joshuatxuk Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 NYT Article about it. Shooter killed, but 2 suspects also held. My guess it is another PTSD related incident like the previous incident in Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 a beautiful place out in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 a beautiful place out in the country Yeah, same neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Suspect's name is Malik Nadal Hasan, and he is a mental health professional and US Army officer. There are reports/rumors he might be a recent Muslim convert and was upset at deploying overseas. Great, another media shitstorm ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Call me when this gets interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 second amendment lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Renivatio Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 i have a close friend there. crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 i heard that he was shot, but lived... currently in the hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 second amendment lol what does that have to do with anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 i heard that he was shot, but lived... currently in the hospital? Yeah, there was (unsuprisingly) a lot mistakes in the early reports. He's guarded, on ventilation at a hospital. He's the only perpentrator and all who were questioned otherwise have been released. Total death toll is 13, mostly younger enlisted troops, but also including a 62 year old who had survived a heart attack last month and recently returned to work as a physician assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 christ thats fucking terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/iwndis-jerome-corsi-claim_n_348461.html Well, if you were wondering what paranoiac smear artist would be the first to step out and attempt to name President Barack Obama as the man who guided Nidal Malik Hasan to his murderous rampage at Fort Hood yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chax Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 If someone is susceptible to extremism and also practices Islam, then it's only a matter of time before they 'justify' in their minds that it's their duty to go insane and kill everyone for Allah. Sad but true. Also just found out he was apparently yelling, "Allahu akbar" (God is great) while shooting everyone. And continued to shoot the wounded on the ground to make sure they died. It's another horrible tragedy fueled by religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I can feel the dreadful core of this story even before it comes out. I've worked in psychiatry for 11 years and have had several close psychiatrist friends. I saw a lot of anger problems, substance abuse (one of my best suppliers was a psychiatrist), extramarital affairs, and just general unhappiness--yet, they would bend over backward and make someone's life 100x better in the office and hospital. It was always a question of who heals the healer? So, this guy's 2nd generation so he was born and raised American but that makes fuck all difference--ask my Desi Indian friends who got flipped off on the highway after 9/11. I know this guy was getting shit from both the white side and the Arab side. He's been on duty for the entirety of the Iraqi/Afghan situation listening to horrible stories and seeing maimed soldiers all day long. He was set to deploy and I would not blame him for freaking out. Anyone with any Arab descent in their appearance and is colluding with the U.S. like translators are the first to get fucking tagged. Can you imagine a Japanese Army physician working for us during WWII? (well, we wouldn't have allowed it). The term "cognitive dissonance" doesn't even begin to cover it. He was 39 and unmarried and confessed to his Imam that he was lonely but never liked the women he tried to connect with. He had a profile on a Muslim "match.com" thing but he reported that it wasn't going very well. I mean, you could not make a bigger cauldron of fucking risk factors than this guy. We got: no pussy, a job that has the highest suicide rate second only to dentists, identity crisis, social vs. religious vs. occupational crises i.e. "where do I fit?" Thing is, he's savvy as fuck because he knows to keep all this on lock until the right time. His job is to identify people just like him (!) "the bank manager robs the bank", etc. So, that's my take so far. Will be interesting if he wakes up. As always, war is hell. what a beautiful piece of fiction, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 If someone is susceptible to extremism and also practices Islam, then it's only a matter of time before they 'justify' in their minds that it's their duty to go insane and kill everyone for Allah. Sad but true. Ah the experts speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 murder seems far too silly of an idea to ever commit, like so you kill some people, and then they are gone... and that makes it better? even though there are almost 7 billion more of them out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 6.8 billion nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 yeah man, irrational people should like... be more rational, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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