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Fort Hood is a sign of things to come if we don't mobilize the minds of the willing. The algorithmic jump from 5 to 43 victims is what spurned me to make this video.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting

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

AP U.S. Army: Fort Hood shooting suspect is alive

FORT HOOD, Texas 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.

The gunman, first said to have been killed, was wounded but alive in a hospital under military guard, said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood. He was shot four times, and was on a ventilator and unconscious, according to military officials. "I would say his death is not imminent," Cone said.

The man was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old from Virginia.

President Barack Obama called the shooting at the Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening, "a horrific outburst of violence." Some rushed to treat their injured colleagues by ripping their uniforms into makeshift bandages to treat their wounds.

"It's difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas," the commander in chief said. "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil."

Hasan had transferred to Fort Hood in July from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he received a poor performance evaluation, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said generals at Fort Hood told her that Hasan was about to deploy overseas. Retired Col. Terry Lee, who said he had worked with Hasan, told Fox News he was being sent to Afghanistan.

Lee said Hasan had hoped Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars.

Faizul Khan, a former imam at a mosque Hasan attended in Silver Spring, Md., said he spoke often with Hasan about how Hasan wanted to find a wife. Hasan was a lifelong Muslim and attended prayers regularly, often in his Army uniform, Khan said.

The shooter used two pistols, one of them semiautomatic. Neither were military-issued, Danner said.

Video from the scene showed police patrolling the area with handguns and rifles, ducking behind buildings for cover. Sirens could be heard wailing while a woman's voice on a public-address system urged people to take cover.

"I was confused and just shocked," said Spc. Jerry Richard, 27, who works at the center but was not on duty during the shooting. "Overseas you are ready for it. But here you can't even defend yourself."

Soldiers at Fort Hood don't carry weapons unless they are doing training exercises.

The Rev. Greg Schannep was about to head into a graduation ceremony when a man in uniform approached him, warning him that someone had opened fire. Schannep heard three volleys of gunfire and saw people running.

"There was a burst of shots and more bursts of shots and people running everywhere," said Schannep, who works for local Congressman John Carter.

The uniformed man who had warned him ran to the theater. Schannep said he could see the man's back was bloodied from a wound. The man survived, was treated and will be fine, Schannep said.

Cone said initially three people were held, and all have been interviewed. Authorities believe, however, that there was a single shooter.

In Washington, a senior U.S. official said authorities at Fort Hood initially thought one of the slain victims was the shooter, a mistake that resulted in a delay of several hours in identifying Hasan as the suspect. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss matters that were under investigation.

The Soldier Readiness Center holds hundreds of people and is one of the most populated parts of the base, said Steve Moore, a spokesman for III Corps at Fort Hood. Nearby there are barracks and a food center where there are fast food chains.

The wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texas, Cone said. Their identities, and the identities of the dead, were not immediately released.

Amber Bahr, 19, was shot in the stomach but was in stable condition, said her mother, Lisa Pfund of Random Lake, Wis.

"We know nothing, just that she was shot in the belly," Pfund told The Associated Press. She couldn't provide more details and only spoke with emergency personnel.

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[mdp1nvegas]

Are you completly insane? Do you for one minute believe this will all stop if we pull are troops out of Afghanistan & Iraq? Do you realize what will happen if we pull out of these countries? It would be a big mistake, the Muslim Terrorist would take them over & strike us again, & it would make 9/11 look small. So it's either we stay there or more than likely go back there in the future, I say finish the job, even if it takes 100 years. Not all Muslims are terrorist,but most Terrorist are Muslim

[IanCrossland]

Terrorist in Arabic is spelled أ. إرهابي

I copied that and pasted it into the google search, then translated the Arabic sites that showed up into English to get some Arabic perspective on what a terrorist is. It seems like economic terrorism is the primary focus, though spiritual terrorism and cultural/intellectual terrorism were mentioned. I think the root of all this tension is caused by the suppression of many by the worlds' wealthy bankers through the guise of government.

[mikeinpinehurst]

I can see you are not as well informed as you need to be. I am a disabled veteran and I can tell you, we are in the beginning stages of WWIII. Radical Islamist are not going to stop attacking Americans even if we leave Iraq and Afghanistan. We were in neither place when 9-11 happened. Instead of trying to convince people we need to end the war, you should be signing up to help the truly brave men and woman who are now and have always protected your right to the free speech you enjoy.

[IanCrossland]

We are going to a global currency and soon the central bankers will no longer be an American threat. Look up special drawing rights (that is what the most recent currency is called). Globalism is soon, Nationalism is on it's way out. Wars between nations just doesn't make sense to me any more. Maybe WWIII will be a war of numbers, I just hope human casualties aren't the main number we are counting.

[Yourebuying]

And you're correct in that central bankers won't be able to intentionally F-up the economy anymore, because they won't need to.

They'll OWN US.

Which is what they wanted all along.

You have to understand dude, that peace and harmony and all that hippie garbage will only lead to slavery.

Wild animals are free because every day they have to fight against nature and competitors for what is theirs. WE are no different. We're signing our lives away, and to be honest, I'd rather be dead.

[IanCrossland]

Central banking is an extreme problem and also a slave contraction. I believe, currently, that it cannot be done away with and will need to expose itself by leaving many to starve and die, or possibly rise up in the streets and attack the people in charge. I'm not going to incite it, but I'm going to try to maintain during the shift. In the mean time, continue to get creative on a local level, make friends and get ready to form your own local currency if need be.

[distantviewr]

Are you always this angry, supersente?

[TheNicholasbutler14]

dude, you wanna have a jo session on cam?

[realwirelessman]

Wake up, shave, clean up (the drugs your on are all too obvious), and read some history....climbing under a rock after someone took a swing at you only encourages that party to take some more swings. Kick their ass and they might think twice before swinging.

[Revert2Truth]

I agree with dkeizer

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[jimmmmybrady]

Something to think about though isthat we now have a Commander In Cheif that wants Nuclear Disarmament,so our threats of retribution for increased terror rings EMPTY.

[jimmmmybrady]

...not saying I disagree with pulling the troops,especially since the Rules Of Engagement have changed.

[jimmmmybrady]

Unfortunately pulling troops out of a war zone doesn't end a war,the front lines just MOVE.

[chadpopstar]

End all 3 of these wars NOW! Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Otherwise, vote for a new President, maybe Third Party candidate, in less than 3 years.

[bryan4967]

"chosenly" is not a word.

[jodanramsay]

the shooting has nothing to do with them not wanting to be there the shooter was a fucking muslim thats all nothing more petitions wont fix shit send more troops