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Victims of the Nov. 2009 Ft. Hood shooting are being denied benefits commensurate with combat injuries because the Obama administration refuses to label the attack an act of terrorism. Instead, the shooting Maj. Nidal Hasan carried out after screaming "Allahu Akbar" it is still being labeled "workplace violence." The difference between labeling the incident "workplace violence" and "terrorism" is not only the rightful recognition 13 of our troops deserve for being killed in service to their country on Nov. 5, 2009, but also ongoing benefits that would help survivors pay for the physical therapy, and other medical and psychological treatments...

WACO, Texas -An AWOL soldier has been indicted on three federal charges in connection with a plot to bomb Fort Hood soldiers in Texas. Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo was indicted Tuesday on charges of possession of an unregistered destructive device, possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition by a fugitive from justice. The 21-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge if convicted. Abdo was arrested two weeks ago at a Killeen motel near Fort Hood. Investigators said they found a handgun and ingredients for an explosive device. Abdo was approved as a conscientious objector this...

Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, after raising suspicions at a Killeen, Texas, gun shop where he purchased six pounds of gunpowder and several boxes of shotgun shells, was in police custody in Killeen on Thursday, accused of plotting to kill fellow soldiers in a frightening reprise of the November 2009 massacre at Fort Hood. Abdo, 21, who grew up in Garland outside of Dallas, was close to pulling off a "terror plot" in which the intended target was troops based at Fort Hood, said Killeen Police Chief Dennis Baldwin. "We would probably be here today giving you a different briefing had...

A senior government official tells ABC News that investigators have found that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan had "more unexplained connections to people being tracked by the FBI" than just radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The official declined to name the individuals but Congressional sources said their names and countries of origin were likely to emerge soon. Questions already surround Major Hasan's contact with Awlaki, a radical cleric based in Yemen whom authorities consider a recruiter for al Qaeda. U.S. officials now confirm Hasan sent as many as 20 e-mails to Awlaki. Authorities intercepted the e-mails but later...

WASHINGTON — A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday. Army Col. John Rossi, deputy commander at Fort Hood, confirmed at a news conference late Friday in Texas that the two weapons carried by Hasan were not military arms, but "privately owned weapons ... purchased locally." He said more than 100 rounds were fired during the attack. Records indicate Hasan bought the FN 5.7 at store called "Guns Galore" in Killeen, Texas, in recent months and that gun was used in the...

I live a good life....a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life

Shame on Bollywood By: Vinay | Friday , 6 Nov '09 15:16:38 PM Reply | Forward Bollywood keeps making movies (New York, Kurbaan...)which show only one side of Muslim terrorism (the resulting discrimination). But they never show Muslims running planes into buildings or killing civilians in hotels chanting Allah's name. Allegiance By: Tanmay | Friday , 6 Nov '09 14:53:32 PM Reply | Forward With the story of Muslims not going to sing the national song and now this Muslim guy killing his own colleauges, one has to wonder where is Muslims's allegiance. It seems Islam comes first. If you...

"4th Inf. Div. Reaches Out to Local Islamic Community Members During Mosque Visit" (May 2009) Sgt. Philip Klein 4th Inf. Div. PAO KILLEEN, Texas – Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of the 4th InfantryDivision, helped open the lines of communication when he visited a mosque at the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen community center, which is located in Killeen, May 7. The visit marks the Ironhorse Division’s inaugural effort to reach out to the sizeable Muslim community that resides in the greater central Texas region – Killeen, Temple and Austin– to foster dialogue, interaction and understanding between the...

Could high-speed rail service with a stop in the Hillsboro area be a reality by 2020? That is the goal set by the Texas High-Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation (THSRTC) following the final planning and design charrette in Fort Worth. The charrette preceded the 10th annual Transportation Summit held in Irving Tuesday through Friday, August 7-10. THSRTC board members met in Houston in May at the Continental Airlines headquarters for the first of the charrettes. Attending were eight international suppliers of high-speed rail for nine different systems in France, Germany, Korea and Spain. In addition, 14 consulting firms of varying...

Attorney representing soldier in Iraq returns By Debbie Stevenson Killeen Daily Herald A Killeen attorney sent into the war zone to represent a soldier accused of having a role in the rape and slaying of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl was on his way back to Central Texas on Wednesday. Dan Christensen with the Carlson Law Firm was sent Friday to Baghdad to represent Spc. Jesse V. Spielman of Chambersburg, Pa., one of five 101st Airborne Division soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, accused in the girl's slaying and the killing of her family on March 12. Christensen...

Desiree Fairooz, of CodePink, a woman-initiated grassroots organization, traveled from Arlington to participate. After reading from a prepared statement, Fairooz lambasted the war, the president and government leaders who she said were in Iraq with the sole intent to steal oil, build an embassy and make the country "America's 52nd state."

The “You Don’t Speak for Me Cindy” caravan leaves the studios of a San Francisco radio station on Monday and arrives in Crawford next Saturday to hold a rally and vigil. Move America Forward is sponsoring the rally. The rally will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. next Saturday at the Crawford Community Center. The vigil will be held at dusk in front of the sculpture, “Freedoms Angel of Steadfast Love,” which is dedicated to victims of the 9/11 attacks. The focus of the rally, however, wasn't in Central Texas as plans were announced. Cindy Sheehan returned to...

Slaying victims linked to 1 clubIn Killeen, investigators suspect 2 men had list of 12 to shoot to death10:06 PM CST on Saturday, December 4, 2004By KAREN BROOKS / The Dallas Morning News KILLEEN, Texas -- Diana Denson huddled with her tearful, terrified friends. Bodyguards surrounded them in a living room that had become a secret hideout. Four people in her small circle of work acquaintances at a club called Teazers had been slain over the gloomy Thanksgiving weekend. Ms. Denson, a dark-haired exotic dancer, feared she was next. She believed she was on the killers' hit list. Throughout that...

There is word going around locally that there is an abortion mill in the works for the Killeen (near Fort Hood) area. Please pray that this never comes about.

Winds clocked at 67 mph blew a mobile home in Harker Heights partially of its supports and tore the roofs off a local restaurant and a high school auditorium in Killeen when a line of severe thunderstorms swept through the region Thursday afternoon. While work crews from Oncor and the Texas Department of Transportation were busy with downed traffic lights and power lines along Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Harker Heights, no one was at the home of Sandy Rideout, whose residence in the Pleasant View Mobile Home Park was partially blown off its supporting pillars. "I'm still in shock," said...