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One of 13 victims of Fort Hood massacre was pregnant soldier Francheska Velez
NY Daily News ^ | Nov. 6, 2009 | Matthew Lysiak In Fort Hood, Tex., and Corky Siemaszko In New York

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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KEYWORDS: francheskavelez; islam; militarywomen; nidalmalikhasan; velez
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To: rod1

Growing up with Boss Daley etal, stumping for Alan Keyes against Barak, they are about as emotional as a box of slugs


21 posted on 11/06/2009 12:04:11 PM PST by JustPiper (You think about revolution...Well...)
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To: COUNTrecount

OMG, that’s horrible.


22 posted on 11/06/2009 12:05:29 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: La Lydia

I wonder if our godless media included the baby in the death count?


23 posted on 11/06/2009 12:05:29 PM PST by thethirddegree
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To: COUNTrecount

So sad. May God console her family.

Kimberly Munley deserves a medal or two for courage under fire.


24 posted on 11/06/2009 12:07:02 PM PST by Palladin (The Obama Administration: "A Czar Too Far")
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To: PreciousLiberty
a vat of boiling oil would be fine with me.

Make it lard (rendered pork fat) and I'll be glad to light the flame...
25 posted on 11/06/2009 12:07:57 PM PST by RedMonqey ( John Galt , Please pick up the white courtesy phone.....)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Does the Army still do hangings?


26 posted on 11/06/2009 12:08:16 PM PST by Palladin (The Obama Administration: "A Czar Too Far")
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To: JustPiper

Sad and I am sorry for her family.


27 posted on 11/06/2009 12:10:41 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: PreciousLiberty

Make it bacon grease and you’ve got a deal.


28 posted on 11/06/2009 12:17:07 PM PST by SueRae
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To: Palladin
Does the Army still do hangings?

Not any more. Of course I don't think they've executed anybody in a long time anyway.

29 posted on 11/06/2009 12:19:24 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: silverleaf

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.


30 posted on 11/06/2009 12:19:27 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: silverleaf

If it was at the base hospital that would explain that. A lot of dependent wives maybe?


31 posted on 11/06/2009 12:38:11 PM PST by Vor Lady ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." JFK)
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To: PreciousLiberty
If no electric chair’s handy, a vat of boiling oil would be fine with me.


Hey PreciousLiberty - regarding the vat of boiling oil, it should be
brought up to a slow boil, while he is in it!



We do not support the Muslim killer of our fine troops!
May his nurse attendant who administers his IV select a very slow
and painful solution for this bast??d.

32 posted on 11/06/2009 12:47:24 PM PST by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: antiRepublicrat
But it doesn’t matter since the Army will give him the needle for what he did anyway.

I doubt that. Wasn't the knucklehead who threw the grenade in the tent given life instead of the death penalty?

33 posted on 11/06/2009 1:14:00 PM PST by Getsmart64
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To: La Lydia; All

Exactly, La Lydia.

Is there a complete list yet of those who were killed?


34 posted on 11/06/2009 1:20:22 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Yes, it IS the end of the world.)
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To: La Lydia

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.


35 posted on 11/07/2009 8:59:26 AM PST by Kevmo (So America gets what America deserves - the destruction of its Constitution. ~Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09)
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