Does Anybody Know Yet Whether Any Muslims Were Shot By Hasan?

[Solomon]

Was he shooting indiscriminately or was he trying to pick off non-muslims?

[cali]

1. odds are against there having been Muslims present

After all the number of Muslims in the armed forces is very small. That said, it's possible there were Muslims there that day.

[Lerkfish]

2. did mcveigh kill any christians in oklahoma?

see? isn't that a ridiculous question?

[Solomon]

3. I don't think it's a ridiculous question. Right now the

right-wing is going out of it's way to paint this as a "terrorist" plot. The McVeigh's get to be "lone-wing" nuts but this guy is being used to paint Muslims as terrorists. Seems to me that if he shot indiscrimately that cuts against their argument.

So what's so ridiculous about the question?

[Obamanaut]

5. If 'terror' involves panic and/or intense fear, and the suffix 'ist' is one

who is involved with or uses whatever the root word is, well, there you go.

It doesn't really matter what the religion of the 'ist' person is or was.

One can stick 'ism' onto root words, also, without regard for religious affiliation.

[stray cat]

6. To an islamic terrorist - there were only infidals - muslims who work in the US deserve death

more than anyone. They are traitors according to fatwas. 9-11 killed muslims as well. Your question implies ignorance on jihad.

[Lerkfish]

10. you got my point, anyways

The McVeigh's get to be "lone-wing" nuts but this guy is being used to paint Muslims as terrorists. Seems to me that if he shot indiscrimately that cuts against their argument.

[stray cat]

4. On 9-11 terrorists killed many muslims and children - Hasan is a murderer

not a victim

[Solomon]

7. I never said he wasn't a murderer or that he was a victim.

Never even suggested that. I'm just as angry as anybody else about it. Go play dumb in somebody else's thread will ya?

The fact that even you are trying to equate the event with 9-11 is precisely the point I'm tryig to get at. It does not equate with 9-11.

[pampango]

9. The "real" terrorists don't seem to care about killing Muslims anyway. Many, if not most, suicide

bombers target markets, mosques and other sites with the intent of killing Muslim civilians.

Apparently, for many of them, the overriding political goal is worth the sacrifice of some of their own faith. If he did kill a Muslim or two in his Ft. Hood rampage, I doubt that he or any radical Imams would be too upset about it.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. There's a list of the dead and wounded

at the link. Their religions aren't noted.

http://www.boncherry.com/blog/2009/11/06/fort-hood-ft-hood-shooting-victims-list-of-names-and-conditions/

[spanone]

11. all we know about these killings is what the u.s. army has told us.

[Solomon]

12. I'm surprised they've told as much as they have.

Usually things get shredded pretty quickly. I just finished reading a book about the Columbine murders. I couldn't believe the difference between what really went down and how the media was trying to portray it. (Well, actually, I can believe it)

One thing that came out of it is that lots of evidence was hidden for years, or destroyed. Evidence about authorities knowing something about the killers and doing nothing about it. That's why I said I'm surprised that they have been releasing information about fore-knowledge in this case.