Posted on 11/06/2009 11:37:13 AM PST by COUNTrecount
A fresh tragedy added to the horror of the Fort Hood massacre Friday when it was revealed that one of the victims was a pregnant soldier.
Francheska Velez, who returned to the U.S. just three days earlier from a foreign posting, was filling out paperwork when a gunman hollered "Allahu Akbar!" and embarked on a bloody rampage that left her and a dozen others dead.
A 21-year-old Chicagoan, Velez was six-weeks pregnant when she was cut down on Thursday, FOX Chicago News reported.
Velez was a sitting duck when the accused gunman, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, yelled "God is great" in Arabic and opened fire with the two guns he'd smuggled into an intake center, Col. John Rossi said at a post-massacre briefing.
Hasan might have claimed even more victims were it not for Officer Kimberly Munley, a courageous civilian cop who shot Hasan four times - even after she was hit, officials said.
"She walked up and basically engaged him," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander at Fort Hood, said on 'Good Morning America' Friday. "I think, certainly, this could've been far worse."
Hasan was unconscious but in stable condition, breathing with the aid of a ventilator. Munley was also in stable condition, officials said.
Witnesses described Hasan, who was wearing an Army uniform during the assault, as steely calm. He paused only to reload one of his handguns. When it was over, Hasan lay motionless, leading officials to mistakenly assume he was dead.
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Growing up with Boss Daley etal, stumping for Alan Keyes against Barak, they are about as emotional as a box of slugs
OMG, that’s horrible.
I wonder if our godless media included the baby in the death count?
So sad. May God console her family.
Kimberly Munley deserves a medal or two for courage under fire.
Does the Army still do hangings?
Sad and I am sorry for her family.
Make it bacon grease and you’ve got a deal.
Not any more. Of course I don't think they've executed anybody in a long time anyway.
Women are the preferred target of muslims, as they can have children (and thus you effectively kill more).
John Mohammed (DC Sniper) specifically selected white women, preferably pregnant.
If it was at the base hospital that would explain that. A lot of dependent wives maybe?
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I doubt that. Wasn't the knucklehead who threw the grenade in the tent given life instead of the death penalty?
Exactly, La Lydia.
Is there a complete list yet of those who were killed?
So there were 14 victims.
***I wonder if the murder charges will reflect that? It would be a beautiful tribute, and maybe something good would come of it after all.
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