Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Was 'Calm' During Massacre, May Have Shouted 'God Is Great!'
Friday , November 06, 2009
The Army psychiatrist suspected of being the lone gunman in a horrific massacre at Fort Hood in Texas took a "very calm and measured approach" to carrying out the mass shooting, the commanding general said Friday.
Survivors of the rampage that killed 13 and wounded 30 said the suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — "God is great!" in Arabic — before opening fire, base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said.
Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that Hasan, 39, made the comment. Authorities raided his apartment early Friday in a search for clues but haven't yet been able to talk to Hasan, who also survived the shootings and was hospitalized on a ventilator.
A police source told FoxNews.com that authorities were searching for a white Ford hatchback linked to the shooting and believed to be the suspect's car.
Military officials were piecing together what pushed a man who helped troubled soldiers to turn on his comrades. The Army wouldn't discuss a motive in an early-morning press conference, but initial reports suggested he feared his imminent deployment to Afghanistan and had been critical of the wars there and in Iraq.
"He was mortified by the idea of having to deploy,” Hasan's cousin Nader Hasan told The New York Times. “He had people telling him on a daily basis the horrors they saw over there.”.......................>>>>...........................>>>>.................. ...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572448,00.html
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November 6, 2009, 10:17am
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Worse yet - how can the POTUS issue a reaction like this:
This is appalling
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President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.
After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. At about 5 p.m., cable stations went to the president. The situation called for not only his trademark eloquence, but also grace and perspective.
But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner." Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
FBI: 10% of U.S. Mosques Preach Jihad Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM By: Ronald Kessler
Imams preach jihad and extremism in 10 percent of the 2,000 mosques in the United States, the FBI estimates.
That sums up the problem facing us as we ponder the meaning of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s slayings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas. Given his association with a pro-al-Qaida imam in northern Virginia and his preoccupation with radical Islamic Web sites, it’s clear that the radical element of Islam influenced Hasan.
On the other hand, those who condemn Muslims in general because of the actions of Hasan and others like him are engaging in prejudice that has no place in America. Indeed, such stereotyping sets back the war on terror, because we need moderate Muslims on our side. ..................>>>>...............>>>>..............http://www.newsmax.com/headlin.....mp;promo_code=9099-1
Call a Muslim terrorist what he is Charles Krauthammer is a nationally syndicated columnist.
What a surprise — that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs. “I cringe that he’s a Muslim. ... I think he’s probably just a nut case,” said Newsweek’s Evan Thomas. Some were more adamant. Time’s Joe Klein decried “odious attempts by Jewish extremists ... to argue that the massacre perpetrated by Nidal Hasan was somehow a direct consequence of his Islamic beliefs.” While none could match Klein’s peculiar cherchez-le-juif motif, the popular story line was of an Army psychiatrist driven over the edge by terrible stories he had heard from soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. They suffered. He listened. He snapped. Really? What about the doctors and nurses, the counselors and physical therapists at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who every day hear and live with the pain and the suffering of returning soldiers? How many of them then picked up a gun and shot 51 innocents? And what about civilian psychiatrists — not the Upper West Side therapist treating Woody Allen neurotics, but the thousands of doctors working with hospitalized psychotics — who every day hear not just tales but cries of the most excruciating anguish, of the most unimaginable torment? How many of those doctors commit mass murder? It’s been decades since I practiced psychiatry. Perhaps I missed the epidemic. But, of course, if the shooter is named Nidal Hasan, whom National Public Radio reported had been trying to proselytize doctors and patients, then something must be found. Presto! Secondary post-traumatic stress disorder, a handy invention to allow one to ignore the obvious. ................>>>>.................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00900&AppName=1
Sorry I must have missed the Muslims coming out against this act just as I missed them coming out against the attack on the towers. I did however see them dancing in the streets in Muslim countries when the towers came down. Some Muslim Mosques are teaching Jihad against America right here in the good old USA and when something like this happens the left just says how could this happen. Most Muslims are decent people but the bad element in their religion is really giving the good ones a bad reputation. It's time the Imams start teaching peace instead of Jihad in their mosques or they should have to leave this country.
I nut job for sure--who just went postal. No reason to indict ALL Muslims for this act. Most Muslims came out against this act immediately. ... Most Muslims came out against this act immediately.
Allow me make a correction for you
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I ANOTHER Islamic nut job for sure ...
Most a COUPLE Muslim Imans (who love seeing their face on TV) came out against this act immediately.
Born in New Mexico, al-Awlaki is a former imam at a Falls Church, Va., mosque where Hasan and his family occasionally worshipped. In 2001, al-Awlaki had contact with two of the Sept. 11 hijackers. That contact was investigated by the FBI, but no charges were brought against al-Awlaki.
On Monday, al-Awlaki's Web site praised Hasan as a hero.
By Tuesday, his Web site was offline, but it was unclear whether the site was taken down deliberately.
On Monday, Mr. Awlaki praised Major Hasan on his Web site, saying that he “did the right thing” in attacking soldiers preparing to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. ... He wrote on Monday on his English-language Web site that Major Hasan was “a hero.” The cleric said, “He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people.”
Mr. Awlaki added, “The only way a Muslim could Islamically justify serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army is if his intention is to follow the footsteps of men like Nidal.”
Sorry I must have missed the Muslims coming out against this act just as I missed them coming out against the attack on the towers. I did however see them dancing in the streets in Muslim countries when the towers came down. Some Muslim Mosques are teaching Jihad against America right here in the good old USA and when something like this happens the left just says how could this happen. Most Muslims are decent people but the bad element in their religion is really giving the good ones a bad reputation. It's time the Imams start teaching peace instead of Jihad in their mosques or they should have to leave this country.
I couldn't agree with you more. However, there may be some decent, peace loving muslims around, but let there be an all out call for a jihad.....and they will ALL be on board.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Let's see: Since September, 2001, President Bush had kept America safe. With Obama in office, only 10 months elapsed before the United States got attacked — this time at Fort Hood.
I think we are missing a VERY LARGE portion of this story.....ALL media outlets had the same reports only VERY DIFFERENT at the time of the incident(s) than what is the current story going around......
This guy will be the scapegoat of sorts for a military trial and the 9/11 guys will have a civil trial to show how they CAN receive a fair trial in America the land of laws.....and the folks will show up.....I cant even believe folks are really that 'offended' that they are coming to NY for that.....I'd be first in line with spitballs filling my pockets(I dont think I can be arrested for using them )
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS