Posted on 11/07/2009 6:10:30 PM PST by reaganaut1
After two days of investigation into the mass shooting at Fort Hood, investigators have tentatively concluded that the attack was not part of a terrorist plot.
Rather, they have come to believe that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the shootings, acted out under a welter of emotional, ideological and religious pressures, according to interviews with federal officials who have been briefed on the inquiry.
Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that Major Hasan believed he was carrying out an extremists suicide mission.
But the investigators, working with behavioral experts, suggested that he may have long suffered from emotional problems that were exacerbated by the tensions of his work with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who returned home with serious psychiatric problems.
They said his counseling activities with the veterans appear to have further fueled his anger and hardened his increasingly militant views at the same time that he seemed to move toward more extreme religious beliefs all of which boiled over as he faced being shipped overseas, an assignment he bitterly opposed.
Investigators have gleaned most of their findings from Major Hasans computer use and from interviews with his family members, co-workers and neighbors. One significant investigative thrust has involved determining whether Major Hasan had contact with extremists who preyed on his increasingly angry and outspoken opposition to American policies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
But so far, investigators have unearthed no evidence that he was directed or steered into violence or ever traveled overseas to meet with extremist groups, as defendants in other recent terrorism cases are accused of doing, the officials said.
The officials emphasized that their findings were preliminary, and that the investigation was fluid. New information could alter their perceptions of Major Hasans motives.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
By the NYT standard, Eric Rudoph was deeply misunderstood and a victim of his enviroment.
Hasan's the victim!
With their past track records, expect the military to start construction on the new Fort Hood Mosque tomorrow morning. Exactly one year later, the FBI and CAIR can co-host the Grand Opening and smile broadly when the Muslim-in-Chief makes a 'surprise' visit dedicating the now completed mosque to all muslims in the military.
Some serious classic comedy. I don’t know how “Bookman” kept a straight face. Jerry could not. :)
Who got him the gun? No one is reporting, but it sounds like a Scorpion in 5.7 MM, not exactly a weapon available over at Louie's Gun Shop.
This part of jihad is just another aspect of a larger-scale attack like 7-11. It is the equivalent of a suicide bomber in a crowded marketplace. Hassan had all the religious , material, and logistical support backup that any other suicide jihadist would have.
Here’s a plot for you...........The koran tells them to kill non believers! Hows that for a plot?
Except for that “inconvenient “Muslim dressed” visitor he had earlier in the week. Who no one at his apartment building had seen before and who only stayed a few minutes. If he turns out to be tied in, then it becomes, at minimum, a terrorist conspiracy.
They've had Muslim services at one of the base chapels ever since I've been here. They also have Jewish services in another chapel. They even have a bunch of Wiccans who meet in a scout camp on post.
The Army's anti-gun policy made it that much more difficult for Good to triumph.
TFT = Typical Fing Terrorist
“It wasn’t “part of” a terrorist plot, it was a terrorist plot.”
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Absolutely! It was a MUSLIM terrorist plot, even if he acted independently, it is by definition a plot to kill Americans and it was motivated by his Muslim beliefs. To paraphrase David Allen Coe, if that ain’t terrorism it’s a damned bad joke, if that ain’t terrorism you can kiss my ass.
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
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This is one definition of the word plot, this can be done by one person, a plot does not necessarily have to be a conspiracy. A plot can be one person’s secret plan involving no others.
But to liberals, law-abiding gun owners are “potential terrorists.”
Every qualified soldier should have a conceal carry permit when off duty on base , and uniformed soldiers so trained must always be armed if qualified in time of war, and in uniform.Hell, a knife even!
But we have ideologues, idiots at the top who do not want to appear aggressive. The USS Cole, The Marine Barracks in Lebanon,and now tyhis, all preventable. A 50 cal machine gun and an anti tank shoulder launched missile at the gates of the Marine Barracks could have prevented much death.A fully armed deck watch with fire to kill orders within 100 meters would have saved 17 lives on the Cole. The blood of these soldiers is not only on the hands of Hasan IMHO.
The Army identification card should be all the “permit” any soldier needs to carry any weapon at any time anywhere in the United States.
ok - so if you’re a radical jihadist that acts alone you are NOT a terrorist.
If you’re a radical jihadist who does what he’s told - you ARE a terrorist.
Got it.
“Frankly, stuff like this makes me wish that the next Muslim terrorist would go after the offices of the NY Times.”
Won’t ever happen.
They know who their friends are.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/061109_fbi_calls_shooting_domestic_terrorism
FBI: Shooting Was Domestic Terrorism
Updated: Thursday, 11 Jun 2009, 6:08 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 11 Jun 2009, 6:08 PM EDT
Sherri Ly
sherri.ly@foxtv.com
By SHERRI LY/myfoxdc
WASHINGTON, D.C - On Thursday, the FBI called the shooting that took place at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday an act of domestic terrorism, a reminder of the threat within our own borders.
The suspect, James von Brunn, was a self-proclaimed white supremacist. When his name came out, it did not surprise to groups that monitor domestic terrorism. His name was already on their lists.
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He was Jordanian. He was a self proclamied Islamic Extremist.
The difference is soooooo very clear.
Who are we to fear more? The terrorist themselves or the idiots who refuse to speak reality?
The idiots who refuse to face reality are in charge and put our soldiers in these situations, not only where they get shot at - but they actually were being “treated” by this whacko!
Unbelievable.
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