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To: combjelly who wrote (732117)	8/10/2013 3:29:44 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576376

I win again...

To: combjelly who wrote (732117)	8/10/2013 4:11:20 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1576376

Ft. Hood Victims Want Shooting Designated Terror .................................................................................................. AP) ^ \| August 10, 2013 ( \| ALLEN G. BREED and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan admits pulling out a pistol, shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is great) and opening fire on unarmed people, killing 13 of them. All, he says, in an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims. Concluding he was on the "wrong side" in America's war, he told jurors at his court-martial that he switched sides. ... Victims of the shooting rampage filed a lawsuit last year over the administration's decision to treat the incident as workplace violence. They say that designation has robbed them of benefits and made them ineligible to receive the Purple Heart, awarded to service members wounded in battle. On Monday, the staff of the magazine National Review launched a petition drive directed at Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, arguing that the Army psychiatrist should be tried as an enemy combatant for what they consider "an Act of Terror." "By not designating this event as such an act, it disrespects the lives of the 13 who lost their lives that day, and dozens more who were injured," the petition reads (Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com .