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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!(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 ...
An 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 ...
As 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 ...
Two 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. ...
(Nov. 12) -- Hindsight is always 20/20, especially as investigators and reporters try to connect the dots following a tragedy as stunning as the Fort Hood massacre. In the week since the attack that left 13 dead, these possible warning signs about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing his fellow soldiers, have come to light. 1. Colleagues and patients complained about his religious proselytizing Hasan, who was about to be sent to Afghanistan, frequently claimed that the U.S. was waging war on Islam and argued that Muslims should not be sent to kill fellow Muslims. "He ...
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