ABILENE, TX— Tempers flared at today's TEA Party Express rally in Abilene, in the wake of Thursdays deadly shooting at Fort Hood.
During the morning rally at Redbud Park, as speaker Mark Williams, author of
Exposing the Socialist Agenda, referenced a chapter of his book on Islam, a woman in the crowd yelled, "Get them out of the military!"
The crowd cheered.
The speaker ignored the comment and continued.
On his blog today, Williams called the shooting suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, "the Ft. Hood Jihadist."
"The authorities are doing their best to deny the
truth that Major Hassan’s (the Fort Hood Jihadist) shooting spree was
nothing less than an Islamic Terror attack by a sleeper," he wrote. "We now have
13 more bodies piled on the alter of Political Correctness."
Hasan wanted out of the Army after being constantly harassed by others in the military and was called a "camel jockey," his family said.
Arab-American and Muslim groups across the US have strongly condemned the shooting rampage in Ft. Hood, Texas.
The Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in the Military, estimates
there are about 3,500 Arab Americans serving in the military. Here is their statement:
At a time of deep sorrow in the midst of this horrific tragedy, our thoughts are first and foremost with the Fort Hood shooting victims and their families. One can only imagine the unspeakable pain and loss they are and will be dealing with in the weeks, months and years to come.
It is unfortunate that whatever demons possessed Nidal Hasan, that he chose to deal with his problems in this way.
In the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, it is more important than ever that we not make the same scapegoating and broad stroke mistakes that were evident in the aftermath of previous tragedies. The Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military urges the media, government officials and all of our fellow Americans to recognize that the actions of Hasan are those of a deranged gunman, and are in no way representative of the wider Arab American or American Muslim community.
In fact, thousands of Arab Americans and American Muslims serve honorably everyday in all four branches of the U.S. military and in the National Guard. Additionally, many of us have willingly stepped forward to fulfill our duty with our fellow soldiers in both Afghanistan, Iraq and other locations around the globe, including most of the member of APAAM. Indeed, many of us are today currently deployed in both countries, honorably serving each and every day.
The Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in Military (APAAM) was created shortly after September 11th, 2001, in an effort to organize current and former Arab- Americans in the military. There are approximately 3,500 Arab- Americans serving in our Armed Forces. Based on the fact that there are no other formal organizations representing Arab- Americans in the military, APAAM has the distinction of being the first official organization for Arab- Americans in the Military.
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