One of the things that has always perplexed me about the 9/11 terrorists were that they, deeply religious Muslim men, dove head-first into the Western flesh culture prior to carrying out their carnage. Now it’s being reported that Nidal M. Hasan likewise? Can’t these assholes wait for their 72 virgins on the other side? Read more »
ABC is reporting that the CIA knew that Army Major Nidal Hasan made repeated attempts to contact Al Qaeda leaders and may not have shared their findings with the U.S. Army. Further, the CIA has refused to share their files on Hasan with intelligence committees in Congress. This news follows reports from earlier this morning that Hasan may have ties to the 9/11 hijackers. |ABC & LA Times|
Yesterday afternoon and last night, as more and more “news” about the Ft. Hood shootings, where 13 are now confirmed dead, were released into the ether by the cable news networks, blogs, Twitter, etc., there came a point where I actually regretted working in media solely because I felt obliged to follow it all on a minute-by-minute basis. A big part of me wished that I could just tune it all out and come back to the story the next day, after the dust had settled and the facts had been separated from the rumors, as it seemed that each 5 minute cycle brought a new correction…”the shooter is dead”…”the shooter is not dead”…”there were multiple gunmen”…”there were not multiple gunmen.” Read more »
Seven people are dead and at least twenty more wounded by gunfire after a gunman, or possibly gunmen, believed to be holed up in a building opened fire on unsuspecting soldiers and civilians at Ft. Hood, the largest military base in the world situated about 60 miles northeast of Austin, Texas. SWAT teams have captured one shooter and are currently swarming the area searching for other suspected shooter(s). Click through for updates as we get them as well as live streaming video coverage from MSNBC. Read more »
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