Archive for November 5th, 2009
At least twelve people are dead and 31 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. Two suspects were captured and four swat officers were wounded a policeman was among those shot. The shooter had a high-powered rifle and was reportedly aiming to kill. The shootings appeared to have occurred in a complex near a theater where a graduation was in service. Obama has been briefed about reports of a shooting. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks says the first shooting began at about 1:30 p.m. at a personnel and medical processing office. The second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base.
June 5, 2009, Barack Obama nominated Maj. Gen. Robert W. Cone for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commander of III Corps and Fort Hood. Cone commanded the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. September 22, 2009, Cone took over for Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch. More than 18,500 of Fort Hood’s troops are deployed to Iraq and more than 1,000 are in Afghanistan.
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The Afghanistan War
Military Deaths In Afghanistan
Obama’s Keeps Silent About The Afghanistan War
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Three Grenadier Guards and two members of the Royal Military Police were shot dead by a police officer who entered their secure compound in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
The five soldiers killed at the compound in Nad-e-Ali were: Sergeant Matthew Telford, 37, from Grimsby, Guardsman James Major, 18, from Cleethorpes and Warrant Officer (1st Class) Darren Chant, 39, all of the Grenadier Guards, and Acting Cpl Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, from Pembrokeshire of the Royal Military Police.
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Taliban Attack
American Soldiers Depressed Troop Morale Low
Osama Bin Laden Calls Obama ‘Powerless’
The Afghanistan War
Military Deaths In Afghanistan
Obama Repeatedly Said He Would Reinforce US Troops
Obama’s Keeps Silent About The Afghanistan War
Osama Bin Laden attacks Obama
Obama Ignore Soldiers Dying In Afghanistan
Hakimullah Mehud: Pakistan’s New Taliban Leader
Pakistans Taliban
The Afghanistan Problem
U.S. Afghanistan Raid Gone Bad
Hillary Clinton Warned America About Obama
