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Shooter Drew Attention With Internet Posts

Hasan equated suicide bombers with heroes: federal sources

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2009 7:54 PM CST

(Newser) – Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man who killed 12 today at Fort Hood, had been on federal law-enforcement authorities’ radar for months after Internet postings about suicide bombings and the like. AP sources say the feds are still trying to confirm that the Army psychiatrist... Read full story »

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