally Commission" claimed may have conceivably played a role in causing his actions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman
 

Whitewing

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Though he used different means to murder, McVeigh would probably be a better example for you to make your point Alice. JMHO.

Oh, and welcome back. What did you think of Tuesday´s election results? :wink:
 

alice

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And lest we forget...Jim Jones. Disciples of Christ minister who took his "flock" to Guyana and convinced them to drink cyanide laced Koolaid...after forcing it down their children's throats.

Alice
 

alice

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And then there's Marshall "Herff" Applewhite...son of a Presbyterian minister, who convinced his followers to kill themselves so they could hop on a comet and ride into the universe.

Alice
 

Whitewing

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alice said:
And then there's Marshall "Herff" Applewhite...son of a Presbyterian minister, who convinced his followers to kill themselves so they could hop on a comet and ride into the universe.

Alice

Now THAT is crazy. :D
 

hypocritexposer

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Were any of those you mentioned Alice, in a war against the West, or Christianity, or Jews?

The difference here is that you have a whole segment of a Religion that wants all other religions, non believers dead.

Then there is the fact that (if true) that the FBI was watching him for six months and did not act, there was a breakdown somewhere.
 

alice

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Whitewing said:
Though he used different means to murder, McVeigh would probably be a better example for you to make your point Alice. JMHO.

Oh, and welcome back. What did you think of Tuesday´s election results? :wink:

Decided not to use McVeigh, whitewing...no specific religion was tied to him...just crazy hatred.

Alice
 

Whitewing

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hypocritexposer said:
Were any of those you mentioned Alice, in a war against the West, or Christianity, or Jews?

The difference here is that you have a whole segment of a Religion that wants all other religions, non believers dead.

Then there is the fact that (if true) that the FBI was watching him for six months and did not act, there was a breakdown somewhere.

What did Obama know and when did he know it? :D
 

alice

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Yo...how about the pedophile...Warren Jeffs. Actual homicide was committed under his watch...and little girls souls were "murdered" by him.

And David Koresh...he stomped the hell out of his followers souls...especially little girls...

Alice
 

Whitewing

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alice said:
Whitewing said:
Though he used different means to murder, McVeigh would probably be a better example for you to make your point Alice. JMHO.

Oh, and welcome back. What did you think of Tuesday´s election results? :wink:

Decided not to use McVeigh, whitewing...no specific religion was tied to him...just crazy hatred.

Alice

Well, we could quote Christian versus X-group atrocities all night long. Christianity has a long and bloody history, no doubt about it. Having said that, it´s looking like this guy probably murdered out of anger that he was being deployed to Iraq AND because of his religious beliefs.

We´ll learn more in the coming days.

I wish Obama could have kept us as safe here at home as Bush-Cheney did. :D
 

alice

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Religious zealots get homicidal crazy...Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim...the list goes on and on...and tragedy occurs because of the lunatics...

Alice
 

alice

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Whitewing said:
alice said:
Whitewing said:
Though he used different means to murder, McVeigh would probably be a better example for you to make your point Alice. JMHO.

Oh, and welcome back. What did you think of Tuesday´s election results? :wink:

Decided not to use McVeigh, whitewing...no specific religion was tied to him...just crazy hatred.

Alice

Well, we could quote Christian versus X-group atrocities all night long. Christianity has a long and bloody history, no doubt about it. Having said that, it´s looking like this guy probably murdered out of anger that he was being deployed to Iraq AND because of his religious beliefs.

We´ll learn more in the coming days.

I wish Obama could have kept us as safe here at home as Bush-Cheney did. :D

Could've happened as easily on the Bush-Cheney watch...you know that as well as I. Fate is like that...I'm done...and good night.

Alice
 
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