Fort Hood Shooter Muslim - UPDATE: Media Malpractice, Hasan is still alive

At Fort Hood today, 12 people were killed and at least 31 wounded.  Two suspects have been taken into custody and one Major in the Army who was a Muslim convert has been shot dead IS STILL ALIVE AND IN STABLE CONDITION. (see update below)    He had repeatedly expressed his displeasure at the war in Iraq and the military.  He was set to be deployed to Iraq.  MSNBC reported at 4:30 p.m. that the shooter was identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, age 39, according to The Leaf Chronicles.  

Hasan was reportedly an Army mental health professional, a psychiatrist. " It was not known whether he was treating people at the base."   In fact he was working with soldiers.
  

Hasan allegedly opened fire and killed 11 people on the base before he was shot, bringing the total number of fatalities to 12.(ABC)

President Barack Hussein Obama called the shooting  "a horrific outburst of violence" .  

UPDATE: From Fox News, Col. Terry Lee (Ret) on the phone with Shep Smith.  Apparently Hasan was very upset with American troops being on Mulim soil and wanted the troops brought home.  He was upset with Obama for not pulling troops out of Iran and Afghanistan.  He referred to American troops as "invaders" on Muslim land.

Hasan also made statements that more Muslims should "strap on bombs" in the US...

Hasan made statements several times, got into arguments with associates, even a scuffle.  Col. Lee wonders why after those episodes he was transferred from Walter Reid to Fort Hood.  

According to Col. Lee Hasan was a loner.  Hasan is single and has no children, according to Fox.

"He said, precisely, that maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor."  Video via Breitbart, via Drudge:

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UPDTE II:

Nader Hasan, cousin of the shooter, says he was "a good American".  The cousin says  Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan has always been a Muslim, and is not a Muslim convert.   Malik Nadal Hasan had been trying to get out of the military, even consulting an attorney.  He says the family is upset, they send their sympathies to the families.  They are all shocked that Malik Nadal Hasan could do such a terrible thing.

UPDATE III

The other two suspects have now been released.  It was never suspected that they did any shooting, that Malik Nadal Hasan was the lone shooter, but the other two were taken into custody and have now apparently been cleared.

UPDATE IV

A second shooting suspect has now been taken into custody.  It was first reported that two handguns were used by Hasan, but eye-witness reports said there was a second shooter and that rifles were used.  There had to be more than one shooter, because Hasan would have had to reload BOTH of his guns in order to shoot 43 people, 12 dead, 31 injured. 

*  UPDATE V

in what appears to be media malpractice, Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan was reported by all media as being "shot dead", when in fact he is alive and in stable condition.  While he is a Muslim and felt it wrong for America to be on Muslim soil, HE WAS ON MILITARY SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH HIS ENTIRE EDUCATION and was required to pay back those scholarships with SERVICE. 

He had no problem taking the money for his education, but did not want to meet his obligation and SERVE his country and pay back his debt.

I consider this man a cheat, a liar, a traitor, a thief, and an all round sorry individual.  Too bad media reports were not correct and the he is still alive.  Now he will go through a long expensive trial, probably not get the death penalty (unfortunately) and possibly get some type of psychological diagnosis and be sent to a nut house.  More to come...

 

Comments

[Oswald Bastable]

Say hello to life in Leavenworth.

About the last place this murderous traitor would want to be...

[Justsayin]

Flightless birds search in sand.
Remote control in hand.
Terrorism’s blood spills on us all.
Sinister winds, Americans fall.
Divided kingdom made to waste.
Blind ones fall in ditch with haste.
Complacently suicidal in a PC pile of waste.

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@Perri

Actually the military can hold a person's clearance up for whatever reason it wants to. They use the excuse called: "National Security". I know this to be a fact for I served in the USAF in the Security Service (AF Intelligence).

Full background checks on everyone, especially Muslims.

[Debbie]

Thanks for that John, keep us posted.

[John Rudolph]

Breaking news, my brother in law went to Tech with this guy and he may have been taking some classes with him.

More tomorrow as I talk to Travis about this.

[Debbie]

I would be happy to exchange links Jason. I will do that tomorrow.

The sucker is still alive!!!!!

How can the media, all of it, get things so wrong???

[Jason]

I like your site man. I have a sports blog myself. I'd like to exchange links so we can spread some traffic around. Let me know.

Jason

[Perri Nelson]

Major Hasan is NOT dead as originally reported. The Internet postings he has been investigated for have not conclusively been linked to him.

He was scheduled to ship out to Iraq himself... if he did create the postings some of this begins to make sense.

@Katie Norcross...

The federal government cannot Constitutionally do that. The first amendment guarantees us all the right to the free exercise of our religion. Even Muslims.

[R.J. Godlewski]

If anyone hasn't caught the Army press conference yet, Hassan is still alive and in stable condition.

How long before the death penalty is enacted?

[Debbie]

It sounded like the entire family is Muslim, but somebody told him to get off the phone. Probably an attorney for the family or someone alert enough to think about the legal ramifications of what was being said. It's always bad news when a family member calls the network and rambles... No telling what he was liable to say.

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Exactly what we can expect from the "Religion of Peace".

Remove all Muslims from the military.

[R.J. Godlewski]

I listened to the shooter's cousin on Fox and apparently he was always a Muslim.