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Policewoman and Mother Kimberly Munley, Engaged Major Hassan, Shot Him Four Times, Returning Fire Even After He Shot Her in Both Legs

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:59:42 +0000

Miss Kimberly Munley, the mother of a three-year-old daughter, and a civie policewoman, is in stable condition, with injuries to the upper leg and thigh. General Cone said her fearless response to gunman at Fort Hood, had saved countless lives. Trained in active-response tactics, she rushed ...

tsteels2 posted 3 hours ago from themoderatevoice.com

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Major Nidal Malik Hasan strikes a blow against his oppressors

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:20:37 +0000

When I wrote my first entry on the shooting at Fort Hood , I didn’t want to impute a motive yet. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim, but he is also a Major in the United States Army. I thought it unlikely that a man like that could be building up to a premeditated jihadist incident ...

Chance posted 9 hours ago from rightofcourse.com

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4 suspected bombers nabbed in Kut

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:38:37 +0000

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Four persons were arrested in western al-Kut city on Friday on charges of having planted an improvised explosive device (IED), a police source in Wassit province said.“Policemen arrested on Friday (Nov. 6) four persons in al-Ahrar district, (25 km) western Kut, on charges ...

Antiwar.com Original found this 18 hours ago on en.aswataliraq.info

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Security forces seek 4 suspected Iranian group members

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:38:37 +0000

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Security forces in the city of al-Kut on Friday hung posters and photos of four wanted men believed to be members of the Iranian al-Quds Brigade on charges of involvement in “armed operations against Iraqi security personnel and civilians”.“The security authorities in Kut ...

Antiwar.com Original found this 18 hours ago on en.aswataliraq.info

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Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:28:39 +0000

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday. The neighbor, Patricia Villa, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment ...

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Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Soldiers' psychiatrist who listened to stories from frontline | World news | The Guardian

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:56:20 +0000

Violence in the US involving soldiers is commonplace, with a rise in domestic abuse, murder and suicide since the wars began in Afghanistan and Iraq. But there is nothing commonplace about Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the soldier allegedly responsible for the biggest mass killing at a military base ...

Dr. Melissa Clouthier found this 17 hours ago on guardian.co.uk

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Iraqi forces search for Qods Force agents

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:32:46 +0000

A US military map of Iran's operations inside southern Iraq. This 2007 map formed the basis of The Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq . Click to view full size. Iraqi officials in Al Kut are seeking four suspected Iranian Qods Force operatives behind attacks on ...

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 9 hours ago on longwarjournal.org

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Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan 'said Muslims should rise up'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:31:13 +0000

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.

Israpundit found this 32 hours ago on telegraph.co.uk

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Pregnant Soldier Felled at Fort Hood

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:55:36 +0000

A pregnant soldier who had just returned from Iraq and was expected to be going out on maternity leave has been listed as one of the casualties in Thursday’s shooting at the Fort Hood military base.

jeanne2626 posted 12 hours ago from blogs.babble.com

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Afghanistan

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:33:50 +0000

I have to admit that I don’t have a very strong opinion about Afghanistan. I don’t understand the situation at all, I understand that, unlike Iraq, there may have been good reasons to go in, and I also understand that those reasons may or may not have anything to do with whether or ...

Corrente found this 6 hours ago on balloon-juice.com

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Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows 'enemy is infiltrating our military'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0000

A top Republican congressional recruit said on Friday that the shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas yesterday by a solider allegedly sympathetic to suicide bombers shows that the "enemy is infiltrating our military." Allen West (R-Fla.), a retired military colonel who served as a commander at the Texas ...

Sense of Events found this 20 hours ago on thehill.com

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Soldier from Bolingbrook among Ft. Hood dead

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:56:51 +0000

forthoodsoldier.gif An Army private first class from southwest suburban Bolingbrook was one of the 13 people killed in the rampage at Fort Hood, his family said. Michael Pearson, 21, joined the Army slightly more than a year ago and was training to deactivate bombs, said his mother, Sheryll. "He ...

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Twelve Soldiers Killed in Fort Hood Shooting

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:22:05 +0000

Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are ...

Political Byline found this 38 hours ago on abcnews.go.com

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The Weekly Standard, Where It's Always Good News For Republicans

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Matthew Continetti's editorial in last week's issue of the Weekly Standard --"The Inevitability Myth: Health care reform is not a fait accompli"--makes the case that, despite all evidence, health care reform may not be enacted after all. (Continetti does concede that "the chances ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 17 hours ago on tnr.com

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Gunman shouted 'Allah Akbar' before opening fire, witness says. Will the rampage affect Obama's decision?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:48:36 +0000

A witness has told investigators that the Army major who allegedly opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood Army Base Thursday shouted "Allahu Akbar" -- Arabic for "God is Great" and the rallying cry of suicide bombers around the world -- before ...

Little Green Footballs found this 16 hours ago on latimesblogs.latimes.com

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MUSLIM TERROR ATTACK: 'NINE shot dead' 12 30 Wounded, Mass Shooting at Fort Hood, US Army Base, Malik Nadal's Hasan is MUSLIM CONVERT

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:09:16 +0000

UPDATE: Unprecedented in American history. Major General Robert Scales said the spoke to soldiers on the ground. Thi was "not the act of a crazy", This waas not the random act of a nutcase. It execution style, close range. He shot 44 - 50 rounds - that's alot of ammunitions to come out of those ...

Pat Dollard | Young Americans found this 37 hours ago on atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

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David Horowitz: 'Our Brain Dead Country'

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:58:52 +0000

Horowitz writes: ...despite his identification with America’s enemies, the army kept him in its officer corps. How in God’s name was this possible? But it was. And so, after calling America the “aggressor” in Afghanistan and Iraq this Muslim jihadist ...

Kathy Shaidle posted 24 hours ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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The Media Will Downplay His Religion, But God Help Us if His Car Had a Talk Radio Station On

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:30:08 +0000

As the sun set tonight, tragedy came to Ft. Hood. A muslim soldier began shooting other soldiers. What we know so far is that the soldier was a muslim and began yelling at his fellow soldiers statements in Arabic. The soldier was upset about having to deploy to Iraq. The military is saying ...

Firedoglake found this 16 hours ago on redstate.com

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Fort Hood: a tragedy, not Islamic Jihad...

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

The drooling, knuckle-dragging racists calling themselves Americans are busy bashing Muslims and Islam over the Fort Hood shooting. It appears, however, that the shooter - who joined the military... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more] ...

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Did Political Correctness Allow Fort Hood to Happen

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Apparently people already knew Major Malik had some anti-American/pro-enemy tendencies. Did people just not report him because they were worried they would be branded a racist?: Col Terry Lee, a retired officer who worked with him at the military base in Texas, alleged Maj Hasan had angry ...

jhudock posted 21 hours ago from commonsensewonder.blogspot.com

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