AFP – The US army major accused of the deadly shooting spree in the Fort Hood army base which left 13 dead was warned repeatedly over his poor job performance, US media reported Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US lawmakers Thursday sought to unravel how an army psychiatrist was allegedly able to unleash a shooting spree on a US military base, fearing it was part of a larger pattern of home-grown terrorism. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he found contacts between the alleged gunman behind a deadly shooting spree at a US military base and a radical Yemeni cleric “disturbing.” Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday. The probe is still in the planning stages, but would be a broad examination beyond the particulars of Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city Saturday fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church. Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden. Read the rest of this entry »
Time.com – When an Army major turns mass murderer on America’s largest military base, it fuels the worst fear of terrorism experts: Are lone wolves who don’t need an al-Qaeda training camp the new threat to homeland security? Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with 13 counts of murder in the Fort Hood Army base shootings may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down due to the gunshots used to subdue him, his lawyer said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The U.S. Army has charged a military psychiatrist with 13 counts of murder in last week’s shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army base, which shocked the country as it prepared to celebrate Veterans Day. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The U.S. Army has charged a military psychiatrist with 13 counts of murder in last week’s shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army base, which shocked the country as it prepared to celebrate Veterans Day. Read the rest of this entry »