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Update:13 Soldiers Killed 31 Wounded Fort Hood Shooting [Muslim terrorist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan]
ABC ^ | 05 NOV 09

Posted on 11/05/2009 12:18:55 PM PST by DCBryan1

Edited on 11/05/2009 2:37:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer.

The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan.

The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are also soldiers, have been apprehended, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone said.

The gunman used two handguns, Cone said. He wasn't sure if the shooter reloaded the weapons during the attack.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383407/posts

The latest information on Fort Hood injured
KXXV ^ | Nov. 9, 2009 | Staff
Posted on November 10, 2009 3:21:02 PM PST by La Enchiladita

FORT HOOD — This is the latest information on the injured. There are 16 people still hospitalized, including the alleged shooter. Seven victims are still in intensive care unit and 9 others people are still being treated.

(Excerpt) Read more at kxxv.com ...


2,621 posted on 11/10/2009 3:27:21 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 2617:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/11/nefa_backgrounder_on_anwar_al.php

“NEFA: Backgrounder on Anwar al Awlaki”
By Madeleine Gruen
(November 10, 2009

Full report here:
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefabackgrounder_alawlaki.pdf


2,622 posted on 11/10/2009 5:05:17 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2383526/posts?page=12#12

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2383526/posts

“Dare to Call It Terrorism”
National Review Online ^ | November 10, 2009 4:00 AM | Andrew C. McCarthy
Posted on November 10, 2009 6:19:50 PM PST by topfile


2,623 posted on 11/10/2009 7:11:53 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 2617:

Hat Tip:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383559/posts

http://radioviceonline.com/intellegence-community-10-to-20-e-mails-between-hasan-and-islamic-cleric/

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902061.html

“Hasan e-mails to cleric didn’t result in inquiry
Suspect in Fort Hood shootings will be tried in military court”

By Philip Rucker, Carrie Johnson and Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

FORT HOOD, TEX. —

SNIPPET: “U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted 10 to 20 e-mails from Hasan to Anwar al-Aulaqi, a U.S. citizen who once was a spiritual leader, or imam, at the suburban Virginia mosque where Hasan had worshiped, said a law enforcement official who spoke about the investigation on condition of anonymity.

Aulaqi responded to Hasan at least twice, according to Rep. Peter Hoekstra (Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee.”

SNIPPET: “The FBI determined that the e-mails did not warrant an investigation, according to the law enforcement official. Investigators said Hasan’s e-mails were consistent with the topic of his academic research and involved some social chatter and religious discourse.”

SNIPPET: “On Capitol Hill, several investigations of the shootings are taking shape, with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announcing the first public hearings on the matter. Federal authorities are continuing to review Hasan’s computer and electronic correspondence.”


2,624 posted on 11/10/2009 7:30:31 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/jihadist-john-muhammad-to-be-executed.html
http://www.jihadwatch.org/images/AllahInshallahJihad.jpg
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/virginia-governor-denies-clemency-for-john-muhammad-death-to-the-jihadi-tonight.html#more

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[Note: This is being posted here as an interesting notation and for archival purposes. -Cindy

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Thanks to piasa and squantos for the ping to the following post:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2383382/posts?page=548#548

To: Brytani; FL_engineer; Cindy

Did it ever come out in the trial why so many of his victims were at a Michaels? I don’t know what all came out in the trial offhand. But... this may give some insight :

To: aristeides;
... Anybody know if that big mosque near the Falls Church shoooting is a radical mosque?
You are talking about the Dar AL Hijrah mosque at 3159 Row Place, Falls Church, VA. That would be the windmill shaped building 700 feet from the Home Depot where the FBI agent was murdered.
The mosque/islamic center is where this group of eleven were said to meet to hear lectures by an Islamic lecturer: Ali Al-Timimi,
The Michael’s craft store that Muhammad/Malvo visited twice earlier in 2002 is also in the same shopping center, so in my opinion, M&M must have visited this mosque in January and August 2002. I would even bet they ESCAPED to this mosque after the murder...
And with the LEADER of this group of 11 jihadists ALSO being a black Gulf I war veteran, Washington State native, and Islamic convert, I have to assume they met at some point and knew each other.
It is well-known that the dominant Muslim theology in Northern Virginia is Saudi Wahhabism, from the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Falls Church, to the phony “charitable foundations” Herndon, to the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg.
47 posted on 06/29/2003 4:17:46 PM PDT by FL_engineer

Note : This mosque in this shopping center is the same one attended by some of the 9/11 hijackers; it also was attended by some of the Paintball cell jihadists. It’s also linked to Ali al Timimi who is an American of Iraqi extraction some link to the anthrax case of 2001. The mosque was at one point led the Ft. Hood shooter’s al Qaeda confidant Anwar al-Awlaki AKA Anwar al-Aulaqi ; it is the mosque the Ft. Hood shooter attended when he was still living in Virginia.
548 posted on November 10, 2009 8:13:59 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)

To: FL_engineer
Also note that

(a) several of the 9/11 hijackers (starting with Nawaf Alhazmi and Hani Hanjour) made their phoney Virginia ID connection at Dar al-Hijra mosque [in Falls Church, VA]; that

(b) the address used on those 9/11 phoney ID’s was 5913 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church 22044, an address less than one mile east of Dar al-Hijra (which is also on Leesburg Pike); (c) that [Beltway shooters] Malvo/Muhammad were stopped several times and at several locations along Leesburg Pike during their October spree (if I recall from Tysons Corner all the way east to the Leesburg Shopping Plaza at South George Mason Drive).

As an aside, it’s remarkable that every time there is another incident involving Dar al-Hijra, it members, or its imams, that these are identified in the press as “a Northern Virginia mosque.” Turn over the rock, and you’re right back at the epicenter of 9/11, Malvo/Muhammad, and Wahabbist activity in Virginia.

By the way, I’ve posted before that Dar al-Hijra is in equally close proximity to the office of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (formerly run by OBL’s brother) and had on its board at least once banker to Osama bin Laden.
56 posted on 06/30/2003 3:33:31 AM PDT by angkor

551 posted on November 10, 2009 8:21:02 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)


2,625 posted on 11/10/2009 9:24:29 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING 1 post to post no. 2625:

Thanks to piasa for the ping and the post:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2383382/posts?page=569#569

To: Brytani; Cindy
January 2003 : (FALLS CHURCH, VA : DAR AL-HIJRAH ISLAMIC CENTER : AL AULAQI aka AL AWLAKI SERMON) An associate imam at a large mosque here attended by two of the 9-11 hijackers says Muslims who die while fighting unbelievers in the cause of Allah are no different from U.S. Marines fighting and dying for America in Iraq and Afghanistan. Johari Malik of the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., made the comparison in defending a sermon given earlier this year [Jan 2003] by the mosque’s former head cleric, Anwar Aulaqi, who is under FBI investigation for his ties to the suicidal hijackers and other terrorists. [Johari] Malik – who remains close to [Anwar] Aulaqi, now living in Yemen, his place of birth – says there’s nothing wrong with such sermons [as the one given by Anwar Aulaki in London]. ‘’That’s the same thing as telling Marines in this country semper fidelis,’’ Malik told WorldNetDaily. ‘’Telling people to give their all for their faith is not an unusual idea.’’ ———— “D.C. mosque tied to 9-11 extols martyrdom virtues ;” by Paul Sperry, WorldNetDaily.com, Thursday, September 11, 2003
It gets better; Timimi’s oncologust friend is this guy:

1982 : (ROME NY CELL : UPSTATE NY : UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD-TRAINED DR DHAFIR BECOMES A STAFF MEMBER OF ROME MEM HOSP -—— see ALI AL TIMIMI, PAINTBALL CELL, DAR AL HIJRAH MOSQUE {See 9/11 HIJACKERS, FT WORTH SHOOTER}, IANA SPINOFF CHARITY “HELP THE NEEDY”, DR BASSEM KHAFAJI ) Dr. Rafil Dhafir, 55, a founder of Help the Needy, was a respected Iraqi-born oncologist practicing in upstate Rome and has been a member of the medical staff at Rome Memorial Hospital since 1982. -——Upstate charity tied to illegal Iraqi cash: Feds say N.Y. group laundered millions New York Daily News ^ | April 6, 2003 | DOUGLAS FEIDEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2003? : (IDAHO & NY “HELP THE NEEDY” CASE :See DR DHAFIR {See ALBANY CELL, FALLS CHURCH, AL TIMIMI}) In the predawn hours of Feb. 26, in several coordinated raids, Al-Hussayen was arrested by FBI agents in Idaho and agents in and around Syracuse pounced on three of the four suspects in the Help the Needy case. Al-Hussayen was charged with visa fraud and making false statements in an 11-count indictment that says he covertly disbursed $300,000 in money from overseas to the assembly [IANA]- and provided his expertise to Web sites that “advocate violence against the United States.” When the feds searched Al-Hussayen’s University of Idaho office and home, they found a cache of damning computer evidence that is still being evaluated: A photo of President Bush with a bull’s-eye on his head; thousands of pictures of the World Trade Center, before and after Sept. 11; an aerial image of the Pentagon; hundreds of photos of the destroyer Cole and other terrorist targets, and dozens of images of Bin Laden and the two Saudi sheiks whose fatwas he had posted online. -—— Upstate charity tied to illegal Iraqi cash: Feds say N.Y. group laundered millions New York Daily News ^ | April 6, 2003 | DOUGLAS FEIDEN This oncologist as I recall lived in Falls Church near Timimi in 1999. Some say Timimi was an advisor for a magazine associated with Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Pittsburgh at one time. This doc attended a conference in China sponsored by the UN along with Timimi associate Bassem Khafaji.

Also, the Ft. Hood shooter was said to have attended Virginia Tech. One of al Timimi’s paintball cell followers , Kwon, attended too.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 : (KWON FLEES THE USA) He never made it to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban, but Kwon — a Northern Virginia engineer who fled the United States nine days after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks said it wasn’t for lack of effort. Kwon, 29, a South Korea-born graduate of Virginia Tech who is serving an 11-year prison sentence as a result of his guilty plea last year [2004] on federal conspiracy and weapons charges. He has emerged as the prosecution’s star witness in the case against Ali Al-Timimi, an American Islamic scholar charged with recruiting soldiers for the Taliban just five days after Sept. 11. . ...—— “Virginia Tech Killer Part of “paintball jihad”?,” Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | April 10, 2005 | Debra Erdley(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...

[Wasn’t that other shooter who killed a load of college students a Korean at VA Tech?]

569 posted on November 10, 2009 9:44:12 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)


2,626 posted on 11/10/2009 10:02:06 PM PST by Cindy
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www.revolutionmuslim.com
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/america_hater_in_qns_hails_hood_HvD7Z20qSwe9dp4obu8L7L

“America-hater in Qns. hails Hood massacre”
By JOHN DOYLE in Fort Hood, Texas, and JANON FISHER in NY
Last Updated: 5:49 PM, November 10, 2009
Posted: 2:15 AM, November 8, 2009

SNIPPET: “The Woodside extremist spends his free time annoying mainstream Muslims in front of mosques around the city, handing out literature and denouncing the US.

Imams in Manhattan are appalled by his message and have tried to get the police to stop him from spreading his radical message.

“We spoke to law enforcement about them, because we are disgusted with their behavior,” said Shamsi Ali, an imam at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, a mosque at 96th Street and Third Avenue.

He said that at a recent Muslim parade, al-Khattab and his followers were preaching violence, but despite complaints from the congregation, the NYPD could only watch.

“They say that as long as there is not a physical threat, there’s nothing that they can do.” said Ali. “They say it’s a free-speech issue.””


2,627 posted on 11/10/2009 10:22:27 PM PST by Cindy
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www.revolutionmuslim.com

revolutionmuslim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1203:revolutuon-muslim-on-the-jessi-woodrow-show&catid=11:revolutionary-media&Itemid=15

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www.jessewoodrow.com/jessewoodrow.com/Podcasts/Entries/2009/11/10_11102009.html
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www.jessewoodrow.com/jessewoodrow.com/Podcasts/Entries/2009/11/9_Revolution_Muslim_-_Yousef_Al-Khattab.html
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2,628 posted on 11/10/2009 10:32:28 PM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-memorial-service-fort-hood

Home • Briefing Room • Speeches & Remarks

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release November 10, 2009
Remarks by the President at Memorial Service at Fort Hood

Fort Hood - III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas

1:55 P.M. CST

THE PRESIDENT: To the Fort Hood community; to Admiral Mullen; General Casey; General Cone; Secretary McHugh; Secretary Gates; most importantly, to family, friends and members of our Armed Forces. We come together filled with sorrow for the 13 Americans that we have lost; with gratitude for the lives that they led; and with a determination to honor them through the work we carry on.

This is a time of war. Yet these Americans did not die on a foreign field of battle. They were killed here, on American soil, in the heart of this great state and the heart of this great American community. This is the fact that makes the tragedy even more painful, even more incomprehensible.

For those families who have lost a loved one, no words can fill the void that’s been left. We knew these men and women as soldiers and caregivers. You knew them as mothers and fathers; sons and daughters; sisters and brothers.

But here is what you must also know: Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. Their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. Their life’s work is our security, and the freedom that we all too often take for granted. Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil town; every dawn that a flag is unfurled; every moment that an American enjoys life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — that is their legacy.

Neither this country — nor the values upon which we were founded — could exist without men and women like these 13 Americans. And that is why we must pay tribute to their stories.
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Cahill had served in the National Guard and worked as a physician’s assistant for decades. A husband and father of three, he was so committed to his patients that on the day he died, he was back at work just weeks after having had a heart attack.

Major Libardo Eduardo Caraveo spoke little English when he came to America as a teenager. But he put himself through college, earned a PhD, and was helping combat units cope with the stress of deployment. He’s survived by his wife, sons and step-daughters.

Staff Sergeant Justin DeCrow joined the Army right after high school, married his high school sweetheart, and had served as a light wheeled mechanic and satellite communications operator. He was known as an optimist, a mentor, and a loving husband and loving father.

After retiring from the Army as a major, John Gaffaney cared for society’s most vulnerable during two decades as a psychiatric nurse. He spent three years trying to return to active duty in this time of war, and he was preparing to deploy to Iraq as a captain. He leaves behind a wife and son.

Specialist Frederick Greene was a Tennessean who wanted to join the Army for a long time, and did so in 2008, with the support of his family. As a combat engineer he was a natural leader, and he is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Specialist Jason Hunt was also recently married, with three children to care for. He joined the Army after high school. He did a tour in Iraq, and it was there that he reenlisted for six more years on his 21st birthday so that he could continue to serve.

Staff Sergeant Amy Krueger was an athlete in high school, joined the Army shortly after 9/11, and had since returned home to speak to students about her experience. When her mother told her she couldn’t take on Osama bin Laden by herself, Amy replied: “Watch me.”

Private First Class Aaron Nemelka was an Eagle Scout who just recently signed up to do one of the most dangerous jobs in the service — diffuse bombs — so that he could help save lives. He was proudly carrying on a tradition of military service that runs deep within his family.

Private First Class Michael Pearson loved his family and loved his music, and his goal was to be a music teacher. He excelled at playing the guitar, and could create songs on the spot and show others how to play. He joined the military a year ago, and was preparing for his first deployment.

Captain Russell Seager worked as a nurse for the VA, helping veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress. He had extraordinary respect for the military, and signed up to serve so that he could help soldiers cope with the stress of combat and return to civilian life. He leaves behind a wife and son.

Private Francheska Velez, daughter of a father from Colombia and a Puerto Rican mother, had recently served in Korea and in Iraq, and was pursuing a career in the Army. When she was killed she was pregnant with her first child, and was excited about becoming a mother.

Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Warman was the daughter and granddaughter of Army veterans. She was a single mom who put herself through college and graduate school, and served as a nurse practitioner while raising her two daughters. She also left behind a loving husband.

Private First Class Kham Xiong came to America from Thailand as a small child. He was a husband and father who followed his brother into the military because his family had a strong history of service. He was preparing for his first deployment to Afghanistan.

These men and women came from all parts of the country. Some had long careers in the military. Some had signed up to serve in the shadow of 9/11. Some had known intense combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some cared for those did. Their lives speak to the strength, the dignity, the decency of those who serve, and that’s how they will be remembered.

For that same spirit is embodied in the community here at Fort Hood, and in the many wounded who are still recovering. As was already mentioned, in those terrible minutes during the attack, soldiers made makeshift tourniquets out of their clothes. They braved gunfire to reach the wounded, and ferried them to safety in the backs of cars and a pickup truck.

One young soldier, Amber Bahr, was so intent on helping others, she did not realize for some time that she, herself, had been shot in the back. Two police officers — Mark Todd and Kim Munley — saved countless lives by risking their own. One medic — Francisco de la Serna — treated both Officer Munley and the gunman who shot her.

It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy. But this much we do know — no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor. For what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice — in this world, and the next.

These are trying times for our country. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the same extremists who killed nearly 3,000 Americans continue to endanger America, our allies, and innocent Afghans and Pakistanis. In Iraq, we’re working to bring a war to a successful end, as there are still those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that Americans and Iraqis have sacrificed so much for.

As we face these challenges, the stories of those at Fort Hood reaffirm the core values that we are fighting for, and the strength that we must draw upon. Theirs are the tales of American men and women answering an extraordinary call — the call to serve their comrades, their communities, and their country. In an age of selfishness, they embody responsibility. In an era of division, they call upon us to come together. In a time of cynicism, they remind us of who we are as Americans.

We are a nation that endures because of the courage of those who defend it. We saw that valor in those who braved bullets here at Fort Hood, just as surely as we see it in those who signed up knowing that they would serve in harm’s way.

We are a nation of laws whose commitment to justice is so enduring that we would treat a gunman and give him due process, just as surely as we will see that he pays for his crimes.

We’re a nation that guarantees the freedom to worship as one chooses. And instead of claiming God for our side, we remember Lincoln’s words, and always pray to be on the side of God.

We’re a nation that is dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal. We live that truth within our military, and see it in the varied backgrounds of those we lay to rest today. We defend that truth at home and abroad, and we know that Americans will always be found on the side of liberty and equality. That’s who we are as a people.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. It’s a chance to pause, and to pay tribute — for students to learn the struggles that preceded them; for families to honor the service of parents and grandparents; for citizens to reflect upon the sacrifices that have been made in pursuit of a more perfect union.

For history is filled with heroes. You may remember the stories of a grandfather who marched across Europe; an uncle who fought in Vietnam; a sister who served in the Gulf. But as we honor the many generations who have served, all of us — every single American — must acknowledge that this generation has more than proved itself the equal of those who’ve come before.

We need not look to the past for greatness, because it is before our very eyes.

This generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have volunteered in the time of certain danger. They are part of the finest fighting force that the world has ever known. They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different and difficult places. They have stood watch in blinding deserts and on snowy mountains. They have extended the opportunity of self-government to peoples that have suffered tyranny and war. They are man and woman; white, black, and brown; of all faiths and all stations — all Americans, serving together to protect our people, while giving others half a world away the chance to lead a better life.

In today’s wars, there’s not always a simple ceremony that signals our troops’ success — no surrender papers to be signed, or capital to be claimed. But the measure of the impact of these young men and women is no less great — in a world of threats that no know borders, their legacy will be marked in the safety of our cities and towns, and the security and opportunity that’s extended abroad. It will serve as testimony to the character of those who served, and the example that all of you in uniform set for America and for the world.

Here, at Fort Hood, we pay tribute to 13 men and women who were not able to escape the horror of war, even in the comfort of home. Later today, at Fort Lewis, one community will gather to remember so many in one Stryker Brigade who have fallen in Afghanistan.

Long after they are laid to rest — when the fighting has finished, and our nation has endured; when today’s servicemen and women are veterans, and their children have grown — it will be said that this generation believed under the most trying of tests; believed in perseverance — not just when it was easy, but when it was hard; that they paid the price and bore the burden to secure this nation, and stood up for the values that live in the hearts of all free peoples.

So we say goodbye to those who now belong to eternity. We press ahead in pursuit of the peace that guided their service. May God bless the memory of those that we have lost. And may God bless the United States of America. (Applause.)

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2:12 P.M. CST


2,629 posted on 11/11/2009 12:43:57 AM PST by Cindy
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/11/10/GA2009111000920.html

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http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/09/muslim-soldier-nidal-hasan-to-fellow-military-doctors-we-love-death-more-then-sic-you-love-life/

“Muslim soldier Nidal Hasan to fellow military doctors: “We love death more then (sic) you love life!” Updated”
By Michelle Malkin • November 9, 2009 11:31 PM


2,630 posted on 11/11/2009 12:46:20 AM PST by Cindy
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http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/11/11/blind_diversity_equals_death

“Blind Diversity Equals Death”
by Michelle Malkin
(November 11, 2009)

The violence at Fort Hood, President Obama told mourners on Tuesday, was “incomprehensible.” The “twisted logic that led to the tragedy,” he reiterated, may be “too hard to comprehend.” If the Bush administration suffered a systemic failure of imagination on homeland security, the Obama administration is suffering a willful failure of comprehension.

What exactly is so hard to comprehend? Fort Hood jihadist Maj. Nidal Hasan made his means, motives and inspiration all too clear for those willing to see and hear. In his 2007 slide presentation to fellow Army doctors on “The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the Military,” Hasan spelled it out: “We love death more then (sic) you love life!””


2,631 posted on 11/11/2009 12:49:10 AM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following opinion commentary is a quote:

blog:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/obamas_cowardly_ft_hood_speech.html

November 10, 2009
Obama’s Cowardly Fort Hood Speech
J.C. Arenas

Today the President did his job, and I say that in a non-complimentary fashion. He spoke before a nation that was still in mourning over the first terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11, but he did so in a cowardly manner.

At no point during his speech did he mutter any words that describe the enemy we continue to face. He spoke vaguely of “twisted logic” and “extremists”, but failed to point the finger directly at Islam. If we didn’t know any better, we wouldn’t have a clue who or what he was talking about.

However, with all that being said, I’m once again not surprised that Obama willingly chose to miss the boat. First, our aloof commander-in-chief felt the need to send a shout-out to Chief Joe Medicine Crow before he spoke of the 14 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood (yes I’m counting the fetus in Francheska Velez’s womb), then during the weekend following this horrific incident, he retreated to Camp David while his predecessor quietly went and paid his respects.

If we have any more terrorists disguised in U.S. military fatigues like Nadal Malik Hasan, they have nothing to worry about. Obama will continue to sleep comfortably at night in his Bubble House and his repeated actions of willful ignorance will allow them to conclude he’s just asleep at the switch.

Feel any safer yet?

No, I don’t either.


2,632 posted on 11/11/2009 3:00:14 AM PST by Cindy
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573625,00.html

“Suspected Fort Hood Shooter’s Attorney Has Long History in Army Law, Says Client ‘Coherent’”
Tuesday, November 10, 2009


2,633 posted on 11/11/2009 4:40:14 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All; fanfan

ADDING TO POST 2617:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fortdix/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/toronto18/index?tab=articles

Thanks to fanfan for the ping to this thread:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384099/posts


2,634 posted on 11/11/2009 1:21:13 PM PST by Cindy
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Adding on to post no. 2634 - quote:

From Yemen, Anwar Awlaki Helped Inspire Fort Dix, Toronto Plots
ABC ^
Posted on November 11, 2009 11:52:58 AM PST by Sub-Driver

From Yemen, Anwar Awlaki Helped Inspire Fort Dix, Toronto Plots Despite Terror Connections, E-mails with Major Hasan Did Not Raise Red Flags By RICHARD ESPOSITO, REHAB EL-BURI, and BRIAN ROSS

Nov. 11, 2009 —

In addition to his contacts with Major Nidal Hasan, the radical American cleric, Anwar al Awlaki, served as an inspiration for men convicted in terror plots in Toronto and Fort Dix, New Jersey, according to government officials and court records reviewed by ABCNews.com.

Despite his ties to other plots, including the one against the Army post at Fort Dix, some 20 e-mails between Awlaki and Major Hasan were dismissed as “innocent” by a military investigator working on the FBI’s Joint Terror Task Force in Washington, D.C.

Awlaki left the United States and moved to Yemen in 2002 after questions were raised about his ties to two of the 9/11 hijackers. He established an English-language web site that appears to have thousands of followers around the world. In a post this week on his blog, Awlaki praised Major Hasan as a “hero” and “a man of conscience.” He asked, “How can there be any dispute about the virtue of what he has done?”

American officials say Awlaki, has gone into hiding since his e-mail exchanges with the accused Fort Hood shooter became public. Phone calls to a relative’s home in Yemen were not returned.

“He is not just a proselytizer but someone who is operational, with deep and longstanding connections to al Qaeda and has been for some time,” said a former senior American intelligence official who had access to classified information.

Awlaki was characterized in court testimony as an inspiration by two of six Muslim immigrants convicted on conspiracy and other charges in a plot to kill U.S. military personnel at Fort Dix.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


2,635 posted on 11/11/2009 1:21:57 PM PST by Cindy
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As we discussed here before; this is correct. There are 14 victims. -Cindy

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Unborn Child Was Fort Hood Shooting’s 14th Victim, Obama Should Prosecute
LifeNews.com ^ | November 11, 2009 | Steven Ertelt
Posted on November 11, 2009 12:44:44 PM PST by julieee

Unborn Child Was Fort Hood Shooting’s 14th Victim, Obama Should Prosecute

Seldom mentioned is the most hidden victim — soldier Francheska Velez’s unborn baby. Velez was on maternity leave when she stopped at Ft. Hood, where she and the child she carried in her womb fell victim to Hasan’s bullet. In the interest of true justice, Hasan should be prosecuted under the Unborn Victims of Violence Act.

http://www.LifeNews.com/state4567.html

(Excerpt) Read more at LifeNews.com ...


2,636 posted on 11/11/2009 1:28:03 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

You’re welcome, Cindy.


2,637 posted on 11/11/2009 1:34:39 PM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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CORRECTING post no. 2636: As we discussed here before; there are 14 DEAD victims. -Cindy


2,638 posted on 11/11/2009 1:37:54 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 2634:

blog:

http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2399

“Tuesday 10th November 2009
Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters - Part 1”
BY SHIRAZ MAHER

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http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2401

Wednesday 11th November 2009
“Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters - Part 2”
BY SHIRAZ MAHER

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Video included with part 2 on the blog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wpGn3VgNMA

“Asim Qureshi speaks at Hizb ut-Tahrir Rally”

Video description:

November 05, 2009

Asim Qureshi, formerly of Cage Prisoners and soon to be employed be legal charity ‘Reprieve’, speaks on a Hizb ut-Tahrir platform and calls for jihad against western oppression in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kashmir.

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Tags: Asim Qureshi Hizb ut-Tahrir


2,639 posted on 11/11/2009 2:08:33 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taliban/index?tab=articles
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/taleban/index?tab=articles

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www1.nefafoundation.org/documents-area-afghanistan.html

www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaHasantaliban1109.pdf

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/11/afghan_taliban_celebrate_massa.php

“Afghan Taliban Celebrate Massacre at Ft. Hood”
By Evan Kohlmann

(November 10, 2009)


2,640 posted on 11/11/2009 2:44:15 PM PST by Cindy
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