NBC News — Official IDs dead shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

BREAKING NEWS: NBC News — Official IDs dead shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan

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http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1152ap_us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect.html

AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect Army major

By DEVLIN BARRETT

WASHINGTON -- A law enforcement official says a shooting suspect at Fort Hood has been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.

The official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

The official says investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name, or if he changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point in his life.

[Arctic Dave]

1. An Officer. Holey Moley!

[medeak]

2. who was the military cleric that was killed the 29th?

I saw on DU a short time ago and speculating retribution? Was it a muslim cleric?

[pfitz59]

3. US Army Major

or foreign officer under training?

[TheWraith]

5. US Army Major. nt

[quiller4]

6. US Army Major

[TheWraith]

4. Ten bucks says suicidal rampage due to lack of personal advancement.

Like that guy who tossed a grenade into his CO's tent back in 2003, just as we were going into Iraq, somebody who felt their superiors were unfairly holding them back from advancement.

[Captain Hilts]

8. ALL majors get promoted. Really. They do. I saw an article in Army Times about it.

If he didn't advance, he must have REALLY screwed up.

[regnaD kciN]

9. How could that explain the other two suspects?

I'm just hoping the other two aren't also Muslim, and that this doesn't turn out to be a terror attack.

[EFerrari]

18. No Muslim has ever done as much damage as have

the people purportedly "protecting" us from "terror".

[demosincebirth]

11. deleted

[demosincebirth]

12. Thats a good excuse to slaughter human beings

[charlie]

15. He just made Major in April

...According to the Army Times, Hasan was promoted to Major, medical corps on April 22, 2009.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/05/national/main5540862.shtml

[dgibby]

19. No, according to MSNBC,

he was promoted to Major in May.

[old mark]

7. TV is saying there are 12 dead, 31 wounded/injured now.

One shooter dead, 2 suspects in custody.

mark

[clear eye]

10. I'm sure the other 2 in custody have told the Army their "reasons"

but the Army doesn't want to give them the publicity they sought.

Odds are, we'll never know what they thought they were doing.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

13. Start The Countdown

Right-wing mouth breathers will declare that this incident happened because the shooter was Muslim in..........3.........2........1......

[EFerrari]

14. Thank goodness he has a Muslin name or else

we'd have to take a good hard look at the mental health of our service people. :sarcasm:

[arcadian]

16. Yeah, why haven't they released the names of the other two involved

DoD wants people to think this is a Muslim plot and they know FucksNews will run with it. This is the DoD trying put as much of a positive spin on this as possible. Positive to the DoD and FucksNews = Aye-rabs did it.

[EFerrari]

17. DoD -- the biggest, most craven criminal outfit on the planet. n/t

[dgibby]

20. Maybe not.

According to a base spokesman, they are not sure of the involvement of the other 2 suspects. According to Rep John Carter, who is being interviewed by Big Ed right now, the other 2 suspects were questioned and possibly released; however, a 4th suspect is now in custody for questioning.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. The other two people have been released. nt

[SpookyCat]

22. Just awful. Too much changing too quickly

to draw any conclusions yet.

My heart is with all of you with family/friends there.

:hug: