Nov 9, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
ABC News: U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was ...
Continue ReadingNov 9, 2009 17 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
And just what did she say about the either the victims or about protecting Americans from further attack from Muslim terrorists? Nothing. Instead, she's spending federal dollars on protecting Muslims, likely terrorists automatically included... ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible ...
Continue ReadingNov 9, 2009 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
NY Post: The soldiers at Fort Hood had it coming, says a radical Muslim in Queens who travels to mosques around the city spreading anti-American hate and has sent a "Get Well Soon" message to the major behind the Texas massacre. "An officer and a gentleman was injured while partaking in a pre-emptive attack," Yousef al-Khattab wrote ...
Continue ReadingNov 8, 2009 13 Comments ›› Erik Wong
BBC: Senior US Senator Joe Lieberman says he plans to open a congressional investigation into last week's deadly shooting at a Texas army base. Mr Lieberman, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told Fox TV that he wanted to find out whether it was a terrorist attack. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim army major, is suspected of ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 34 Comments ›› Erik Wong
NewsBusters: In a case of trying to find liberal angles on a tragic shooting, switching the focus of blame and judgment from the mass murderer to the military, Newsweek's Andrew Bast asked on the magazine's blog The Human Condition: "Is Fort Hood A Harbinger? Nidal Malik Hasan May Be A Symptom of a Military On the ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 19 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Creeping Sharia: Roland Emmerich has admitted that he feared a fatwa would be placed on him if he filmed a scrapped scene for 2012. The filmmaker is well known for decimating famed landmarks on movies including The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day. He stated that while he decided to destroy the Christ the Redeemer statue in ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WASHINGTON – Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live. A federal law enforcement official said investigators have not been able to talk to Hasan since the deadly rampage that left 13 people dead and injured 30 others at the sprawling Army post in Texas on Thursday. The ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 8 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Jawa Report: The person President Obama gave a "shout-out" to in his banter before his "address" to the nation regarding the Ft. Hood attack yesterday was Joe Medicine Crow. Obama wanted to thank that "Congressional Medal of Honor winner" for showing up at the very important, very vital conference Obama was attending (skip to 0:56). Only ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
FORT HOOD, Texas – An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday. The neighbor, Patricia Villa, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment Wednesday and Thursday and offered her ...
Continue ReadingNov 6, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
NBC Chicago: A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama. President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships. After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort ...
Continue ReadingNov 5, 2009 172 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Facebook: Sarah Palin offers her condolences and encouragement. Twitter: @jaketapper ABC News has learned the main suspect is a Major Malik Nadal Hasan. MSNBC Reports the second gunman had a high power rifle and was "shooting to kill." He struck down 4 SWAT officers before being taken into custody. There is a possibility of as many ...
Continue ReadingNov 5, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
ABC: Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base in a murderous rampage that officials believe was carried out by an Army psychiatrist. The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He was promoted to major status in May, according to the Army Times. Sen. ...
Continue ReadingNov 5, 2009 8 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Examiner: Although most responsible news outlets are withholding the name of the deceased shooter in the Fort Hood military base massacre in Texas, we can confirm that he was a military officer, an Army Major from Virginia, who had converted to Islam. Sources state that the officer was to be deployed to the Iraq War and ...
Continue ReadingNov 5, 2009 44 Comments ›› Erik Wong
"Hey Ft Hood, I'm happy for ya I'ma let you finish, but first I'll shout out to my best buddies of ALL TIME!" His disrespect, disinterest, and utter apathy towards the tragedy at Ft. Hood borders on treason. Hell, Joe Biden's (handed to news organizations as text, not live) remarks on the situation sound more serene. Commentary: We ...
Continue ReadingNov 4, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WND: TEL AVIV – A ship seized by the Israeli navy near Cyprus today had been carrying enough weapons and munitions for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group to fight Israel for at least one month, announced Rani Ben-Yehuda, the deputy commander of Israel's navy. The cargo ship originated in Iran and was headed for Syria, the Israeli ...
Continue ReadingNov 4, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Bloomberg: The Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip can now launch rockets capable of reaching the Israeli metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said at a Jerusalem briefing. “We know they have tried to, and have obtained missiles that reach 60 kilometers (37 miles),†Ayalon said today. “Tel Aviv and its vicinity ...
Continue ReadingNov 3, 2009 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Times Online: Hamid Karzai vowed to crack down on corruption and reach out to his political rivals, a day after he was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s fraud-ridden presidential elections. Flanked by his two vice-presidents, Mr Karzai made a subdued acceptance speech this morning in which he attempted to reassure the international community that he would be ...
Continue ReadingNov 2, 2009 16 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CNN: A 20-year-old woman from Iraq has died in an Arizona hospital, nearly two weeks after her father, police say, ran her over with a car because she had become "too Westernized." Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday of injuries suffered when she was run over October 20 in a parking lot in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria, ...
Continue ReadingNov 1, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion outside a bank near Pakistan's capital killed at least 34 people Monday, the latest in a wave of attacks by militants since the army launched a new offensive against them last month. The growing violence in the country prompted the U.N. on Monday to suspend long-term development in Pakistan's volatile ...
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