http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/05/texas. ... index.html

(CNN) -- Two gunmen in military uniforms shot and killed as many as nine people and wounded as many as 20 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, officials said.

One of the shooters has been apprehended, Fort Hood spokesman Sgt. Maj. Jamie Posten told CNN.

"At this point we're looking for the other shooter," Posten said. Asked for a description, he said, "we're trying to develop that information."

The shooters were wearing military uniforms, but it was unclear whether they were soldiers, said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas

President Obama has been informed of the incident, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters.

Fort Hood was asking people on post to stay away from windows, CNN affiliate KXXV said. The incident took place at the sports dome, now known as the soldier readiness area, the station reported.

FBI agents are headed to the scene to assist, said Erik Vasys, spokesman for the FBI office in San Antonio. He had no other details.

On the Fort Hood Web site, the word "closed" is posted with the statement, "Effective immediately, Fort Hood is closed. Organizations/units are instructed to execute a 100 percent accountability of all personnel."

Fort Hood is the Army's largest U.S. post, with about 40,000 troops. It is home to the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command. It is located near Killeen, Texas.

Fort Hood is home to the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which is designed to help soldiers overcome combat stress issues.

In June, Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, told CNN that he was trying to ease the kind of stresses soldiers face. He has pushed for soldiers working a day schedule to return home for dinner by 6 p.m., and required his personal authorization for anyone working weekends. At the time, two soldiers stationed there had committed suicide in 2009 -- a rate well below those of other posts.

Prolly disgruntled members of the armed services.

If not, domestic (read: non-Arab, more than likely Anglo-American, "don't blame me, I voted for Palin" types) terrorists. It's a bit suspicious this assault is timed to Michelle Bachmann's Capitol Hill teabagging sit-in.

Anyone seen Terry Nichols?

The Birthplace of GAR!

NOT A MAJOR!!!

And, The Machine has been staring at his candle, and drinking out of a jug of wine for a few weeks now - he's incapable of violence for the time being.

Never trust an Arab.

Dalen, seriously, fuck you.

Pass it off as trying to be clever or edgy if that lets you justify it, but this might be the most asshole-ish thing you've ever posted. Which takes some doing.

Seriously, stop.

Amen. I was going to post something similar, but I'm tired of wasting my time on this guy.

I think he meant Never Be Rude To an Arab.

im sure he wasnt joking

So much for free speech, Scribe.

There's a pretty big gulf separating "couldn't" and "shouldn't". On the whole he seems like an alright dude, so shit like this is just frustrating. But if he wants to look and sound like a knob, that's his business.

I'm not normally this touchy, but today's been a royal pisser of a day.

I thought this post was in jest until I heard it on the news.
Sad.

Just what we need to get the xenophobes fired up.

Just like Chad should be allowed to tell Dalen to fuck off. Relax, Bloor.

(and for the record, I too thought it was an asinine thing for Dalen to post)

Not one of your finer logical moments.

i assume bloor was joking

It's hard to tell.

The word "joke" implies there'd have to be something funny about it.

Yeah, and in middle school kids should be calling each other nigger, and kike, and faggot because of "free speech." And carrying guns on a high school campus should be fine because of the 2nd amendment.

Of all the reactions to destructive racism, "protecting free speech" is about number 6 or 7 on my list.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.

A rare moment of Obner Near-Unity.

if only the people there had guns to defend themselves this would never have happened

Wow.