Army: Fort Hood shooting rampage suspect is alive
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Published: November 5, 2009
FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded, Army officials said.
Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone gives a news conference after a shooting in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)
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Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence' outburst
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at an Army base in Texas a "horrific outburst of violence."
He says he doesn't yet know all the details but promised the government would get "answers to every single question."
The commander in chief says 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.
Obama also said his thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and families of the fallen.
The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
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Are you talking about the crusades? That's pretty funny. It seems to me, if I remember my history, that a majority of the crusades were against Muslims. Just a thought. Wars have been fought for many years between Muslims and Christians.
http://newsok.com/article/3414911
If not, why not?
Randall, feel free to jump in and take a stab at those questions as well, since you seem to feel we need a "crystal night" to eliminate threats....
http://www.newsok.com/article/3415069
Like I said, all you have to do is WANT to look and see, and there it is...
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Yes, Christianity has had its dark times, but it reformed."----And just what did it take for the "reform" to happen? Time, perhaps? Are you stating that time to reform should not be granted in this instance as well?
Why? Because Americans are dying? Think the the ones slaughtered in the name of Christianity thought the same way?
You are biased and a hypocrite, Weldon.
Yes, Christianity has had its dark times, but it reformed. And if this person had been a "Christian", then you would see plenty of condemnation. But not from Islam...
So Paul there's your difference... Please, I keep giving you this advice, leave Oklahoma if it's so bad, man your bashing and drivel gets old...
How about if he was Southern Baptist??
Methodist??
I thought so.
Stating Islam is "phony" because of killing people is also calling Christianity "phony" for the same reasons....or in your mind, is killing for Christianity ok versus killing for Islam??
Whoever commented on the first couple pages of this article about the "backwoods, mouth breathe, okie" responses is pretty much dead on.
Tell me Randall, do you choose to only look at the killings in the "name of Islam" and ignore all the killings in the "name of Christianity"??
"Hey everyone,Just wanted to let you all know that we are fine if you have been watching the news about Fort Hood. The incident happened two miles down the road that my building is on. Adrian left for Maryland this morning but I'm still at my building since the post is locked down. No one can leave the post or the buildings and no one can come in. Just waiting for them to give us the all clear so we can go home. Ashley is safe at home. Hopefully they will decide to let us go soon."
Lt. Gen. Cone just announced at the press conference that the shooter is not dead. He is alive, wounded, and in stable condition.
My older brother, the Corvette enginer nicknamed "Jingles" was in the top 1% but I can't talk to him he is so smart.
One of the many tests he did with Corvettes is on the internutWhen he started working for G.M. they only had 1 computer where he worked so he built 3 more from scratch. Tests around 180 I.Q.
sure, any of the armed services can screw with your mind. If this was a random deal, I'd agree, but this isn't the only instance of this type of attack. The mall attack of what a year or two ago. The guy had a muslim name, professed Islam and shouted Allah Akbar while he was shooting, but what the hey, he was just another disturbed individual. Or the couple of instances where people of the Islamic faith tried to run people down with cars, the DC sniper etc. Time to call it like it is, I think. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and shoots people like an Islamic fanatic, then it's probably a terrorist attack.
Additionally, CNN also just reported that the FBI was "watching" this person because of threatening internet postings regarding suicide bombings. That seems to contradict suppositions that CNN is hiding some sort of terrorist link.
Information at this point will be sketchy. That's the nature of events such as this.
"There was speculation that Malik Nadal Hasan may have been of Muslim faith, but it has been confirmed that Malik Nadal Hasan was a native of Jordan, therefore unlikely a convert." Obviously the conservative media at CNN is trying to put some of their biased spin on this.
What do you get when you add one(?) US Army Psychiatrist Named Malik Nadal Hasan who kills 11 US Army soldiers, wounds 31 and professes the religion of Islam when we happen to be fighting Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Answer by liberals:
Obviously someone who suffered from PTSD and was angry with George Bush about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Could it not be that maybe, just maybe the guy was a plant? A sleeper? A terrorist in Army clothing?
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I do think I bested him on the Halloween discussion tho.
One time out of how many? I usually find it is simpler to take his side rather than be made a fool.
Tell me, at what age is it prescribed that okies go through a mandatory frontal lobotomy anyway? I know it's got to be pretty young....
I am in no way, shape, or form defending his actions. I am pointing out that you can't automatically assume that this was some radical Muslim attack on a US base just because of his name or possible ethnicity. I'm interested in finding out who these other two accomplices are as well. That should put an interesting spin on things.
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god bless you all...
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If we pull out of Iraq it will collapse. That's why we are still there.
One of many horrible mistakes of bush.
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The only plausible reason so far is that we went to Irag because Saddam threatened Bushes daddy.
And god bless my fellow service members who died today-we shall remember! God be with their families...
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Is it wrong to think that just because a person has an Arabic name they are capable of shooting fellow soldiers in a military base? Yes. Is it wrong to seek out other people of Arabic descent and make them pariahs out of fear? Absolutely. Is it wrong to use his heritage as a clue to what might have happened (after he already did it) for the sake of discussion on a board put here for discussion? Nope. It's not naive or wrong to examine a piece of the puzzle.
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... and yeah, at the risk of a few jabs being sent my direction, "Malik Nadal Hasan" doesn't exactly spell out the picture of patriotism.
Let's get one thing straight. They WEREN'T American.
This is awful!