June 18, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Ft Hood Shooting

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Suspect Wants To Tell Jurors He Shot U.S. Troops To Protect Taliban

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 06.12.2013 | Crime

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FORT HOOD, Texas -- Defense attorneys ordered to help the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage said Tuesday that it...

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Ft. Hood Shooting Suspect May Plead Guilty And Describe Attack

AP | By ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 06.12.2013 | Crime

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FORT HOOD, Texas -- More than three years after the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, an Army psychiatrist may soon describe details of the terrif...

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Rep. Peter King's "Homegrown Terrorism" Hearing Risks Repeating History

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

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The anniversary of Pearl Harbor must not be used to suggest that 2011 America faces a religious "enemy within." Instead, the anniversary serves as a powerful rationale for an informed, precise and moral approach to combating homegrown terrorism, not hyped-up discrimination.

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On 2-Year Fort Hood Anniversary, Victims Families Help One Another Grieve

AP | By TRACY A. BROWN and ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 01.05.2012 | Impact

By TRACY A. BROWN and ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Two grieving families walked through endless rows of headstones at Arlington ...

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FBI Had Sufficient Information To Discharge Ft. Hood Shooting Suspect Prior To Massacre

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting is sharply critical of the FBI's failure to recognize warning signs that an Army psychiat...

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Shahzad Faisal Proves We Are Still Asleep at the Wheel

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Does Homeland Security want us to believe that the only terrorists we should fear are those who are already in the United States? These mean are all around the globe; they are not just the guys on no-fly lists.

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Nadal Hasan Trial: Army Says It Will Seek Death Penalty For Fort Hood Shooter

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Military prosecutors sent a notice Wednesday indicating they plan to seek the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist ch...

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For Veterans Day, Let's Fix a Great Military Injustice - Repeal the Feres Doctrine

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The Feres doctrine prevents military personnel from suing over injuries "incident to military service." That has come to mean not just combat-related injuries but also harm caused by medical negligence in U.S. military hospitals.

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Why Hasan Did It: Are Shrinks Really Crazy?

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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The tragedy at Ft. Hood reminded me of an extensive investigative piece I wrote for Psychology Today a few years ago. I'm reprinting it below. The w...

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Today's National Poortrait: The Media

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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Nadal Malik Hasan: Key Details Emerge About Fort Hood Shooting Suspect

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who ...

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Henry Rollins Makes More Military/Foreign Policy Sense Than Those Paid to Make Sense

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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The American Idiocracy rewards hysteria, and particularly the kind of reductionist and bigoted hysteria exemplified by the effort to turn the Ft. Hood tragedy into a simple "America versus Islam" crusade.

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The Power Of Fear: Lessons From Ft. Hood

Kiri Westby | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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Although I have made friends with fear, I have not conquered it. Fear arises as an instinct. But the more we work with it, the less it controls our actions.

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Pregnant Chicago Woman Among Fort Hood Victims

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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A pregnant woman from Chicago is among the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shootings Thursday. Kelvyn Park High School graduate Francheska Velez, 2...

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Robert Cone: Nidal Malik Hasan Shouted "Allahu Akbar" Before Shooting (VIDEO)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The base commander at Fort Hood says soldiers who witnessed a shooting rampage that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman s...

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FORT HOOD SHOOTINGS: 12 Dead, 31 Injured On Texas Military Base

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Scroll down for the latest news listed chronologically. Live updates via Twitter are HERE. 5:06 PM ET -- Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes. ...

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The Ft. Hood Massacre: A Lone-Wolf Jihad of One?

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Mental Illness, Lone Wolf Terrorists, Muslims, Nidal Malik Hasan, Ft Hood Shooting, Army, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The horrific shooting at Fort Hood, allegedly by Nidal Malik Hasan, a disgruntled yet devout Army psychiatrist, puts the spotlight back on the lone-wolf offender who sits at the crossroads of crime, terrorism and mental distress.

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Many Issues With Tragedy at Ft. Hood -- A "Muslim Problem" not One of Them, FOX News

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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FOX and Friends hosts twice implied on their show that this is some kind of Muslim problem. There are thousands of American Muslims serving in the military right now, and many have given their lives.

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Fort Hood Victims Names

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

In the aftermath of the Fort Hood Shootings, the 31 wounded have flooded local hospitals, the New York Times reports. Although the names of the victi...

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Fort Hood Shootings UPDATES - Live Twitter Coverage

HuffingtonPost | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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Thirteen people were killed and 30 wounded in shootings Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Read our live updates here. Live on Twitter, we...

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Nidal Hasan Attorney: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Considers Insanity Plea

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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FORT WORTH, Texas — An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the cha...

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Why The Right Is Wrong On Ft. Hood

Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

In the Ft. Hood aftermath, we shouldn't allow right-wing hooliganism, wherever it stems from, to dictate how we view tragedies and interpret human beings with cultures and religions separate from our own.

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Fort Hood Victims:

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Scroll down for the latest news listed chronologically. Live updates via Twitter are HERE. See previous days' updates HERE Monday, 1:20 a.m. EST: Fo...

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Bolingbrook Soldier Killed In Fort Hood Massacre

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

A local soldier was among the 13 Americans killed Thursday in the shooting spree at Ft. Hood Army base in Texas. Private first class Michael Pearson,...

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