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President Barack Obama has said the “entire nation” is grieving after a shooting that killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas. The President ordered all flags at the White House and other Federal buildings to be flown at half-staff until Veterans Day. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a US-born Muslim and army psychiatrist, opened fire at the US Army Fort on Thursday. He was due to be deployed soon to Afghanistan, a military official said. Family members said Major Hasan was strongly opposed to the deployment and had wanted to leave the Army. A cousin told the media that Hasan had been battling racial harassment because of his “Middle Eastern ethnicity”. The tragedy casts a light on Muslims serving in the US military. The World’s Matthew Bell has a report.
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