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Several Texas lawmakers appear to be attempting an end-run around President Obama’s effort to refrain from calling the Fort Hood shootings an act of terrorism.
The Muslim army doctor accused of killing 13 people in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood army base in Texas had discussed secret financial transfers with extremist imam Anwar Al Aulaqi, it has been revealed.
The Taliban in Afghanistan have issued a statement claiming that the Foot Hood massacre was a “natural reaction” against the treatment of Muslim prisoners by US Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies learned an Army psychiatrist tried to contact people linked to al Qaeda and they gave the information to federal authorities before the man allegedly went on shooting spree in Texas last week, U.S. sources said on Monday.
A man says he’s been contacted by the family of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and that they asked him to serve as his lawyer. Retired Col. John Galligan says he’s hoping to meet with alleged Fort Hood shooter Hasan soon. via AP
The US Army confirmed last night that as many as 12 people were killed and 30 wounded in shootings on the sprawling Fort Hood military base near the city of Waco in Texas.
