Ft. Hood Motive: Terrorism or Mental Illness?
Some claim Major Nidal Malik Hasan's murderous rampage at the Fort Hood Military base Thursday was an act of Terrorism, but many crime experts and fellow psychiatrists familiar with the Military wonder if Hasan's actions are actually a mass-murder in the same vein at Columbine or the Virginia Tech Shooting.

Officials Knew Of Fort Hood Shooter's Contact With Terrorists
November 9, 2009 Texas (ChattahBox) - Army Major Nidal Hasan had been making electronic contact with terror suspects, and had attended a mosque that was run by a Islamic extremist now living in Yemen. Hasan had allegedly been in contact with Anwar al Awlaki, an imam who provided spiritual guidance with an extremist edge in Virginia, California, and Colorado. Hasan attended the services offered in Virginia. Awlaki was also in contact with two 9/11 terror suspects, and has been investigated, but...

Fort Hood gunman 'is a hero', says Imam who preached to 9/11 hijackers in Va.: PHOTO
A Muslim imam who once preached at a suburban Washington mosque and befriended several 9/11 hijackers appeared to gloat about Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's Killing Spree at Fort Hood on his blog Monday.

ABC: U.S. Knew Hasan Tried Contacting Al Qaeda Months Ago: PHOTO
ABC's Brian Ross reported Monday that suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Halik Hasan tried to contact people connected to the terrorist group al Qaeda. Even worse, U.S. intelligence officials were aware of this months ago, and " it's not known whether the Military was ever told by the CIA or others that one of its majors was making efforts to communicate with figures under electronic Surveillance ." Given media's discomfort with discussing Hasan's Muslim ties, as well as their desire...

Suspected Fort Hood shooter is awake, talking
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan

Did Muslim Extremism Motivate Fort Hood Shooter?
Speculation about the motives behind Major Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage through Fort Hood is focused increasingly on evidence of his extremist beliefs. (The Atlantic Wire covered early discussion about Hasan's religion here .) ABC reports that he attempted to contact Al Qaeda associates online, and NPR recounts a radical Islamist lecture Hasan once gave. The new light on Hasan's troubled psyche is causing pundits to argue over the lack of attention to warning signs, the shortcomings of media...

Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
November 9, 2009 Jerusalem (JTA) -- U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman said the attack at Fort Hood could have been a terrorist attack. Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Senate's Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, told Fox News Sunday that reports indicate that alleged shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army Psychiatrist of Palestinian descent, was a "self-radicalized, home-grown terrorist." Lieberman said he would begin a Senate investigation aimed at uncovering...

Fort Hood Suspect Hasan is Awake and Talking
Hasan's ventilator was removed over the weekend, and he began talking afterward. He is apparently speaking with Hospital staff, but Mitchell was unable to say whether Hasan has been speaking with Army investigators. The suspect's brother, Eyad Hasan, released a statement Saturday saying the family was in a "state of shock and disbelief over this dreadful news." The suspect in the mass shooting,Major Nidal Malik Hasan,is a 39-year-old licensed Army Psychiatrist who worked at a Hospital on the...

Radical imam praises Fort Hood shooting suspect
The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. The posting Monday on the Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, who was a spiritual leader at two Mosques where three 9/11 hijackers worshipped, said American Muslims who condemned the attacks on the Texas Military base last week are hypocrites who have committed treason against their religion. Two U.S. intelligence officials...

Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan Conscious and Speaking
The Army Hospital where Hasan is being treated has confirmed that the Fort Hood gunman is now conscious and talking The San Antonio Texas based Brooke Army Medical Center has confirmed that the Fort Hood Gunman, former Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, is now conscious and speaking, according to CNN.com. Hasan, who was listed in critical but stable condition on Sunday, had his ventilator removed over the weekend and he reportedly began speaking soon after with staff members of the...

Lieberman To Launch Fort Hood Shooting Investigation
Photograph of mourners at a Fort Hood chapel by LM Otero/AP Senator Joseph Lieberman discussed the Fort Hood shooting on Fox News yesterday and said he would launch a Senate investigation, noting there were "strong warning signs" that suspect army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan was an "Islamist extremist." The Independent Democrat from Connecticut added, " If that is true, the Murder of these 13 people was a terrorist act and, in fact, it was the most destructive terrorist act to be...

Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Malik Hasan Conscious and Speaking
The Army Hospital where Hasan is being treated has confirmed that the Fort Hood gunman is now conscious and talking The San Antonio Texas based Brooke Army Medical Center has confirmed that the Fort Hood Gunman, former Army Psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, is now conscious and speaking, according to CNN.com. Hasan, who was listed in critical but stable condition on Sunday, had his ventilator removed over the weekend and he reportedly began speaking soon after with staff members of the...

Fort Hood Army Massacre Shooter Has Possible 9/11 Link
Nidal Malik Hasan, who savagely opened fire on his fellow servicemen in Fort Hood, Texas last week, killing 12 and injuring dozens others, may have a link to 9/11. Hasan attended a Virginia mosque at the same time as two of the 9/11 hijackers, and the FBI is now investigating whether there is a connection between the men. Major Hasan, a Psychiatrist for The Army, had held his mother's funeral at the Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va. during May 2001. At the time, the mosque's...

Muslim group has established a fund to benefit the families of victims in the Fort Hood shootings
The Islamic Society of North America The Islamic Society of North America announced Monday that it’s collaborating with other Muslim organizations and interfaith groups to collect donations to help the families. The attack Thursday at the Texas Military base killed 13 people and injured 29 others. Authorities say the shooting was done by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army Psychiatrist who is a Muslim. A message seeking additional comment was left with a spokesman for the Plainfield,...

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Ft. Hood -- By: Ramesh Ponnuru: PHOTO
The senator warns against going after "every soldier who shows discontent with the war and every soldier that has a bad performance report." He adds, "You can be in the Military and disagree with policy." (Who is taking the other side of that argument?) And: "Don't accuse people of basically giving him a pass because he's a Muslim because I don't think there's any evidence of that." No, no, none at all. Anyone who presents any is probably a phobe.

Was It a Terrorist Attack? -- By: Jonah Goldberg: PHOTO
Much of the chatter over the weekend was whether or not the Fort Hood shooting can be classified a "terrorist attack." It seems to me this reveals one of the shortcomings of the language of the War on Terror. I know there are all sorts of legalistic definitions about what constitutes Terrorism and what doesn't. But it seems to me a case could be made that this was, variously, an act of war, an act of treason, or a war crime, but not an act of Terrorism.  Terrorism is, by conventional...

Hospital: Fort Hood suspect awake, talking: PHOTO
Fort Hood, Texas -- The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 others at Fort Hood is able to talk, a Hospital spokesman said Monday, but it's unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the Shooting Spree. Authorities say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan fired off more than 100 rounds Thursday before civilian police shot him in the torso. He was taken into custody and eventually moved to an Army Hospital in San Antonio ,...

Degrees of Separation -- By: Mark Steyn: PHOTO
Step One : Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US Soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother's funeral was held there in May that year. The preacher at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni scholar who was banned from addressing a meeting in London by video link in August because he is accused of supporting...

Not Very Presidential -- By: Victor Davis Hanson: PHOTO
When the Boston Globe  and other liberal outlets criticize President Obama's subdued reaction to the Fort Hood massacre, we should be worried. In fact, the president's comments were strangely sandwiched between praise of a just-completed Tribal Nations Conference (in which Obama yelled out to a Medal of Freedom whom he apparently thought had won the Congressional Medal of Honor) and comments by the Columbia/Harvard graduate to the Native American contingent that he too had been "ignored"...

From a Reader -- By: Mona Charen: PHOTO
Mike McNally writes from Bath, England: I too have a copy of an Obama speech - the one he'll deliver at Fort Hood tomorrow. The money quote: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And very soon the individual whose out-of-character and inexplicable actions resulted in the unfortunate deaths of 13 Americans will be hearing from our finest defence attorneys, ACLU advisors and grievance counsellors."

Soldier describes shooting at Fort Hood: PHOTO
TEMPLE, Texas, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The first soldier shot in the rampage at Ford Hood, Texas, tried to seek safety only to be followed by the gunman and shot again, the victim's family said. Army Pfc. Najee Hull, 21, of Homewood, Ill., was recovering Monday in Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas, where 10 of those injured in Thursday's attack were taken, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Hull was completing paperwork for deployment to Afghanistan when he was shot in the knee, said Sheila...

At Fort Hood, Only Numbness
Death is no stranger at Fort Hood, where eight years of war have spawned a numbness that persists even after last week's shootings. No large-scale memorials have been made in honor of the 13 dead; the only signs of the tragedy are lowered flags and a small bouquet and balloon near the crime scene, reports the Washington Post . But the enduring pain is apparent.

Hospital: Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking
San Antonio - A U.S. Army Hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly Shooting Spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. Dewey Mitchell, a spokesman at Brooke Army Medical Center, says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan remains in stable condition. Mitchell says Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Hasan is at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood. Authorities say the 39-year-old Hasan opened...

Hospital: Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking
A U.S. Army Hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly Shooting Spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. Dewey Mitchell, a spokesman at Brooke Army Medical Center, says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan remains in stable condition. Mitchell says Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. Hasan is at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood. Authorities say the 39-year-old Hasan opened fire at a...