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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:29 PM
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NBC's Williams reports: A US official identifies the shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 05:36 PM by jefferson_dem
NBC's Williams reports: A US official identifies the shooter as Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan, age 39 or 40.

http://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/5461902849


I'll go ahead and say it - based on the name alone, things are about to get much worse than they already are.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:34 PM
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1. Major?
That's a pretty high officer isn't it?
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:36 PM
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5. Kind of in the middle.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:38 PM
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9. O-4. That's pretty high.
A 4 star general is O-10 to give perspective. Still, an O-4 doing this is shocking.
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Garam_Masala Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:36 PM
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6. above majors are 3 levels of colonels, and several levels of Generals
If the shooters were Muslims that has to be very disturbing.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:38 PM
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11. Two levels of colonels in the USA: LTC -light and COL - full bird.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:48 PM
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17. 3 levels of colonels?
Back in my old army we only had two, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel.
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Garam_Masala Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:06 PM
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21. I think you are correct...2 levels of colonels.
I am never afraid to admit my errors :toast:
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:27 PM
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28. Your're most welcome.
;)
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:37 PM
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8. No, just Field Grade, 04, Major in the US Army. It's mid-level for officer ranks.
The lower run is Company Grade: 2nd/1st Lieutenants and Captains.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:38 PM
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That's a big rank to be doing something like this.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:30 PM
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29. Yes, he was an Army Psychiatrist, O4, Major, US Army Medical Corps
Adds to the REALITY that not everyone in the Mental Health Field is both mentally and emotionally balanced. :shrug:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:35 PM
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2. Still from a single source as far as I can tell.
His story is already being written all over the internet before anyone knows anything other than this single source report.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:37 PM
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7. CNN just reported it too.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:38 PM
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12. They're all reporting the original ABC source.
Unless I missed something.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:35 PM
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3. BTW, google has nothing on his name except 10 stories about the shooting.
Sounds like this guy was off the internet.
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RepublicanElephant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:36 PM
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4. well, fox news will have a tough time deciding which story to spin the most...
the nutbagger attack on d.c.

or blaming obama for another guy with an arabic name.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:38 PM
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10. For Muslims it is going to get much, much worse I'm afraid. n/t
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:39 PM
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13. Not from me or members of my family. eom
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:39 PM
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14. Did he gain his majority under the Bush Administration?
Someone with a name like that would have been subjected to every security check possible.
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marlakay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:33 PM
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30. they said he just became major last may
so it was a new thing.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:44 PM
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15. "the" shooter? I heard there were at least 3?
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:48 PM
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16. Per Kay Bailey Hutchison and Shep on Faux it was a Major about to be shipped out
Changed his name not some time ago when he converted to Islam. He has said in the past he was upset about possibly being employed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Faux actually had more news then CNN as Hutchison actually gave some info out.
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Kdillard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:53 PM
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18. Seriously I don't get people like that do they not understand what they signed up for
When they join the army.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:59 PM
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20. Well that's good.
I mean, not good what happened, but this sounds more like a man pissed he was being sent over to Iraq and Afghanistan and not a man hell-bent on bringing about a jihad.

:/
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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 05:56 PM
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19. Let's not jump the gun. He may have just gone nuts
We don't know if he was a "terrorist."
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Garam_Masala Donating Member (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:08 PM
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22. Any one soldier can go "nuts" but 3 of them simutaneously?
We should wait to reach any conclusion until FBI has finished
its investigation.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:13 PM
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23. Ed Schultz reporting he was a mental health professional on base. nt
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:21 PM
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24. WOW!!!
That's just nuts.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:23 PM
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25. If true, it could explain how he manipulated the other two suspects
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 06:23 PM by alsame
to do something like this.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:25 PM
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26. IMO, they all were mentally-emotionally ill to even have conceived such horror. n/t
Edited on Thu Nov-05-09 06:26 PM by ShortnFiery
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:27 PM
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27. Yes, of course they were. nt
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:36 PM
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31. He is a psychiatrist. (medical doctor)
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:44 PM
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32. (was)
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-05-09 06:46 PM
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33. Oh, boy.
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