Fort Hood shooting: 13 killed and 30 injured at US Army base

Major Hasan, a military psychiatrist who had allegedly called for Muslims to attack Americans over the Iraq war, is critically ill and under guard in hospital.
The authorities initially believed he had been killed in the ensuing gun battle with police but it later emerged he was still alive despite being shot four times in the incident at Fort Hood base, the largest American military installation in the world.

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The serviceman was about to be posted to either Iraq or Afghanistan and argued regularly against the wars, it has been claimed.
Hasan, armed with two handguns, walked into a training centre and opened fire on fellow soldiers who were having last-minute medical check-ups before being deployed to Afghanistan. Twelve were killed and 31 injured.
However, there were suggestions that some of the dead might have been shot by the authorities in their attempt to stop the gunman.
Hasan is now under guard in hospital where he is unconscious and on a ventilator.
Hasan, a Muslim by birth, was born in Virginia, and his family is believed to have come from Jordan.
A former colleague, Col Terry Lee, said Hasan had fallen out with other soldiers on the base. He claimed that Hasan said he was happy when a US soldier was killed in an attack on a military recruitment centre in Arkansas in June.
However, Hasans cousin said that he had been the victim of harassment but had never expressed violent sentiments.
He never went to Iraq. He was dealing with people coming back, trying to help them with their trauma, Nader Hasan said. He was just normal, loved sports, never got into trouble. He said his family was shocked and baffled by the incident.
Ten of the victims were soldiers and one was a civilian police officer.
Earlier, gunfire erupted around the base as two men, thought to have been accomplices, were captured. Police feared there may have been more than one gunman but the two soldiers were later released.
More than 500 soldiers were deployed to lock down Fort Hood as helicopters hovered overhead. Lt Gen Bob Cone, the bases commander, said: It has been a terrible tragedy, its stunning.
Soldiers, family members and the civilians that work here are absolutely devastated.
The shooter was killed. He was a soldier. There were eyewitness accounts that there may have been more than one shooter.
The shootings took place in the 'soldier readiness center', a former sports dome, where soldiers are sent for final checks before being sent overseas. As well as soldiers about to be deployed, those returning and undergoing medical screening would have been there.
The attack happened shortly before a graduation ceremony for soldiers was due to start at the base.
President Barack Obama, speaking from Washington, described the attack as a horrific outburst of violence.
He said: These are men and women who have made the selfless and courageous decision to risk, and at times, give their lives to protect us. Its difficult enough when we lose these brave men and women overseas. It is horrifying when we lose them on American soil.
Officials are examining the possibility that some casualties may have been victims of "friendly fire" according to a senior US official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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 also spoke on condition of anonymity.
Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 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.
Fort Hood is one of Americas most important bases for training its forces and tens of thousands of soldiers go through every year.
It covers an area of 340 sq miles near Killeen, some 50 miles from Waco, Texas. There are up to 65,000 people, including military families, on the site at any one time.

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[nevernohijab]

Yes, we Europeans are feeding all these Muslim women infiltrating our countries like roaches and getting pregnant once a year without ever working one single day, and they unkempt brood that never achieves any school graduation..

Did you know that Israel even pays Pali's electricity???

Get real, buy a shovel and some mortar instead of explosives, and there will be peace at once.

You want to die for allah?

Then die...

[mentalozy]

"I wonder how many tears people of Hiroshima & Nagasaki would have shed?"

Maybe the Japanese should have considered the ramifications of bombing Pearl Harbour.

[sunshine78891]

you guys dont know the real muslims do you. okay in pakland they say that there r only bomb blasts happenin but i went n nothing happened okay n the twin towers americans did it yes n im proud to be a muslim

[Maddymommy2be]

You muslims that are so hurt by your people over in Iraq being killed. Why didn't they think about that when they tried bombing the Twin Towers in the 90s? Why didn't they think about that when they flew planes into those towers, the pentagon and that field? Why didn't they think about that when Gaddafi or whatever his jacked up name is messed with us Americans? See you "people" fail to take any responsibility. You kill your own people because your religion tells you to..Jacked up much?

[Maddymommy2be]

Yes there are GOOD Muslim people out there, I have never met one but I'd like to think there is at least one. However this guy was a horrible, ignorant person. He shot and MURDERED 13 innocent people who left behind parents, siblings, spouses and CHILDREN. And why, because he didn't want to deploy, well you shouldn't have signed up moron. I hope he rots in hell and his country as well

[peter323]

oohhh a shooting, scarry... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Papicholo1]

@JSLegoMaster dont worry ,Nobama will grab their hands,hug some trees and sing songs like Kumbaiya and Puff the Majic Dragon.....that way they will respect us.....

[JSLegoMaster]

YEAH AND WHY DID HE DO THAT`?!!?`? Becuase his Religion told him it was rigth!!!

Thats Islam my freinds!!! I hope you all understand that Islam is not friendly at all and well, if you accept it, you gonna have much more of this.

FUck didnt you people recognise this at 9/11 already??!!`??`!

[ViennasNachos]

Iam no fucking muslim ffs

Iam anti - Islam

copied?

[Sierrafox17]

yes, peace when everyone on the planet is a conservative muslim...go fuck yourself

[genusrightwingus]

P.C. Kills ! Tolerance of anti-American

crap in our military is pathetic! I once saw a Lance Corporal beat the crap out of a Pvt. for threatening to piss on a U.S. Flag!

How could Hasan be Brass?