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Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted `Allahu Akbar'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted " Allahu Akbar !" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. ...
EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf). On NPR I ...
pajamasmedia.com — EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf ). On NPR I heard —... I can’t find the story on their website yet — that he had given a presentation on the Koran at a professional ... (more) EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu ...
Massacre Leaves 13 Dead At Fort Hood
Massacre Leaves 13 Dead At Fort Hood
npr.org — A mass shooting rocked one of the nation's largest military posts on Thursday after a U.S. Army... psychiatrist allegedly opened fire inside Fort Hood in Texas. Thirteen people were killed and 30 people were injured according to U.S. military officials. ... (more) Massacre Leaves 13 Dead At Fort Hood
Political Correctness and the Ft. Hood Shooting -- By: NRO Staff
corner.nationalreview.com — "Overseas, you are ready for it. But here, you can't even defend yourself," said Jerry Richard, a... Fort Hood solider who was nearby when Major Nidal Hasan went on his shooting rampage. What do the Pentagon bureaucrats have to say about that? If ... (more) Political Correctness and the Ft. Hood Shooting -- By: ...
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Fort Hood killer shouted 'Allahu Akbar' during attack: witnesses
AllSo there. "Questions about Fort Hood shooter you won't hear from the mainstream press" PS: the pro-hijab/sharia rally scheduled in Toronto today has been cancelled. Gee, I wonder why... (don't believe the taqqiya reason given here.)

Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows 'enemy is infiltrating our military'
News — ... The suspected gunman, Maj. Hasan, is an Army psychiatrist tasked with helping soldiers who are in distress. Military investigators have not yet determined what sparked him to turn on his fellow soldiers. But Ft. Hood's base commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, said Friday on NBC's "Today" show that Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire yesterday in a rampage that killed 13 and wounded 30. "Allahu Akbar!" is Arabic for "God is great!" ...

Reported Exclamation -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner on National Review OnlineAP:  FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" before the rampage Thursday, which left 30 people wounded, including the gunman. An imam from a mosque Hasan regularly attended said Hasan, a lifelong Muslim, was ...

Well, that settles it
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictatorHasan yelled "Allahu Akbar!" before shooting. So says the Associated Press.

But Let's Not Read Anything Into This: Ft. Hood Suspect Reportedly Shouted `Allahu Akbar'
JammieWearingFool — ... as to why this happened . Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" before the rampage Thursday, which left 30 people wounded, including the gunman. An imam from a mosque Hasan regularly attended said Hasan, a lifelong Muslim , was a committed soldier, gave no sign of ...

Report: Fort Hood Gunman Shouted “Allahu Akbar!” Before Firing
Below The Beltway — Well, this certainly leads one to start drawing conclusions: FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted “Allahu Akbar!” before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. The phrase is what Muslims call the Takbir: The takbīr or takbeer (تَكْبِير) is the Arabic name for the phrase Allāhu Akbar, الله أكبر. Usually ...

No Shame [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — ... seemed to be making a masterly effort to avoid giving this data a cold, hard look. Meanwhile it spent time doing heavy-handed spin — devoting several minutes, for example, to an inane interview with a forensic psychiatrist who talked about the stress of treating soldiers bearing the emotional scars of war. The obvious purpose was to turn our eyes away from Islamism and toward psychiatric instability as a motive.… even as further reports have eyewitnesses stating Hasan shouted Allahu Akbar! as he went about his evil murderous deed in a ...

More On the Sudden Jihadi Hasan
Daily PunditFt. Hood suspect reportedly shouted `Allahu Akbar’ - Yahoo! News Military officials were trying to piece together what may have pushed Hasan, an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress, to turn on his comrades. Cone said the 39-year-old Hasan was not known to be a threat or risk. “I’m not aware of any problems here,” said Col. Steve Braverman, the Fort Hood hospital commander. “We had no problems with his job performance.” Two factors at work in crap like these statements: First, ...

Backstabber
baldilocks — ... matter.  Fort Hood’s Readiness Center has cubicles in it, so when Hasan was shooting, he was firing at the tops of heads.  The result:  12 dead yesterday, one more dead today and 30 wounded. Some of the dead and wounded were shot in the back. One of the wounded is local civilian police officer Kimberly Munley, who exchanged fire with Hasan and stopped the increase of his body count.   Both survived, but Hasan is unconscious and on life support. According to reports this morning, Hasan yelled “Allah u Akbar” as he fired . It’s difficult to fight the impulse to hatred and ...

Backstabber (UPDATED)
baldilocks — ... matter.  Fort Hood’s Readiness Center has cubicles in it, so when Hasan was shooting, he was firing at the tops of heads.  The result:  12 dead yesterday, one more dead today and 30 wounded. Some of the dead and wounded were shot in the back. One of the wounded is local civilian police officer Kimberly Munley, who exchanged fire with Hasan and stopped the increase of his body count.   Both survived, but Hasan is unconscious and on life support. According to reports this morning, Hasan yelled “Allah u Akbar” as he fired . It’s difficult to fight the impulse to hatred and ...

Fort Hood: Don't Soldiers Carry Guns?
Michael Williams – Master of None — ... I've read a lot about the Fort Hood massacre, but one question hasn't been addressed: don't soldiers carry weapons? How did one gunman with two pistols manage to shoot 45 people without being stopped? Here's how it went down, according to most reports. ...

Fort Hood Shooting: Bookerista Perspectives
Booker RisingIf there was any doubt that religiosity played a role in yesterday's tragedy, reports state that Major Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — "God is great!" in Arabic — before opening fire. The rampage unfolded at a center where 300 unarmed soldiers were lined up for vaccines and eye tests (the military might wanna arm up everywhere in the future). My opinion: Of course, it would be an Arab Muslim who does the worst violence on a military base in U.S. history. Reports claim that he was teased about being a Muslim. Whiny whine whine. Wasn't he a professional ...

Chris Matthews: We may never know if religion was a factor at Fort Hood
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... at a medical conference as an opportunity to discuss how the Koran orders decapitation for infidels; and, oh yes, he yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire. Now, per the media’s favored Narrative, could a guy with that background have somehow compartmentalized that in his mind and been driven to kill entirely by pre- traumatic stress disorder or ...

First as tragedy, next as farce, after that…?
Cold Fury — ... to have his picture taken with women; he once used a lecture at a medical conference as an opportunity to discuss how the Koran orders decapitation for infidels; and, oh yes, he yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire. Now, per the media’s favored Narrative, could a guy with that background have somehow compartmentalized that in his mind and been driven to kill entirely by pre-traumatic stress disorder or ...

In Ft. Hood Shootings, Grey Lady Tries On The “It’s The Army’s Fault” Theory
Pirate's Cove — ... it was Brother Nidal’s doing, but the command should be held accountable,” Mr. Benjamin said. “G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.” Our Book doesn’t say to kill the Infidel if he will not convert. Our Book doesn’t turn women into objects that should never appear in photo’s with men. Our Book doesn’t tell us to yell “Allahu Akbar” when killing the infidel. Nidal believed America was the bad guy, ...

In Ft. Hood Shootings, Grey Lady Tries On The “It’s The Army’s Fault” Theory
Stop The ACLU — ... “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad. “Ultimately it was Brother Nidal’s doing, but the command should be held accountable,” Mr. Benjamin said. “G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.” Our Book doesn’t say to kill the Infidel if he will not convert. Our Book doesn’t turn women into objects that should never appear in photo’s with men . Our Book doesn’t tell us to yell “ Allahu Akbar ” when killing the infidel. Nidal believed America was the bad guy , and ...

V for Vidiculous
Daimnation! — ... We cannot say for sure why Major Malik Nadal Hasan carried out his shooting rampage in Fort Hood. (If he really did yell "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, that gives us a pretty good idea as to his motives - but this kind of thing is why the 72-hour rule was invented.) ...

In search of Hasan's syndrome
Power Line — ... Fort Hood base commander Robert Cone provides a piece of evidence that appears to complete the puzzle. According to General Cone, soldiers reported that Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before he opened fire. ...

Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood: A Study in Muslim Doctrine (Part 1)
Pajamas Media — ... ,” who recently went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, killing thirteen Americans (including a pregnant woman). While the media wonders in exasperation why he did it, offering the same old tired and trite reasons — he was “ picked on ,” he was “ ...

Yes, We Get That Hasan is a Radical, But Must Everything Be a “Sign”?
PoliGazette — ... The first one I noticed was on the day after the shootings.  The AP had an article on the events leading up to the massacre, including Hasan shouting “Allahu Akbar!” (God is great) just before firing his gun.  Scary, huh?  Guess we better watch out for anybody saying that.  They might pull a gun on.. ...

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About that "Allahu Akbar" | Michael Tomasky
guardian.co.uk 11/7/2009 — The fact that Hassan reportedly shouted the above is meant, I suppose, to imply that he was an extremist fanatic. I'm not sure that it does. My understanding is that it's something Arab people often shout before doing something or other. It's used ...