Shooting Rampage at Fort Hood: Why Did It Happen?
Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.
Authorities raided the apartment of suspected shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan early Friday in a search for clues, as another victim died from injuries suffered during the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base.
Hasan was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital after being shot four times during the shootings at the Army's sprawling Fort Hood, post officials said. In the early chaos after the shootings, authorities believed they had killed him, only to discover later that he had survived.
Federal law-enforcement agents ordered an evacuation of the apartment complex where Hasan lived in Killeen, Texas, and conducted a search of his home, said Hilary Shine, director of public information for the city. She didn't say what was found during the search.
Officials said earlier that federal search warrants were being drawn up to authorize the seizure of his computer.
Before Thursday's shooting, Hasan reportedly gave away all of his furniture along with copies of the Koran to neighbors, KXXV-TV reported.
Authorities have not ruled out that Hasan was acting on behalf of some unidentified radical group, a senior U.S. official in Washington said. He would not say whether any evidence had come to light to support that theory.
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@ Paul, I don't believe it is a conspiracy,,, Fox needs to upgrade and fix their site. i agree many of my posts don't get threw neither. I think it is a very high volume of posts at the same time that cause it to shut down. Keep posting my man your thoughts will be heard.
tbky
gov. rick perry guaranteed nidal would get all the luxurys afforded to him by the american justice system. like a luxury condo in a pacific island so he could hook up with gitmo's
Jim in JAX
@Independent in AZ: Since when did "Terrorist" become a "race"??? I suppose you would then want to declare and protect them under ADA or under the 64 Civil Rights Act. Will job applications have to list "terrorist" in the race questions????
mrcfiman
I would love to know what the military at Fort Hood thinks of their president.
Jenney
At least Eric HOlder can't set him free like the black panthers. The Military will have his butt. Unless Jim JOnes sends word directly from nobama to go easy on him, or tell them to send him to the Bahamas.
The Constitutionalist
@ American Eagle (OathKeeper)
amen to that..............
RosieTwo
My heart goes out to the all the families. God Bless. But, this is not surprising. The WH is a muslin supporter so there is nothing to fear. Isn't it funny that so many muslim terrors is running around our great country so much more often or freely. and they are not the teapartiers as accuesed by pelosi and napolitano. God help us.
The Constitutionalist
@ mathias
good one....that made my day....now I can go have a drink after work........and have happy thoughts!
mrcfiman
Yes , you are right. Can you imagine the soiled pants at the White House. The sheer number of responses yo this is HUGE.
mrcfiman
Yes
speedbump
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Austin, was briefed by military officials and said Hasan had taken some unusual classes for someone studying about mental health.
“He took a lot of extra classes in weapons training, which seems a little odd for a psychiatrist,” McCaul said.
McCaul said Hasan had received poor grades for his work at Walter Reed and was not happy about his situation in Fort Hood, where Hasan apparently felt like “he didn’t fit in.”
Freelance Photographer
Thar's yo sign.
T-Mark
Surely you can do better than that, Atticus. You play the race card so often, it appears to be the only card in your deck. I could call a liberal idiot, but that wouldn't provide the basis for a solid argument.
Freelance Photographer
No, he can't do better than that. He's a one dimensional thinker from the group-think cult mentality. You'll never get a deeper or 3rd dimensional though process out of him.
T-Mark
Surely you can do better than that, Atticus. You play the race card so often, it appears to be the only card in your deck. I could call a liberal idiot, but that wouldn't provide the basis for a solid argument.
1984
Liberals are violent when spin doesn't take hold.
The POS racist is looking at you in your mirror.
1984
Your true character is showing thru.
1984
Your true character is showing thru.
1984
Your true character is showing thru.
1984
Your true character is showing thru.
1984
Your true character is showing thru.
Jenna
I find it interesting that the media was so quick to defend Hasan and/or find reasonable excuses for his heinous behavior. When military personnel are involved in crimes, on or off the battlefield, the media generally doesn't take their side.
RightWing1970
Holder and the White House will not prosecute him. The prez can't prosecute one of his brothers.
mrcfiman
Well, it happened on a military base. So I think the military would handle it.
Russell
I am apauld with the Presidents news conference on Fort Hood.
This horrible tragety was last on his list, after laughing and aplauding.
There was no emotions for the lost of fellow Americans.
Obama's presentation made me sick as usual.
He was so casual just like reading the sports.
What is he covering in his emotions?
Koran? Allah? Muslim victory?
Where is Oreilly's lip reader?
billy pilgrim
If it is terrorism, it is domestic terrorism.
mrcfiman
it is
mrcfiman
Well, that was before.. America is not the country it was.
Chainsaw Hirko
if this guy was holding a bible....they would have crucified him by now!!!
(you know EXACTLY what i mean)
Jenney
I really don't think communist in AZ is not an American. Anyone trying to find a way to excuse this coward is a traitor. That man is a terrorist.
nom de plume
I believe the problem with America not being able to come to grips with the Islamic problem is the rush to judgment by liberals to call all questions of peoples analysis of the Islam problem racist. Just as not all problems have a solution and not all problems have a happy ending it could be that this problem of the compatibility of Islam and America may not have a solution or a happy ending and has nothing to do with racism. It is the liberal point of view that is clouding the issue by inserting racism into the problem. When we can take on the proper analysis without the hindrance of politically correct interjections then maybe we can find solutions that will be good for us and good for the Islamic people that will at least give us coexistence
billy pilgrim
The guy is an American, raised in America. Played football in high school, all the usual stuff. Joined the service not to be a terrorist but to serve his country. All of that is fact so far. What I don't understand is why the Army, with all of their resources, did not see that the guy had gone over the edge.
citrus
The probably thought he just didn't want to be deployed.
USAFOperator
I agree, he may be over the edge, way over. However, all terrorists are over the edge.
billy pilgrim
The guy is an American, raised in America. Played football in high school, all the usual stuff. Joined the service not to be a terrorist but to serve his country. All of that is fact so far. What I don't understand is why the Army, with all of their resources, did not see that the guy had gone over the edge.
American Eagle (OathKeeper)
They started out trying to spin this, playing down that he was a Moslem, then trying to say he was a convert when he was actually born into a Moslem family. Why didn't the spotlights go on when this guy made anti-American statements and why was he allowed to continue his military career? To be politically coreect will we have to sacrifice more of our troops?
USAFOperator
I believe it was a act of terrorism. The phrase that he said right before the act. Like all terrorists, they say.......Allah Akbar (Allah is the greatest) right before that commit to the act itself.
citrus
How many Christians pray before going into battle? It's no different other than terrorists have evil intentions.
FoundingFathersRule
You can thank the libs for this!
The Constitutionalist
@ excaliber
which means there is no such thing as shari'a law, it is criminal law.....................
Barbarella
Update about this terrorist loser
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect
billy pilgrim
When reading the posts on this site, please keep in mind that there are many reactionaries who want to try to blame everything on Obama and will twist every event into something negative about him or about liberals. There is still much to know about this story, and trying to paint it as the fault of a president or political party is something done by ideologues, not patriots.
Liberals America's #1 Terrorist
Excalibur:
We have free will..and Muslims choose to hate us no matter what we do........pull your head out of your A**!!! They want to cut your head off!!!!!!!!
g8trland
Reports by people who were in the room say he shouted allah something as he was shooting. Hmmmmmmmmmm, could this by why obama was so coy about what happened?
g8trland
Reports by people who were in the room say he shouted allah something as he was shooting. Hmmmmmmmmmm, could this by why obama was so coy about what happened?
Patriot
predjudice, affirmative action, EEO, sensitivity, all cancers
Excalibur
@Eric-----------fortunately this criminal will be tried in a military court..............!
nom de plume
I believe the problem with America not being able to come to grips with the Islamic problem is the rush to judgment by liberals to call all questions of peoples analysis of the Islam problem racist. Just as not all problems have a solution and not all problems have a happy ending it could be that this problem of the compatibility of Islam and America may not have a solution or a happy ending and has nothing to do with racism. It is the liberal point of view that is clouding the issue by inserting racism into the problem. When we can take on the proper analysis without the hindrance of politically correct interjection then maybe we can find solutions that will be good for us and good for the Islamic people that will at least give us coexistence
billy pilgrim
When reading the posts on this site, please keep in mind that there are many reactionaries who want to try to blame everything on Obama and will twist every event into something negative about him or about liberals. There is still much to know about this story, and trying to paint it as the fault of a president or political party is something done by ideologues, not patriots.
Eric Blair
The media is already trying to make this guy the victim. Sickening.