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[David Spade]

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Twelve dead in shooting at Fort Hood military base

By staff writers and wires
news.com.au
November 06, 2009 10:38am

Special forces soldiers with the US Army's 4th Infantry Division train at Fort Hood in this 2003 file picture / AFP

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Fort Hood is the largest US military base in the world / Google

• Twelve dead in shooting at Fort Hood
• Two gunmen caught, another among dead
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GUNMEN have killed 11 people and wounded at least 31 in a rampage at Fort Hood military base in Texas.
The primary gunman, a soldier armed with two handguns, was shot dead in the aftermath of the attack, taking the overall death toll to 12.
He has been named as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan. The Associated Press said a defence official had said he was a mental health professional - an Army psychologist or psychiatrist.
Army investigators have identified two other suspects, also soldiers, according to Fort Hood commanding general Bob Cone.
"It's a terrible tragedy, it’s stunning," he said.
The Fort Hood base remains in lockdown and the FBI is running background checks on the suspected gunmen.
The bloodbath unfolded at the Soldier Readiness Centre, where troops undergo final medical checks prior to their deployment, Lieutenant Cone said.

He said there was no clear motive and that one civilian police officer was among the dead.
Graduation
US media reports said the shooting happened about 30 minutes before a scheduled graduation hearing.
Local congressman John Carter told MSNBC television: "I had a man on the scene, who is my regional director and former chaplin at Fort Hood, waiting to go to a graduation ceremony when a soldier came running up to him saying, 'Sir, don't go over there. They are - somebody is shooting over there','' Mr Carter said.

"When the soldier ran by him, he saw the soldier didn't know it, but he was wounded.

"So, he went into the building and they stopped him, because he had been shot.

"He heard small arms and some rifle fire while he was there and that he thought they had one person that they had caught but there may be more, he didn't know.

"He understood there was more than one, that was all he said.''
Fort Hood is the largest US military base in the world and had been working to rehabilitate many soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, he said.
Army personnel told a Fox news affiliate they were not sure if the victims were civilians or military personnel.
A message on Fort Hood's website - the headquarters of the Army 3rd Corps, the 4th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division - said it was closed, but gave no further details. All those units have seen extensive duty in Iraq.
"Effective immediately. Fort Hood is closed. Organisations/units are instructed to execute a 100 per cent accountability of all personnel. This is not a drill. It is an emergency situation," the website said.
Schools in the area were also on lockdown, MSNBC said.
President Barack Obama said the shooting was "a horrific outburst of violence".

"My immediate prayers are with the families of the fallen."
US coverage: Fox News

 

[David Spade]

Malik Nadal Hasan

 

[Sprangler]

Nidal Malik Hasan

 

[Jessica14]

It's Nidal Malik Hasan, actually. And there's no reason to suggest political or religious ideology. He could've have had a psychotic break, or as Anna Coren so elegantly put it on CNN International World Report, he may have "lost the plot."

 

[David Spade]

News report suggest otherwise, that his name is infact malik nadal hasan.
It is far too early to speculate as to why he did it but the fact that he had 2 suspected accomplices indicates that it wasnt a psychotic break

fuck off do i look like i give a fuck what anna suck my dick coren says

 

[Jessica14]

Lol, I found it quite entertaining... using an idiom that's more prominent in Australia to interview a former US Army general. Edit: And on an international live broadcast.

Three people have been arrested so far, actually, and two of them released. You're right though, we can't say anything about his motive just yet. And his MD license from the state of Virginia puts his name as Nidal Malik Hasan. I'm going off that.

 

[David Spade]

A GUNMAN who was wounded after killing 12 people at a US Army base may have signalled his intentions online as long as six months ago.
Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan is in a stable condition in hospital after arming himself with two handguns and going on a rampage at Fort Hood military base in Texas.
The suspected gunman is in a hospital in stable condition, contrary to previous reports he had been killed, an Army general said.
"Our investigation is ongoing but preliminary reports indicate that there was a single shooter," Lieutenant-General Robert Cone told a news conference.
"The shooter is not dead but in custody in stable condition."
He previously said the suspect was killed by police officers during the attack at the biggest military facility in the world.
Lt Cone said the suspect, whom he identified as Hasan, had been shot multiple times.
He was also a lifelong Muslim, born and bred in the US state of Virginia.
He has no children, no partner - and a loathing for the wars in Iraq and Afghanstan, according to his colleagues at the base.
Hasan would talk openly about his anger about the US troop presence in the Middle East, colleague Terry Lee said.
"He's made several comments about how we shouldn't be there."
He had heard Hasan say: "Maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressors."
Federal law enforcement officials say the suspected shooter had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.
US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas told FOX News: "I do know that he has been known to have told people that he was upset about going (to Iraq)."

Hasan's cousin Nader confirmed her comments.
Nader said his cousin had joined the military from high school and had served as a psychiatrist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
"He was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed dealing with the people coming back and ... trying to help them with their trauma," he said.
He said his cousin had been transferred to Fort Hood in April months ago and was very reluctant to be deployed to Iraq.
"We've known over the last five years that was probably his worst nightmare," he said.

Army investigators had identified two other suspects, but after being held and questioned, the two soldiers were released.
Another person is now in custody, a military spokesman said.

Military public affairs spokesman Christopher Haug told CNN the two initial suspects "had been cleared".

"Another person is in custody," he added, without giving further details except to confirm that the new suspect was a soldier.
The army believes there was only one shooter involved in the incident.

The Fort Hood base remains in lockdown and the FBI is running background checks on the suspected gunman.

The bloodbath unfolded at the Soldier Readiness Centre, where troops undergo final medical checks prior to their deployment, Lieutenant Cone said.

Army personnel told a Fox news affiliate they were not sure if the victims were civilians or military personnel.

Graduation
US media reports said the shooting happened about 30 minutes before a scheduled graduation hearing.
Local congressman John Carter told MSNBC television: "I had a man on the scene, who is my regional director and former chaplin at Fort Hood, waiting to go to a graduation ceremony when a soldier came running up to him saying, 'Sir, don't go over there. They are - somebody is shooting over there','' Mr Carter said.

"When the soldier ran by him, he saw the soldier didn't know it, but he was wounded.

"So, he went into the building and they stopped him, because he had been shot.

"He heard small arms and some rifle fire while he was there and that he thought they had one person that they had caught but there may be more, he didn't know.

"He understood there was more than one, that was all he said."

Worst killing

The incident at Fort Hood, the largest military installation in the world, was one of the worst killings reported on a US military base.

In May a US soldier at a base in Baghdad shot dead five fellow soldiers.

It raised new questions about the toll that six years of continuous fighting in Iraq and nearly eight years fighting in Afghanistan have taken on the US military and on individual soldiers, many of whom have been on several combat tours.

Fort Hood had been working to rehabilitate many soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

A message on Fort Hood's website - the headquarters of the Army 3rd Corps, the 4th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division - said it was closed, but gave no further details. All those units have seen extensive duty in Iraq.
"Effective immediately. Fort Hood is closed. Organisations/units are instructed to execute a 100 per cent accountability of all personnel. This is not a drill. It is an emergency situation," the website said.
Schools in the area were also on lockdown, MSNBC said.
President Barack Obama said the shooting was "a horrific outburst of violence".

"My immediate prayers are with the families of the fallen

hahahah a what

ALARM BELLS ANYONE

a us army officer openly said amybe the muslism should stand up and fight

relgiouss nut

I win

 

[Sultun]

Also, 'Modern Warfare 2' has just been released. Co-incidence? Or not?
The argument for banning such games grows stronger by the day.

 

[David Spade]

very poor attempt at trolling dickhead

 

[Riet]

This wouldnt happen if the military didnt have guns.

Oh wait, many people were saved because a female soldier shot him.

 

[jb_nc]

This wouldnt happen if the military didnt have guns.

Oh wait, many people were saved because a female soldier shot him.

lol

can anyone make sense of this

 

[Jessica14]

Where are you getting you're information from, Spade? You were right about him alive, but I haven't heard anything about religious motives.

(CNN) -- A solider suspected of fatally shooting 12 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday is not dead as previously reported by the military, the base's commander said Thursday evening.
A civilian officer who was wounded in the incident shot the suspect, who is "in custody and in stable condition," Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told reporters.
"Preliminary reports indicate there was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene," Cone said at a news conference. "However, he was not killed as previously reported."
The suspect, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood around 1:30 p.m., Cone said.
Three others initially taken into custody for interviews have been released, Cone said.
Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a psychiatrist licensed in Virginia who was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to military and professional records. Previously, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
A federal official said Hasan is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent. Military documents show that Hasan was born in Virginia and was never deployed outside the United States.
In a statement released Thursday, Hasan's cousin, Nader Hasan, said his family is "filled with grief for the families of today's victims."
"Our family loves America. We are proud of our country, and saddened by today's tragedy," the statement said. "Because this situation is still unfolding, we have nothing else that we are able to share with you at this time."
Hasan was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq "and appeared to be upset about that," Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said.
"I think that there is a lot of investigation going on now into his background and what he was doing that was not known before," Hutchison said.
Hutchison said she was told that the soldiers at the readiness facility "were filling out paper processing to go to Iraq or Afghanistan," according to CNN affiliate KXAN in Austin, Texas.
The readiness center is one of the last stops before soldiers deploy. It is also one of the first places a soldier goes upon returning to the United States.
The base reopened Thursday night after being under lockdown for more than five hours.
At a news conference earlier in the day, Cone said at least 10 of the dead were soldiers.
The shooter had two weapons, both handguns, Cone said.


A witness in a building adjacent to where the shooting happened said soldiers were cutting up their uniforms into homemade bandages as the wounded were brought into the building.
"It was total chaos," the witness said.
Cone said a graduation ceremony was being held in an auditorium just 50 meters from where the shooting took place.
"Thanks to the quick reaction of several soldiers, they were able to close off the doors to that auditorium where there were some 600 people inside," he said.
Peggy McCarty of Missouri told CNN affiliate KSHB that her daughter, Keara Bono, was among Thursday's wounded. She said she briefly spoke to Bono, who told her she had been shot in her left shoulder but was doing well.
"She's being deployed to Iraq on December 7," McCarty said. "I thought I was more worried about her going over to Iraq than here, just doing training in Texas. She just got there yesterday."
A woman who lives on base, about eight blocks from the shooting, said she and her daughter were at home when her husband called and told them to stay inside.
"And I asked him why, what was going on. He said that there was a shooting," said the woman, Nicole, who asked that her last name not be used. She said her husband called her back about 20 minutes later and told her to go upstairs, stay away from doors and windows and keep the doors locked.
"It's just been crazy," she said. "Sirens everywhere."
A soldier who asked not to be identified told CNN that an e-mail went out to all base personnel instructing them not to speak to the media.
President Obama called the shootings "tragic" and "a horrific outburst of violence." He expressed his condolences for the shooting victims.
"These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to risk, and at times give, their lives to protect the rest of us on a daily basis," Obama said. "It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas. It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil."
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas, posted an online appeal for blood as it began receving victims. "Due to the recent events on Fort Hood, we are in URGENT need of ALL blood types," it said.
Fort Hood, with about 40,000 troops, is home to the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command. It is located near Killeen, Texas.
The headquarters unit and three brigades of the 1st Cavalry are currently deployed in Iraq.
At least 25,000 people are at Fort Hood on any given day, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon said.
Fort Hood is home to the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which is designed to help soldiers overcome combat stress issues.
In June, Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, told CNN that he was trying to ease the kind of stresses soldiers face. He has pushed for soldiers working a day schedule to return home for dinner by 6 p.m., and required his personal authorization for anyone working weekends. At the time, two soldiers stationed there had committed suicide in 2009 -- a rate well below those of other posts.
Nearby Killeen was the scene of one of the most deadly shootings in American history 18 years ago when George Hennard crashed his truck into a Luby's Cafeteria and began shooting, killing 23 people and wounding 20.
Hennard's spree lasted 14 minutes. He eventually took his own life.

Officials: Fort Hood shootings suspect alive; 12 dead - CNN.com

 

[David Spade]

"Hasan would talk openly about his anger about the US troop presence in the Middle East, colleague Terry Lee said.
"He's made several comments about how we shouldn't be there."
He had heard Hasan say: "Maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressors."
"

do you even read stuff that is posted?

 

[Jessica14]

I read your stuff. I'm asking where you got it from.

 

[luv2luvurmama]

"Hasan would talk openly about his anger about the US troop presence in the Middle East, colleague Terry Lee said.
"He's made several comments about how we shouldn't be there."
He had heard Hasan say: "Maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressors."
"

do you even read stuff that is posted?

Shut the fuck up you monkey, we get it!! Who gives a shit, he's a nutcase, and a terrorist, but those Fuckers deserve it!! And he is right.. but on the other hand iraqi's are monkeys' too sooo... meh

The longer this war goes on, the better, more faggot American's die and more gay iraqi's die

Spranglar, wtf is wrong with your Dp, is that a transexual ?

 

[luv2luvurmama]

This wouldnt happen if the military didnt have guns.

Oh wait, many people were saved because a female soldier shot him.

Riet, you finished your HSC in 2004, and have almost 3000 posts, dont you have a fucking life? Go get one lol

 

[Jessica14]

This is from the New York Times:

General Cone said that terrorism was not being ruled out, but that preliminary evidence did not suggest that the rampage had been an act of terrorism. Fox News quoted a retired Army colonel, Terry Lee, as saying that Major Hasan, with whom he worked, had voiced hope that President Obama would pull American troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, had argued with military colleagues who supported the wars and had tried to prevent his own deployment.

As I said, nothing to suggest a radical religious idelogy.

 

[David Spade]

Twelve dead in shooting at Fort Hood military base | World News | News.com.au


sorry lol thought i posted it

 

[David Spade]

This is from the New York Times:



As I said, nothing to suggest a radical religious idelogy.

um are you serious

 

[Jessica14]

Washington Post:

He had been a "very devout" worshiper at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, attending prayers at least once a day, often in his Army fatigues, said Faizul Khan, a former imam there.
"To know something like this happened, I don't know what got into his mind," Khan said. "There was nothing extremist in his questions. He never showed any frustration. . . . He never showed any remorse or wish for vengeance on anybody."
A co-worker identified as Col. Terry Lee told Fox News that Hasan opposed the U.S. role in Iraq and Afghanistan and told others that "we should not be in the war in the first place." He said Hasan acknowledged that soldiers have a duty to follow the commander in chief's orders, but was hoping that President Obama would order a pullout from the conflicts.

He doesn't sound like a terrorist, he sounds like an idealist that quite possibly suffered a break of some kind.