Shooting At Fort Hood

[snwbrdr435]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/us_ ... s_shooting

HOUSTON (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and 12 wounded in a shooting at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, local media........

[ScrapMetal]

WTF?

[f1seb]

Sounds like somebody went psycho.

[snwbrdr435]

Indeed im waiting for a call back from one of my friends

[naladude911]

Terrorism???

[ScrapMetal]

Heard in the Spanish news that it was one of their own who shot everyone and then committed suicide.

[Loki]

CNN says 9 dead now.

[Bmore-coupe]

Yahoo says "at least" 12 dead now and 31 injured

[ScrapMetal]

Univision also says 12.

[Dattebayo]

It's not like we will find out what actually happened.

[Warped161]

That base is where you get a physical before being shipped out, maybe they didn't want to go.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

s*** has hit the fan here in Texas.

More information is being given, but it's currently stated 12 dead, 31 injured, the shooter was an Army Major...

Bastard.

[r34 gtr]

Holy crap!

[Pento240sx]

Somebody was playing to much Counter-Strike. But that really sucks, I wonder why the army itself did not take him out?

[ScrapMetal]

I wonder why the army itself did not take him out?

Something that I've been wondering myself. It's a military base, someone there had to have had a firearm. Why wasn't he taken out?

[PEZi]

that was actually just answered... they aren't allowed to carry loaded firearms except on the range or for training exercises... so no one was loaded to take him out

[jdshift]

Terrible tragedy my Dad and Grandfather served in the Army respectfully....so I definitely support our troops. Kinda of a weird feeling this happened at the place I was born, Bless their HEARTS.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

So it was a freaking military psychologist that did it? Wonder what was going through his head.Any updates snwbrdr?

[simmode1]

Ok... this is more really bad news to add onto an extremely bad situation...

Of the several shooter who attacked Ft. Hood, the one who was killed on scene is reported to have shooted "Allahu Ackbar!" just before he opened fire.

Jihad hits home again? Allahu Ackbar means 'Allah is great'...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...oting

I swear, sometimes I feel like there are Homunculus running the world and all this strife and these wars are started so they can make Philosopher Stones. Amestris vs Ishbal...

The timing of this attack was so precipitous. The President was going to make a decision about a war strategy soon. With all the delays in the announcement, I would bet that he was even considering ending the Afgan war, which has devolved into a Civil War/conflict with unclear objectives. But now, I fear that this attack will force his hand to send more troops when he clearly (and rightfully so) doesn't want to.
Modified by simmode1 at 8:21 AM 11/6/2009

[ScrapMetal]

Reminds me of a line from The Godfather where Michael Corleone says something along the lines "Soldiers are paid to fight, rebels aren't".

[szh]

My prayers and condolences to the families of the dead and injured. Regardless of whether they were soldiers and do risk their lives knowingly, this was not a battelfield situation.

Not a Good Thing™ to happen ... and that is a gross understatement.

Z

[Dattebayo]

So apparently the guy was cross-examined by several military officers because he was Muslim, and he was treated very poorly. Apparently they have done it several times...

I guess this guy just cracked! More of the usual it seems.

[snwbrdr435]

AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

wtf

[Dattebayo]

"Allegedly" has to be used until proof is shown in a court of law.

[Infinitiguy19]

Indeed im waiting for a call back from one of my friends

Hope your friend is fine.

[snwbrdr435]

He was already processed the day before this happened