Confirmed! Texas military shooter a Jihadist Muslim (MORE UPDATES)

November 5, 6:19 PMColumbia Conservative ExaminerAnthony G. Martin

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Although most responsible news outlets are withholding the name of the deceased shooter in the Fort Hood military base massacre in Texas, we can confirm that he  was a military officer, an Army Major from Virginia, who had converted to Islam.

Sources state that the officer was to be deployed to the Iraq War and was extremely upset about it.

(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, file)

It is unclear as to any direct connection between the deceased suspect and Al Qaeda.  We do know, however, that radical Muslims will often recruit military personnel not only for conversion to Islam but for carrying out acts of terrorism against the U.S. military...from within.

The objective is to infiltrate military bases and the ranks of the armed forces for the specific purpose of 'taking them out from within.'

As a group of soldiers were preparing to be deployed to Iraq from Fort Hood in a special commissioning ceremony today, the officer opened fire killing 12 follow soldiers and injuring 32 others.  A local police officer who was on contract with the military to provide law enforcement at the base shot and killed the suspect.  At least 2 others involved in the shooting have been apprehended.  It is unclear as to the level of involvement of the 2 or whether or not other suspects are at large.

Always a reliable source when it comes to Islamic terrorism, Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs, is providing continually updated information.

For commentary on other issues, visit my blog at The Liberty Sphere.

Update 1:   The shooter was not killed but wounded and is undergoing treatment at a nearby medical facility.

Update 2:  The shooter is a lifelong Muslim rather than a 'Muslim convert.'

Update 3:   The shooter seemed to grow disillusioned with military service after the attacks on 9/11, making increasingly frequent references to the need to Muslims everywhere to stand up to the 'aggressors.'  That means us!

Update 4:  The shooter had repeatedly requested to be released from military duty.  The Army should have obliged him long ago.

Update 5:  The 2 others who were detained by law enforcement were released but a 3rd was detained.

Update 6:  Sources on the ground close to the shooting report that they heard M-16 type weapons being fired along with small arms fired.  This seems to contradict official reports that only 2 handguns were used. 

Update 7:  The shooter ran into difficulty with the Army over his overt proselytizing of non-Muslims and his statements regarding the need for Islamic people everywhere to take action against any individual or nation engaged in 'war against Islam'--translation, those who fight Jihadist terrorists.

Update 8:  Just a few days prior to the shooters massacre at Fort Hood, Al Qaeda issued a generalized call for Muslims everywhere to perpetrate acts of violence against anyone or any country who is involved in 'the war against Islam' (terrorism) by being willing to blow up trains, bridges, and 'residential compounds.'