The US Army is reprimanding nine officers for leadership failures in connection with the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, and their failure to detect problems with the accused shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

THE US was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a report compiled by the former heads of the 9/11 commission.

The Fort Hood shootings suspect will be examined next month to determine his mental state that day and whether he is competent to stand trial.

THE army psychiatrist accused in the fatal shootings at Fort Hood may be paralysed from the waist down after being shot multiple times during the attack, his attorney said yesterday.