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Islamophobia
Nov 7 2009, Marco Villa

The Ft. Hood massacre is a national tragedy. Unfortunately, the United States is all too familiar with shoting rampages. Just yesterday, an unemployed man shot and killed an employee at a company office from which he was originally fired.

Ft. Hood is.

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