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Nevada military took no special precautions

Nevada military posts took no extraordinary precautions as a result of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.

The Nevada National Guard did not take any special security measures at its facilities in Nevada, said Sgt. Erick Studenicka, a public information officer.


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  • Studenicka said Nevada Guard facilities were taking "alpha" security precautions, which is a step above normal but not that unusual. It means they do random, anti-terrorist searches at gates.

    "It's not because of Texas," he said shortly after the shooting. "We don't know what caused the violence there."

    Studenicka said no Guard members from Nevada are based at Fort Hood.

    At Nellis Air Force Base, Capt. Amy Oliver with the public affairs office said operations there remained normal.

    "It's an isolated incident as far as we know right now," she said.

    Staff Sgt. Alice Moore at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs said, "We haven't changed our security posture; but, as always, we maintain a heightened state of awareness."

    The Islamic Society of Nevada sent out a statement condemning the killings.

    The statement noted that Dr. Aslam Abdullah, director of the group, wrote in his blog that the actions of Major Malik Nadal Hasan are horrible "and every U.S. citizen must condemn his action."

    "There is no justification for what he did. However, let us be cautious in relating this event to a faith or a community. ... It does not matter what his faith is or what his nationality is. What matters is that he acted criminally and abused the trust placed in him. We must identify him as a criminal and no more or no less than that."

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    KARI PARK, MUSLIMS ARE DANCING IN THE STREETS OF NY wrote on November 06, 2009 07:22 PM: To Kari Park: It's going to be really tough to have much compassion when radical Muslims were literally dancing in New York streets today over the Ft. Hood massacre and were trying to recruit Americans to their extremist views.


    Kari Park wrote on November 06, 2009 03:58 PM: I hope that people do not rush to connect this disturbed individuals desperate acts to the Muslim faith as a whole. There are millions of peaceful Muslims who abhor this kind of random violence, and should not be blamed or discriminated against because of isolated incidences like this. The anti-Muslim climate in this country is growing more and more hostile everyday, and it would be sad if this individuals destructive act were used as an excuse to persecute innocent people. People who want to practice their religion in a free country that claims to protect religious freedom in whatever form it may take.


    happy wrote on November 06, 2009 02:01 PM: Everyone note that the comment feature has been disabled on the other articles concerning this act of terror at Fort Hood. If the situation were reversed you can bet that comments would have been invited.


    LCDR Mandingo, NAM vet wrote on November 06, 2009 01:52 PM: If my memory serves me right, a corps GOP Vietnam War commie-siders like former US senator Allard, congressman Tancredo, and congresswoman Musgrave (aka Marilyn Manson), and Cong. Lamborn, they created federal legislation permitting religious proselytizing, Bible-thumping, God-squading, etc., within our military ranks. It flies in the face of traditional military, "good order and discipline". During the Vietnam this posse of Nazis nvere complained our troops needed more religious indoctrination and brainwashing.

    Again, O'BUMBLER needs to grow a PAIR and overthrow religious proselytizing. I'm taking my copy of the bible to "LOO".


    Too_many_EEO_Soldiers wrote on November 06, 2009 10:48 AM: The military was more professional when it was institutionally anti-gay, placed restrictions on women in close combat support (barring them from the Academies altogether) etc.

    Yes, a woman can fly an F-15. Yes, homosexuals were capable of performing guard duty at Checkpoint Charlie (source: ex-GI friend). I have NO problem with a gay/woman/etc serving as Commander-In-Chief. I just happen to think that the military has been so completely politicized by left-wing social engineering that it's a wonder it can function at all.

    By and large, the only men who'll make the military a career are the mealy-mouthed, political types who can go along. Real men would not put up with all the PC nonsense the Democrats have imposed on the Armed Forces. Sorry, but whenever I see those ethnic minority members of the Joint Chiefs, I think of Cox's Army.


    plansmaker wrote on November 06, 2009 10:26 AM: U.S. Military must take this tragedy in Fort Hood as a weak up call about radical islam in U.S.military ranks...If not this tragedy will repeat again and again...My condolences to the familes of Fort Hood...


    Rosiecee wrote on November 06, 2009 08:50 AM: Was this psychiatrist on an antidepresant?

    The Physicians Desk Reference states that SSRI antidepressants and all antidepressants can cause mania, psychosis, abnormal thinking, paranoia, hostility, etc. These side effects can also appear during withdrawal.

    Go to www.SSRIstories.com where there are over 3,400 cases, with the full media article available, involving bizarre murders, suicides, school shootings [49 of these] and murder-suicides - all of which involve SSRI antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc, . The media article usually tells which SSRI antidepressant the perpetrator was taking or had been using.