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One of two civilian police officers who brought down the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer. Complete Story...
Federal prosecutors in Colorado say they had no choice but to dismiss 2002 charges against a Muslim cleric who later had contact with the Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings.
More than 40 Army reservists dedicated to counseling troubled soldiers in war zones deployed to Afghanistan on Friday, a month after a shooting spree at Fort Hood left nearly a fourth of their unit dead or seriously wounded.
Federal authorities in Colorado are reviewing a 2002 file on a Muslim cleric who communicated with the shooting suspect at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
Former top Pentagon officials investigating the attack at a Texas Army post have visited the site of the shootings and a military hospital.
Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.
WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.
Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.
The Pentagon says its review of personnel, health and other policies in light of the Fort Hood massacre will be completed by January 15th.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates gathered with mourners in a tiny northeast Tennessee community Wednesday to bury Army Spc. Fred Greene, one of 13 people killed in the massacre at Fort Hood.
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was disturbed to learn of contacts between Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and a radical imam overseas.
An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense at his military trial, his attorney said Monday.
A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings, The Washington Post reported Monday.
President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.
Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to say goodbye to a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all intelligence related to Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and whether the information was properly shared and acted upon within government agencies.
The Army psychiatrist suspected in a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has been charged in a military court with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
AirTran official: Widespread delays, cancellations nationwide due to FAA flight plan computer problem.
A law enforcement official says a terrorism task force did not refer early information about the Fort Hood shooting suspect to superiors because they concluded he wasn't linked to terrorism.
Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.
An officer who has been hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood massacre says the scene was "confusing and chaotic" but she remembers getting shot.
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Tuesday during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, as transcribed by the White House:
72 Virgins & A Couple of IEDsThis is supposed to be the kickoff to the Christmas season, a season of which I am especially fond. With the last name of Christmas, how could I not be? But, this Christmas feels different to me.
"Enabling the Next Fort Hood?" The NRA and terrorismIn both cases, the loss of these young soldiers was compounded by a disturbing reality: The assailants had been under investigation by the FBI. In the more recent case, it would be easy enough to point fingers at the FBI. Its counterterrorism agents concluded that Maj.
Iftekhar Hai: Sermons for Muslims must change"The killing at Fort Hood, Texas, by a Muslim doctor, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, has pained me very much. I feel terribly guilty by association and I feel shameful and it is depressing. All my years of work building bridges among religions has been shaken at the foundation.
Fort Hood: The Saudi Camel in the RoomAfter the recent slaughter at Fort Hood , Texas , commentators and politicians have asked whether political correctness or fear of being criticized as Islamophobic discouraged his colleagues in the military from thoroughly examining the extremist beliefs of Major Nidal Malik Hasa …
3 Clergymen of Different Faiths Attempt to Bridge Interfaith GapThe three say they became close not by avoiding or glossing over their conflicts, but by running straight at them.
At Fort Hood Nerves fray in the wake of the massacre as deployment nearsFor some in platoon that lost 3 in on-base attack, anxiety is heightened. "I am absolutely not ready to deploy," the 20-year-old said as he nervously gnawed on the edge of his black Army beret. "I don't know if I am mentally ready" to lose someone else.
Protestors gather at billboard comparing Obama to terroristsThe owner of a local auto dealership has gotten international attention after putting up a controversial billboard about President Barack Obama. Advertisement
US senator: Ft. Hood attack sure looks like terrorism"Democratic Sen. Carl Levin said after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee will investigate how those and other e-mails involving Hasan were handled and why they were not brought to the attention of the US military prior to the Nov. 5 shooting.
God, Family & Country RevisitedDiversity, multiculturalism and moral relativity have replaced life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and hold the status of religious doctrine. We must welcome into our midst those who read and abide by teachings that say kill those who don't believe as you do.
Moral Cowardice on the Right or You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows by Jerry Bowles This article is in response to the right wing fringe, who would see us give away even more of our freedoms.
Major Hasan's E-Mail: 'I Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife - ABC NewsUnited States Army Major Nidal Hasan told a radical cleric considered by authorities to be an al-Qaeda recruiter, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife, according to an American official with top secret access to 18 e-mails exchanged between Hasan and the cleric, Anwar al A …
The Viruses That Killed at Fort HoodTwo viruses caused the murders, wounds, and suffering at Fort Hood. The first arises from the fact that although a capacity for evil is inherent in human nature, human beings have, as David Brooks recently observed, a "conscious say" regarding the commission of evil acts.
Senate Bill Would Allow "Mentally Incapacitated" Vets to Buy GunsMajor Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army base, has been described by former colleagues as "psychotic." As more details emerge about Hasan's troubled state, gun safety advocates are launching fresh attacks on a Senate bill they say would make it easier for …
U.S. Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009WASHINGTON - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan.
Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group by Dahr Jamail -- Antiwar.com"According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are "definitely" too low.
Denying Reality, or the Heavy Cost of Political CorrectnessIn the wake of the murder of 13 and the wounding of 38 soldiers at Fort Hood on November 5, media analysts, politicians, and other sundry experts scrambled to present the accused perpetrator of the acts, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, as a victim.
Media's Coverage of Fort Hood Massacre Misses the MarkIn a thoughtful piece that appeared on the site last Thursday, Salon.com writer Mark Benjamin argues that the emerging narrative of the Fort Hood shootings--and the "political correctness vs. terrorism" debate that that coverage has engendered--largely misses the point.
U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy GroupANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 16 (IPS) - According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov.
It's Never Too Early to Be Too LateA friend who optimistically believes every cloud has a silver lining hopes the tragedy at Fort Hood was merely the work of a volunteer in the Insane Clown Army and not a terrorist attack on an American army base in our supposedly safe homeland.
Islam Bashers RepentWhat does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don't these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize us? Well, just a few probl …
Hasan Wanted Soldiers he Counseled Prosecuted For WarcrimesMajor Nidal Malik Hasan's military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to "war crimes" during psychiatric counseling, according to investigative reports circulated among federal law enforcement of …
Hard Evidence: Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.The above list is not exhaustive, but I would submit that five of the seven items (the first and the last four) would have been grounds to have had him either put under close surveillance or dismissed from the service
FBI data on Fort Hood suspect is scrutinizedWASHINGTON — The FBI's effort after 9/11 to improve terrorism investigations will face sharp scrutiny this week as Congress begins probing whether authorities missed or ignored warning signs about the Army major charged with murdering 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas.
Why War Envelops the US Homeland?On November 5, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, while shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great), opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, in a US military base , killing 13 and injuring more than 24 persons.
Why Hasan killed 13 American SoldiersHow do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You've seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what's most amazing of all is this:
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