Posted on 11/05/2009 11:30:08 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.
The gunman, first said to have been killed, was wounded but alive in a hospital under military guard, said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood. He was shot four times, and was on a ventilator and unconscious, according to military officials. "I would say his death is not imminent," Cone said.
The man was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old from Virginia.
President Barack Obama called the shooting at the Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening, "a horrific outburst of violence."
"It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas," the commander in chief said. "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil."
Soldiers rushed to treat their injured colleagues by ripping their uniforms into makeshift bandages. Officials have not ruled out the possibility that some casualties may have been victims of "friendly fire," shot by authorities amid the mayhem and confusion at the scene, said a senior U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss matters that were under investigation.
Hasan had transferred to Fort Hood in July from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he received a poor performance evaluation, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
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This outrage happened in my state, to my troops who protect me and my country , at Fort Hood in a neighboring county, by a Islamic soldier who did not believe in the wars.
I am sad and I am angry... My “neighbors” are hurting.
The shooter is NOT dead? Finish him, then!
The same way a lot of poor performers get promoted- Affirmative Action.
The military has had PC shoved down it's throat.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572448,00.html
If he had been watched by the Feds for the past 6 months then they blew this one by not noticing that he was giving his crap away.
OBAMA'S FAULT!
Everyone needs to pay attention to that. All troops returning from the zones of conflict are supposed to be assigned to one of these centers to "decompress".
Can you imagine what a young soldier is going to think now? He/she was in danger in Iraq or Afghanistan, but is not any safer when they are back home. Some of those troops are on edge already.
I hope this doesn't bring unwanted consequences.
Psychiatrist = MD who prescribes drugs.
Psychologist = PhD who does traditional counseling.
US Troops Missing in Afghanistan. No back up other than that yet.
I'm still reeling over this act of TERRORISM. Yes, that's what I called it, CAIR!
I’ll be happy to sign the “Discontinue Life Support” form...
Hurt?
That sounds like they slipped and fell or bumped their heads.
They were WOUNDED! not "hurt".
Has anyone in authority yet admitted that this was a deliberate terrorist attack by a Muslim jihadist?
I'm sure that in the last 9 years since 9/11 the FBI and the CIA have been thoroughly Islamicized.
I REALLY REALLY PRAY that he LIVES
YOU are calling our military unstable? What, are you a jihadist?
His martyrdom has been delayed. They need to keep him around for the waterboarding. we wish.
Sudden Jihad Syndrome, it happens all the time to Moderate Muslims.
Thanks for the ping!
SJS. This will be his defense. This little "fit" of SJS will of course be blamed on white racism, so he can use the hate crimes legislation as his defense.
Next stop: Bermuda /s
Meanwhile the ineligible Affirmative Action Ass Klown resident of the White House, who would not pass a security check to be a gardener there, could make sure military personnel are allowed to carry arms by executive order.
At his press conference it took him quite a while to get around to this Muslim Terrorist attack after jive-assing about on camera for several minutes.
And still few Americans are even aware that the aforementioned Affirmative Action ACORN Ass Klown spend most of 2006 campaigning for Raila Odinga in Kenya, raising millions for him here at home. Odinga's platform? Expulsion of Christians from "Muslim Provinces," Sharia Law, and the encouragement to massacre Christians when he lost the internationally monitored election, burning them alive in their churches. That is AAAAK's "Foreign Policy Experience."
If hes the psychiatrist, what must the people he’s been treating be like?
More messed up than when they saw him the first time, that’s for sure
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