startribune.com - 20 days ago
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WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients. There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, ...
michellemalkin.com - 19 days ago
nytimes.com - 19 days ago
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WASHINGTON Born and reared in Virginia, the
son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town...
near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical ...
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Fort Hood Suspect Was Mortified' About Deployment to War
npr.org - 19 days ago
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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. ...
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Massacre Leaves 13 Dead At Fort Hood
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Authorities were concerned about Fort Hood shooter because of Net postings about suicide bombings, etc. -- but did nothing
Jihad Watch —
... They should have been shadowing this guy at every step. Or would that have been "Islamophobic"? "AP source: Authorities had concerns about suspected shooter, reviewed Internet postings," by Lara Jakes for Associated Press, November 5 (thanks to Andrew Bostom): ...
Unanswered Questions About Fort Hood Madness
PoliGazette —
... had he been sent overseas.
What then could Hasan’s motive been in attacking his fellow soldiers? Josh Marshall jumped in early on this point, noting that Hasan’s heritage contains Islamic elements. Scott McCabe confirms this assertion, writing:
Hasan attended the Muslim center for about six years and seemed like a good person, [Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring President Ishtiaq] Chughtai said.
Hasan exhibited a dark side at work, however, as noted while he was an intern at Walter Reed: ...
Fort Hood: a tragedy, not Islamic Jihad...
At-Largely —
... to defend the soldier or his alleged actions. Rather, it is to question the rush to judgment regarding not just this one Muslim but all Muslims. It should be understood that to assume a follower of Islam who engages in violence is a jihadist is every bit as absurd to assume that every follower of Christianity who attacks others is a crusader. The calculus makes no sense, and is rooted in a bigotry that everyone from George W. Bush to Pope Benedict XVI has condemned." In addition, it has emerged (by a media less interested in responsible coverage and more interested in ...
The Politics of the Fort Hood Shooting
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... . Beyond that, he may well have been radicalized. Either way, my guess is that we will find out that he acted alone. That is usually how these things work out. Further, the desire to find a bigger reason for these events than just a guy going nuts is perfectly natural, as in many ways a massive conspiracy is easier to accept than the idea that some guy might just decide to shoot a dozens innocents because he snapped. ...
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msnbc.msn.com 20 days ago — WASHINGTON - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients. There ...
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