Posted on 11/05/2009 3:24:45 PM PST by Maelstorm
A law enforcement official says a shooting suspect at a U.S. military base in Texas has been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.
A source tells CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper that Hasan is a licensed psychiatrist in Bethesda, Md. He is a drug and rehab specialist who got his Virginia psychiatry license July 12, 2005.
The official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at Fort Hood. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
According to the Army Times, Hasan promoted to Major, medical corps April 22, 2009.
The official says investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name, or if he changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point in his life.
He would have to be really really good.
As demonstrated by Flight 93, Americans will fight back and, specially in a roomful of soldiers, I can't believe that no one rushed him or tried to.
Two things this puke knew- Psychology and anatomy. Throw in a couple of handguns and a case of Sudden Jihad and I am glad the toll was not higher.
Un-f'n believable....the fedgov wants to run the entire US mdical system and can't even get the correct name of this perp....?
Psychiatry has never had a cure for insanity, and as a profession it has one of the highest suicide rates -- a statistic that underscores the failure.
Add the muslim element and you have a perfect formula for destruction.
My prayers, and my fervent hopes that these treacherous maniacs will be torn from the fabric of our society.
Does anyone else see the irony that this guy was a government hired psychiatrist who they slapped a uniform on who committed this act? Just as they are getting ready to vote on government control of our health care...I mean...he was a freaking psychiatrist who was a nutjob hired by the government.
He would have to be really really good.
Not neccessarily.
I haven’t seen anything specific (other than it was in a building) but with the casualties as high as they are I am supposing this happened in a very crowded area.
A person opens fire with a semi-auto pistol in a crowd and before anyone can do much more than flinch and maybe duck down the shooter can have the first clip empty and be reloading or switching to a second weapon.
As a military shrink he would have a good idea which of his patients would be easily manipulated into following him in this terrorist attack.
Having worked with military psychiatrists in my 42 years serving USAF active and civil service duty, I have always said ‘IT TAKES A NUT, TO FIND NUT!”
THIS PROVES THAT HE WAS A NUT
Since the U.S. political elites will not speak the truth about the threat to America and the free world, what’s left of it. I hope a large number of americans pull their collective heads out very soon.
The untold story is exactly how many who go into the physchiatric profession have severe problems of their own. The inmates are in charge of the rubber rooms.
Thanks for the clarification and for your service! MIlitary docs are well trained enough to shoot over 40 soldiers (probably expending hundred or more rounds?) with handguns? I’m a firearms novice, so I’m asking out of ignorance. Thanks!
That’s not all — anyone who avails themselves of the Obamacare mental health coverage gets assigned to this guy.
I’v never been to an army base...so maybe someone can help me. Is it common for soldiers on bases to go around unarmed most of the time? I guess i would have thought that most of the soldiers there would have been armed and would have taken this guy out long before he was able to kill so many.
Definitely, most people on military bases do NOT carry firearms unless part of their specific duties. When we were gearing up for Iraq deployment in 2003 and 2004 we had two “guardian angels” per platoon who carried an M16 and followed the platoon around as they went to draw assigned gear, to prep classes, etc. But overall almost nobody on a base carries a weapon unless they are specifically guarding a secured site (armory, ammo depot, etc) or are an MP (military policeman).
Despite civilian assumptions, if somebody opens up with a pistol on the average roomfull of servicemen on a major base, nobody has any better than a Benchmade pocketknife.
And to think, I thought it was excessive in 2004 when we had 2 guys with 30 rounds each escorting each platoon...
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