Army shooting suspect was heading to Iraq

[RepublicanElephant]

The man identified as the shooting suspect at Fort Hood was an Army psychiatrist preparing to deploy to Iraq.

NBC News’ Pete Williams reported that U.S. officials identified the gunman as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had been promoted to major in May. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, said military officials told her that the gunman, who was 39 or 40, was about to be deployed to Iraq and was “upset about it.”

NBC News' Robert Windrem said Hasan specialized in traumatic stress. A U.S. military official said Hasan had orders to deploy to Iraq on Nov. 28.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33695256/ns/us_news-military/

[win_in_06]

1. No soldier in today's Army is suprised at the news of deployment.

It's a given.

[geek tragedy]

2. Well, now he's headed to being worm food

and hell, if there is such a place.

[Bluzmann57]

3. And hell is where he belongs

He was a murderer and should not be glorified in any way.

[RepublicanElephant]

4. death toll now at 13.

Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July, where he was preparing to deploy to Iraq later this month.

The officials had access to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s military record. They said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33695256/ns/us_news-military/

[FightingIrish]

5. He was also part of the Obama transition team

He is listed in this report as a member of a Homeland Security policy task force.

Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration

http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf

[RepublicanElephant]

6. aw crap, that's all fox news needs to hear. nt

[geek tragedy]

8. what page #? nt

[FightingIrish]

18. 32

[geek tragedy]

9. Wait, that's not the Obama transition team list.

That's a think tank policy workshop.

[hileeopnyn8d]

10. No

he wasn't.

That's a think tank at GWU.

[FightingIrish]

19. I was misled by their title

"The Homeland Security Policy Institute
Presidential Transition Task Force"

It looks like it was undertaken for incoming administration, no matter who won. It's still an interesting connection.

[slackmaster]

7. Too bad they couldn't have directed his energy toward insurgents there

The guy was a one-man death squad.

[ngant17]

11. I think that's exactly what he did

the "insurgents" being the US Army of occupation who were directly or indirectly responsible for numerous massacres of Iraqi civilians.

Or as they like to say in the Army, "Kill them all, let God sort them out."

[Kdillard]

12. That was really offensive. Unless he was a complete idiot he knew

what he was getting into when he joined the Army. The man was insane murderer period and didn't do anything for any noble cause or statement.

[dionysus]

13. that's sick and ugly thing to say.

:puke:

[ngant17]

27. I'd say you are insulated from the sickness and ugliness of SW Asia

and the atrocities which have been commited against innocent civilians.
Over a million civilian deaths in Iraq alone.

The US invaded those countries based on totally false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin, ring any bells?)

A lot of bad karma has been generated against the armies of occupation, it's quite predictable that there will be backlashes, and it should be no surprise that attacks like these will surface again. The recent deaths of the 5 Brits by the Afghan policeman should be another reminder of that.

[ampad]

15. This is an example

Of how some people take a cause or an issue to the other side. Meaning, you are no better than those you claim to have disdain for. Really nasty crap I am reading here tonight.

[RepublicanElephant]

14. more from reuters...

An Army psychiatrist who had treated soldiers wounded in foreign wars opened fire with two handguns on soldiers preparing for foreign deployment at the Fort Hood U.S. Army post in Texas on Thursday, killing 11 and wounding 31.

Nader Hasan said his cousin was a U.S.-born Muslim who had joined the military from high school. He had served as a psychiatrist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., which treats many badly wounded troops.

He said his cousin had been transferred to Fort Hood in April months ago and was very reluctant to be deployed to Iraq. "We've known over the last five years that was probably his worst nightmare," he said.
A former FBI criminal profiler highlighted the irony of the gunman's reported expertise as a psychiatrist specializing in traumatic stress, which often affects combat soldiers.

"It may be that he succumbed to that which he was supposed to heal," Clint Van Zandt said on MSNBC.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5A454F20091106


apparently, this muslim who was about to go to iraq to possibly kill muslims, or be killed, in the name of oil, after seeing the destroyed bodies and minds of soldiers sent before him, finallly snapped.

[Cha]

21. THis is harsh but too

bad he didn't snap on himself instead of taking his fury out on others.

[stray cat]

16. We paid about 500,000 for his education and now he was asked to fulfill his service

bachelors and medical school in exchange for military service.

[high density]

20. I think we also did that for one of the Taitz birthers that didn't want to go to Iraq.

Do these people think that service portion of the deal is in there just for kicks?

[ShortnFiery]

23. You're throwing half-baked bricks. Let's get the full facts before passing FINAL judgment?

[high density]

25. ok, here's a hard brick for you

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/us/06suspect.html?_r=1&hp

"Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical school, where he trained to be a psychiatrist."

[MadMaddie]

17. This guy was being investigated by the FBI for posts on the

internet about suicide bombings starting 6 months ago. This guy should have been kicked out of the military for these type of postings. Who dropped the ball on this is the question.

[ShortnFiery]

22. This is way too weird. If this guy was being investigated, he should have been pulled

in and placed off of active duty status.

Something here does not smell right. We're not getting the straight story. :grr:

[MadMaddie]

26. Agreed!

[RepublicanElephant]

24. media now reporting this guy is still alive and in custody. nt

[Life Long Dem]

28. Here we go.

Give me an "R"!!!