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Fort Hood Probe Exposes Missed Connections
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Jan. 15) – Some conclusions of a Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings are eerily similar to reviews of intelligence shortfalls faulted for the Christmas bombing plot: Officials had key information on a radicalized individual but failed to assemble clues and head off potential violence. In both cases, the U.S. government recorded warning signs about the suspected perpetrators that didn't produce sufficient alarm and weren't treated with the urgency they deserved. Both investigations described significant gaps in the assignment of responsibility for handling the threats. And ...
Women in Uniform: Eight Who Fell, and One Who Steps Forward
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIt started with a picture -- 2nd. Lt. Emily J.T. Perez. In her United States Military Academy photograph, she holds her feathered hat, grips her sword and smiles.Perez had a lot to smile about. She was the first minority female command sergeant in West Point history. And she was the first combat death from the class of 2005, also known as the class of 9/11. In 2006, a roadside bomb south of Baghdad killed her. ...
Yemen Strikes Suspected al-Qaida Hideouts
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN'A, Yemen (Dec. 24) -Yemen's military hit suspected al-Qaida hideouts Thursday and targeted a gathering of top militant leaders, possibly killing a radical cleric linked to the U.S. Army major accused of the Fort Hood mass shooting, in strikes carried out with U.S. intelligence help, officials said. At least 30 militants were believed to be killed in the second such strike in a week. Pentagon officials could not confirm Thursday whether U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki was killed in the strike. Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico and attended Colorado State University in Fort ...
Yemeni Airstrike Targets Cleric Linked to Fort Hood Shooting
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAn airstrike by Yemeni forces killed 30 and appeared to target Anwar al-Aulaqi, the Yemeni-American cleric linked to the massacre at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, the Washington Post reports. The strike hit the Aulaqi's home in southeastern Yemen, an alleged al-Qaeda hideout where top leaders were believed to be meeting. It is unclear if the cleric was present or if he was killed.Aulaqi had corresponded with Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is being held for killing 13 of his comrades at Fort Hood in November, and is believed to have provided Hasan with religious guidance.With ...
Primary Sources: Maj. Nidal Hasan
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL NewsAs investigators dig for clues about what led to the Fort Hood massacre, bits and pieces of the suspect's life are available online for all to see. Taken together, they present a strange and chilling portrait of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. AP Maj. Nidal Hasan's business card. (Nov. 20) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 colleagues had business cards with "SoA(SWT)" printed below his name. SoA stands for "Soldier of Allah" and is an acronym commonly used among jihadists, according to terrorism experts. SWT is shorthand for "Subhanahu Wa Ta'all," an Islamic Arabic phrase ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates Pledges Full Disclosure of Fort Hood Shooting Probes
By David Wood - Politics DailyTwo weeks after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates launched a series of sweeping internal investigations aimed at making certain that such a horror never takes place again. ...
Most Believe Ft. Hood Attacks Could Have Been Prevented
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySixty-four percent of those surveyed believe federal law enforcement agents or the military should have been able to prevent the attack at Fort Hood that claimed the lives of 13 people; 31 percent disagreed and 5 percent are undecided, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Nov. 13-15. ...
No Spike in Concern About Islamic Extremism After Fort Hood
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFifty-two percent of Americans say they are very concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism in the U.S. However, fears that the shootings at Fort Hood would further stoke this sentiment appear to be unrealized as that number is only modestly higher than 2007, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted Nov. 12-15 after the Army base incident. In addition to the 52 percent who described themselves as "very concerned," 27 percent said they were somewhat concerned while 18 percent were not very or at all concerned, with 3 percent expressing no opinion. The numbers in November 2007 were ...
Obama Faces Challenges on Afghanistan, Terror Trial, Gitmo and Fort Hood
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe war in Afghanistan, the killings at Fort Hood, where to try suspected terrorists now at Guantanamo and whether to keep Guantanamo open are posing challenges for President Obama, according to a CBS News poll conducted Nov. 13-16. ...
Shockumentary: A Horror Genre for Our Times
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