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Old 11-06-2009, 08:28 AM   #21
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I'm talking about an occurance in the military, not the general population.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:30 AM   #22
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512480,00.html


— March 29, 2009: Robert Stewart, 45, shot and killed eight people at Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage, N.C. before a police officer shot him and ended the rampage.
— March 29, 2009: Devan Kalathat, 42, shot and killed his two children and three other relatives, then killed himself in an upscale neighborhood of Santa Clara, Calif. Kalathat's wife was critically injured.
— March 10, 2009: Michael McLendon, 28, killed 10 people — including his mother, four other relatives, and the wife and child of a local sheriff's deputy — across two rural Alabama counties. He then killed himself.
— Feb. 14, 2008: Former student Steven Kazmierczak, 27, opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, fatally shooting five students and wounding 18 others before committing suicide.
— Dec. 5, 2007: Robert A. Hawkins, 19, opened fire with a rifle at a Von Maur store in an Omaha, Neb., mall, killing eight people before taking his own life. Five more people were wounded, two critically.

— April 16, 2007: Seung-Hui Cho, 23, fatally shot 32 people in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, then killed himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
— Oct. 2, 2006: Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, shot to death five girls at West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania, then killed himself.
— March 21, 2005: Student Jeffrey Weise, 16, killed nine people, including his grandfather and his grandfather's companion at home. Also included were five fellow students, a teacher and a security guard at Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minn. He then killed himself. Seven students were wounded.
— March 12, 2005: Terry Ratzmann, 44, gunned down members of his congregation as they worshipped at the Brookfield Sheraton in Brookfield, Wisconsin, slaying seven and wounding four before killing himself.
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— March 5, 2001: Charles "Andy" Williams, 15, killed two fellow students and wounded 13 others at Santana High School in Santee, Calif.
— Nov. 2, 1999: Copier repairman Byran Uyesugi, 40, fatally shoots seven people at Xerox Corp. in Honolulu. He is convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
— July 29, 1999: Former day trader Mark Barton, 44, killed nine people in shootings at two Atlanta brokerage offices, then killed himself.
— April 20, 1999: Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school's library.
— May 21, 1998: Two teenagers were killed and more than 20 people hurt when Kip Kinkel, 17, opened fire at a high school in Springfield, Ore., after killing his parents.
— March 24, 1998: Andrew Golden, 11, and Mitchell Johnson, 13, killed four girls and a teacher at a Jonesboro, Ark., middle school. Ten others were wounded in the shooting.
— Oct. 16, 1991: A deadly shooting rampage took place in Killeen, Texas, as George Hennard opened fire at a Luby's Cafeteria, killing 23 people before taking his own life. 20 others were wounded in the attack.
— June 18, 1990: James Edward Pough shoots people at random in a General Motors Acceptance Corp. office in Jacksonville, Fla., killing 10 and wounding four, before killing himself.
— July 12, 1976: Edward Charles Allaway, a custodian in the library of California State University, Fullerton, fatally shot seven fellow employees and wounded two others.
— Aug. 20, 1986: Pat Sherrill, 44, a postal worker who was about to be fired, shoots 14 people at a post office in Edmond, Okla. He then kills himself.
— July 18, 1984: James Oliver Huberty, an out-of-work security guard, kills 21 people in a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty.
— May 4, 1970: Four Kent State University students were killed by Ohio National Guard troops during a campus protest of the invasion of Cambodia. Nine people were wounded.
— Aug. 1, 1966: Charles Whitman opened fire from the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin, killing 16 people and wounding 31.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:34 AM   #23
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Nope, not at all. How many times now has a military member of Middle Eastern descent gone whacko and started killing Americans on one of our own bases?
Oh my god he must be a terrorist with ties to Al Qaeda, cause he has middle eastern `sounding name`.

Oh get a life man, some people are just nuts. White guys, black guys , red yellow etc shoot each other everyday.

Im too lazy to look for it, but im sure more then there share of non middle eastern sounding name guys have gone nut on a base.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:36 AM   #24
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Again, none of those were military on military on a military base. That's what I was talking about.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:38 AM   #25
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I saw this news on TV. It's too bad
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Again, none of those were military on military on a military base. That's what I was talking about.
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Nope, not at all. How many times now has a military member of Middle Eastern descent gone whacko and started killing Americans on one of our own bases?
name one???????? all the killings I ever heard about were from Americans.....Black,white,native AMerican...I never heard of all these mass shootings committed by native Americans. Hell if any of you were around then, remember the fort bragg parade deck shootings?????? Please provide proof or stop talking out of your ass


May 11, 2009 - 5 soldiers shot dead at Camp Liberty in Baghdad by Sgt. John Russell.

Feb 28 2008- Dustin Thorson, an Air Force technical sergeant, fatally shoots his son and daughter at home on Tinker Air Base in Oklahoma in domestic dispute with ex-wife. He had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from Iraq.

March 21 2003- Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar tosses grenades into three tents and then fires a rifle at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait, killing one and injuring 14. Akbar later receives death sentence.(Black American)

Sept 8. 2008- Spc. Jody Michael Wirawan shoots himself to death after killing 1st Lt. Robert Bartlett Fletcher at Fort Hood.

June 7 2005- Two National Guard officers are killed by a grenade at headquarters in Tikrit. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez is later acquitted of murder in a court-martial.

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Sgt. William Kreutzer goes on shooting spree at Fort Bragg, killing one and injuring 18 in a sniper attack during formation. He is serving a life sentence after a death sentence was overturned.
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name one???????? all the killings I ever heard about were from Americans.....Black,white,native AMerican...I never heard of all these mass shootings committed by native Americans. Hell if any of you were around then, remember the fort bragg parade deck shootings?????? Please provide proof or stop talking out of your ass
that was 1995 right, and 19 people killed if I remember correctly.
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his name is Maj Malik Nadal Hasan. if that isn't arabic sounding, I don't know what is.
Why not just give the actual name in the first place, the little caveat "Arabic-sounding" wasn't needed, especially if its obvious.
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Sounds Egyptian to me, and they are African, not Arabic......
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Why not just give the actual name in the first place, the little caveat "Arabic-sounding" wasn't needed, especially if its obvious.
when i get promoted to the rank of "The Man", I will be sure to put out names first.
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