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6 Red Flags in Fort Hood Case

(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...

Comparing Obama to Previous Mourners in Chief

WASHINGTON (Nov. 11) -- When Barack Obama made his debut as consoler in chief during a service for shooting victims at Fort Hood, Texas, he joined a long line of presidents who have sought through words to salvage something, anything from the depths of national tragedy. "Every evening that the sun sets on a tranquil...

Fort Hood Killings Revive Controversial Book

(Nov. 11) - A book that claims to expose a rising Muslim threat in the United States is gaining unexpected popularity amid the fallout from the Fort Hood massacre. "The Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America," by P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry, has shot up in Amazon's ranking...

Opinion: Conflating Fort Hood and Terror Fight

(Nov. 11) - There is an understandable urge to label the Fort Hood shooting suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an "Islamist terrorist." But such pronouncements, rather than aiding America's struggle against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups, would weaken it. Next week, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...

Arabs in Military Try to Rise Above Massacre

WASHINGTON (Nov. 6) -- The shooting rampage at Fort Hood could make life noticeably more difficult for Arabs and Muslims serving in the U.S. military. Soon after the killings, witnesses said that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged gunman, had shouted "Allahu Akbar," the Arabic phrase for "God is great," as he fired....