Hood massacre report gutless and shameful

Ralph Peters of the New York Post has written a damning indictment of the DOD Report "Protecting the Force Lessons From Fort Hood," which is an examination and investigation into the causes and circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood massacre by Major Hasan that occurred last...

knighthood to Fazle Hasan Abed

New Delhi: BARC founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and in other parts of the world. Abed’s...

Hasan Won't Plead Guilty, May Plead Insanity

Defense Attorney: Hasan Won't Plead Guilty, May Use Insanity Defense -- ABC NewsJohn Galligan, defense attorney for the Fort Hood Ramapage shooter, Hasan, stated that his client will probably plead not guilty and that an insanity defense is possible."I anticipate that the...

Major Hasan's E-Mail: 'I Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife

Code words? Sounds more like 72 Virgins rule:" United States Army Major Nidal Hasan told a radical cleric considered by authorities to be an al-Qaeda recruiter, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife, according to an American official with top secret access to 18 e-mails...

Hasan case to test military justice system

""For the government, the biggest challenge will be venue," predicted Victor Hansen of New England School of Law, who defended Army Sgt. Asan Akbar, sentenced to death in 2005 for killing two officers in a grenade and rifle assault in Kuwait. "There will be a desire by the...

The Rush to Therapy

David Brooks of the New York Times has written a scathing oped critique of all the press commentary concerning Hasan's state of mind in the Fort Hood rampage. He likens the media punditry to kindergarten teachers need to protect their children from thinking impermissible and...

A Web of Lone Wolves

Fort Hood shows the world that internet jihad is not a myth according to Evan Kohlmann, senior investigator for the NEFA Foundation and private consultant and expert witness to the FBI, Scotland Yard and other law enforcement agencies in cases involving suspected homegrown...

Fort Hood: If Nidal Malik Hasan talks, will he live?

" Getting Hasan to talk could be crucial if evidence points to a broader conspiracy that could include more attacks, says Annemarie McAvoy, a former federal prosecutor. "A guy like...

Maj. Hasan's worst offense

"Nidal Malik Hasan's alleged killing spree gives him special status simply because his actions involved not only violence: His was an act of unforgivable betrayal. What Hasan unleashed at the shooting scene was tantamount to a teacher opening fire on the classroom, a cop...

An Officer's Outrage Over Fort Hood

" This has nothing to do with being anti-Islamic. After numerous tours to Iraq and working with countless cultural advisors on Ft. Bragg, I know dozens of Muslims who I respect and admire greatly. This has everything to do with force protection and security being trumped...

What Does the Koran Say About Muslim Soldiers?

"In the wake of the Ft. Hood shootings by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an uncomfortable and unjust spotlight has been trained on Muslim-American soldiers serving in the armed forces. To be blunt, their loyalties are...

Hasan paralyzed and will remain unable to walk, doctors say

Hasan's doctors say he is paralyzed below the waist, and will likely not be able to walk in the future.   "Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, is paralyzed...

Obama orders base killings probe

" The measure comes after US intelligence authorities revealed they knew Maj Nidal Malik Hasan had been in contact with a cleric sympathetic to al-Qaeda. " While the FBI had previously dismissed these contacts...

FBI Says Hasan wasn't involved in terrorist activities

"“At this point, there is no information to indicate Major Nidal Malik Hasan had any co-conspirators or was part of a broader terrorist plot,” the FBI said in a statement. “The investigation to date has not identified a motive, and a number of possibilities remain under...

Major Hasan To Be Charged With 13 Counts Of Premeditated Murder

[Update - 12/11/2009]: US military prosecutors say they will be seeking death penalty in the case of the alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man suspected of being the gunman in November 5th Fort Hood shooting in which 13 people died and 29 people...

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