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  Sen. Joe Lieberman calls Fort Hood massacre a 'terrorist' act
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Last EditedMonsieur  Nov 08, 2009 06:36pm
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News DateNov 08, 2009 06:00pm
DescriptionSen. Joe Lieberman called the Fort Hood massacre an act of "Islamist extremism" - even as top Army brass warned Sunday against guessing at a motive, fearing backlash against Muslim soldiers.

"There are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that this was a terrorist act," Lieberman (I-Conn) told Fox News on Sunday.

"If the reports that we're receiving of various statements he made, acts he took are valid, he had turned to Islamist extremism."

Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate, chairs the Senate Homeland Security committee.

Lieberman's comments were in stark contrast to U.S. Army chief of staff George Casey, who told CNN he's deeply worried "that the speculation could cause something that we don't want to see happen."
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