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Fort Hood Muslim Army MD being investigated as a terrorist

11/09/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

Major Nidal Malik Hasan recuperates from the gunshot wounds inflicted to stop him form his shooting rampage at Fort Hood Military Base. The medical army officer is being investigated for terrorism. Operatives are trying to know if he has deep ties with radical groups espousing violence and mayhem in the Western world.

The 39–year old unmarried gunman took the lives of 13 fellow soldiers and injured 30 innocent victims. Relatives and friends pointed to Hasan as a benign peaceful man with no criminal records. But others saw him as a troubled medical professional with religious fanatical views who was upset of being deployed to Afghanistan. The vicious killer shouted “Allahu Akhbar” (God is Great,) a signature battlecry of militant Muslim suicide bombers.

Later inquiries suggested that Hasan was a devout Muslim who talked stridently against the war. He believed Muslims are justified to rise against aggressors like the Americans. Born and raised in Virginia, he went to in Dar-al-Hijrah mosque in Virginia, a worship house led by a radical Muslim preacher said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked the United States on Sept 11, 2001. Hasan has great respect for Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni imam accused of supporting terrorist organisations including Al-Qaeda.

These emerging clues raised the need to dig deeper into Hasan’s background. Exercising political correctness, civilian and military authorities seemed slow and hesitant to explore the terrorist angle, but this needed to change quick to protect America.

Endorsing a thorough investigation, Sen. Joe Lieberman talked of his suspicions that a terrorist link is possible given Hasan’s story. The Obama administration had been criticized for not giving enough focus on the tragedy that befell men and women in the service of the country.

For fear of a backlash among the radical Islamists, authorities preferred to think the attack was a criminal event rather than an attack of a terrorist. Those in denial had the tendency to push key questions under the rug. Part of a feeling of dread and tendency to accommodate, they were dismissive of violent people in the ranks of Muslims. They seemed unprepared to accept the truth that terrorists had entered in US soil. (Photo Credit: Telegraph.co.uk) =0=

RELATED BLOG: "Army major massacres 11 and injures 31 people in Fort Hood, Texas" Posted by mesiamd at 11/06/2009

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Labels: doctor, Fort Hood, Islam, killings, Malik Nidal Hasan, Massacre, militant, military, political correctness, psychiatry, stereotype, terrorism, Texas, Totie Mesia, war on terror

Army major massacres 11 and injures 31 people in Fort Hood, Texas

11/06/2009 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

Fort Hood Texas Military Base was the site of gruesome shootings which killed 11 and injured 31 people today, Thursday, November 5, 2009. The suspected gunman was identified as Major Malik Nidal Hasan, an Army mental healthcare professional---a psychiatrist in the medical corps who was about to be assigned to Iraq on November 28. Those who knew him said, the killer was reportedly mad over his impending deployment abroad.

The gunman, a 39 year-old Muslim by religious faith, went on a horrible shooting rampage in the Soldier Readiness Center, a facility inside the base where soldiers coming home from assignment and those who are about to be deployed are medically checked. For reasons that aren't clear at this time, he killed 11 people on the scene before he was shot.

Half of the wounded required surgical treatment. Earlier report said Hasan was dead, but later information proved he had been confined in a hospital for his injuries like his victims. Two soldiers who were arrested in relation with the attack were subsequently released.

One of the largest military facilities in the world, Fort Hood Base was put on a lock-down along with nearby schools in the area. As investigation proceeded, the incident appeared to be a random crime, rather than an act of terrorism.---angles of the crime that are being looked into. (Photo Credits; MSNBC) =0=

UPDATE: the number of dead in this shooting has risen to 13.

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Labels: Fort Hood, gunshot, Malik Nidal Hasan, Massacre, military, Texas, Totie Mesia

Fish Dying on the Fence

9/17/2008 | Posted by mesiamd | Edit Post

As the flood waters recede after Hurricane Ike battered Orange, Texas, thousands of fish have been marooned on drying pools beside streets on September 15, 2008.

As if calling for help, some fish, in apocalyptic horror, were stuck on fences and died with their mouths and eyes open. This can be similar to the "cadaveric spasms" seen in humans prior to a stressful death.

Destruction in Texas is substantial. Help and rehabilitation are on-going for people who suffered the catastrophic effects of the wicked weather. As of this time, at least 20 are known to have died from the hurricane.(Photo Credits: AP/Eric Gay)

Labels: apocalypse, death, disaster, fish, flood, human interest, Hurricane, Texas, typhoon victims, USA

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