Archive for November 5th, 2009

Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood (AP)

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Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP – An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect (AP)

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This photo from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Web Site shows Nidal Malik Hasan. Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday Nov. 5, 2009 was  Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. (AP Photo/The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress)AP – His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

12 dead, 31 hurt in Texas military base rampage (AFP)

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This undated photo obtained from www.cstsonline.org shows Major Malik Nidal Hasan. The Muslim army officer about to be deployed to Iraq shot dead 12 people and wounded 31 others at a sprawling Texas military base before being gunned down himself and captured.(AFP/HO)AFP – A Muslim army officer about to be deployed to Iraq shot dead 12 people and wounded 31 others at a sprawling Texas military base before being gunned down himself and captured.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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