more msnbc updates on the fort hood tragedy

i'm literally SICK about this. the (alleged) shooter was not only an officer, he was a psychiatrist. earlier it was reported there were more than one gunman, and one of the gunmen was dead. both of those things appear to be untrue. they are now saying maj. nidal malik hasan was THE only (alleged) shooter, and he was not killed. he was shot four times, but will survive.

this is shocking in so very many ways. the first and foremost one is, our soldiers MUST BE SAFE AT HOME. they must be. no question. no argument. this type of thing must NEVER happen.

it is the duty of those in charge to root out any and everyone in the military who does not belong there (and there are many of those. far too many). our men and women deserve at the very least comfort and safety AT HOME well, you can read the story for yourselves

Gunman kills 12, wounds 31 at Fort Hood
Army psychiatrist identified as attacker is captured alive, general says

An Army psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 12 people and wounding 31 others, was shot but captured alive, military officials said late Thursday.

The gunman, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was wounded at the scene but was captured alive and was in stable condition, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, commanding general of the Army’s III Corps, said at a press conference late Thursday.

Eleven of the victims died at the scene, military officials said. A 12th died later at a hospital, NBC station KCEN-TV of Waco reported. Cone said that most of those who were shot were military but two were civilians.

Cone also said that a female officer who was thought to be the first responder shot Hasan and was herself wounded and had undergone surgery at a hospital. It was not clear if the officer was a military policewoman or a civilian officer............

here is some interesting additional information from the wapo

Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said

By Mary Pat Flaherty, William Wan and Christian Davenport

He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first deployment to war. Yesterday, authorities said Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a 39-year-old Arlington-born psychiatrist, shot and killed at least 12 people at Fort Hood, Tex.

.......The Associated Press reported that Hasan attracted the attention of law enforcement authorities in recent months after an Internet posting under the screen name "NidalHasan" compared Islamic suicide bombers to Japanese kamikaze pilots. "To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate," the posting read. "It's more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause."...........

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cstsonline.org

Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan was described as ‘upset’ about his pending deployment to Iraq.

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