Posted on 11/05/2009 3:24:50 PM PST by chemical_boy
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Associated Press is reporting that a source has told them the shooting suspect in Thursday's attacks on the Fort Hood Army Post in Texas is Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, an Army mental health professional.
The attacks on Ft. Hood left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, who is said to be Hasan, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in the attack.
According to the AP, a defense official said Hasan was a mental health professionaleither an Army psychologist or psychiatrist. It's not known if he was treating people at the post.
The AP said that officials are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name, or if he converted to the Islamic faith at some point in his life. He was believed to have been in his late 30s.
FOX News reports the soldier who was the gunman in the attacks is from Virginia, but they have not confirmed his name. They also report that the shooter was not happy about the prospect of being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
According to Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood, the shooter used two handguns in the attacks at the Soldier Readiness Center on Thursday around 1:30 CDT. The gunman was then shot and killed by a civilian policeman.
A perfect place for an islamist mole.
The progressives, of course, will worry about Islamophobia and the spread of hate.
These idiots really do fear conservative Republicans like myself, instead of the hate right in front of their faces.
Were is the pic of this moslem POS?
“Hasan was a mental health professional”
Islamic mental health professionals are to psychology as their clerics are to religion.
i know. govt worries about these things. Remember post 9/11? all the attacks on muslims that NEVER occurred? Sure harsh words may have been spoken but no violence.
America is witnessing "the Messiah's" peace dividend. Idiots votd this creep into office, including Peggy Noonan, and we are reaping the tragic results.
Let people scream at me for supporting Rabbi Meir Kahane, Zt"l. As they say in Israel, "Kahane was right"!
Probably not a “mole,” that is, not planted there for jihad.
Probably just another example of “sudden Jihad syndrome,” or, “when moderate muslims turn rabid.”
Yeah, we all know who he is.
We know.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson just said, she heard that he was from JORDAN.
If Malik Nadal Hassan is from VA (now I’m hearing Maryland) and in his late 30s, he most likely was not born here or was born with another hame. 30/40 years ago, there was hardly any Muslim or Middle Eastern population in the DC/MD/VA area.
The thing to watch for now is a move to divert as much as possible of the jihad angle and transfer the MO to “stress”.
Public officials are scared “sh**less” over the ramifications of what just occurred here.
how come nothing about the other 2 shooters yet? Must have something if they’re in custody.
muslims are like Pit Bulls -- it isn't a matter of whether, but of when.
There should be NO, NADA, ZERO muslims in positions of trust in our military. Head 'em up, move 'em out, Rawhide!
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