nebula Posted November 5, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 5, 2009 12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Shooting at Fort Hood in Texas Thursday, November 05, 2009 A shooting rampage Thursday afternoon at the Army's Fort Hood in Texas killed 11 and wounded 31 before the gunman was killed and two suspects taken into custody. All three of the people believed to have carried out the shooting were soldiers, Lt. General Bob Cone told reporters Thursday evening, though the motive remains unclear. AP cites an unnamed source saying the gunman was Major Malik Nadal Hasan, though authorities have not publicly identified him. Read the rest here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest LadyC Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 12 killed... maybe the number you quoted (11) was excluding the gunman himself or something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki1 Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,260 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 55 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2009 Officials says it was not clear what Hasan's religion was, but investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name or if he may have changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point. Link Praying for everyone involved in this massacre. Blessings, Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 CSLewis, who has a brother at Ft. Hood and started a prayer thread on this - here - says they do suspect this was a terrorist act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Updated article Very odd - ~~~~~~ The gunman, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, was described as a psychiatrist who didn't believe in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and wanted out of the military before he was set to be deployed overseas. Hasan currently worked with soldiers at Darnall Army Medical Center on Fort Hood after being transfered in July from Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he worked for six years. <snip> The shooter's cousin, Nader Hasan, told Fox News that their family is in shock. "We are trying to make sense of all this," Nader Hasan said. "He wasn't even someone who enjoyed going to the firing range." He said his cousin, who was born and raised in Virginia and graduated from Virginia Tech University, became against the wars after hearing the stories of those who came back from Afghanistan and Iraq. Nader Hasan said his cousin, who was raised a Mulsim, wanted to go into the military against his parent's wishes and was taunted by others after the terror attacks of Sept. 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki1 Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,260 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 55 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2009 CSLewis, who has a brother at Ft. Hood and started a prayer thread on this - here - says they do suspect this was a terrorist act. Those were my first thoughts, nebula. Unfortunately, when the MSM gets done spinning this massacre, the shooter will end up a victim. We've got a lot of dead soldiers with devastated hurting families, and we need to start asking serious questions to get to the bottom of this. Did he attend a mosque in America, if so, what one? Blessings, Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki1 Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,260 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 55 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2009 Here's another Update from Fox News Federal law enforcement officials say Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats. The officials say they are still trying to confirm that he was the author. One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates homicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades. "To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate. Its more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause," said the Internet posting. "Scholars have paralled (sic) this to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers." They say an official investigation was not opened. Hasan was working with soldiers at Darnall Army Medical Center on Fort Hood after being transfered in July from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he had worked for six years before recently receiving a poor review. A former neighbor of Hasan's in Silver Spring, Md. told Fox News he lived there for two years with his brother and had the word "Allah" on the door. Blessings, Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 and WHY were they allowing him to stay in the military? WHY were they allowing so many lives to depend on their trust in this man? ARRRRRGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki1 Posted November 6, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,260 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 55 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/29/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted November 6, 2009 Shooter is not dead, but alive in stable condition Fox News link The news that the suspect, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, was alive and in stable condition, came as a sudden reversal of early reports that the gunman was among the dead Blessings, Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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