Fort Hood Murderous Shooter Is Still Alive: Who Is Nidal Malik Hasan? (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on November 6, 2009
Sgt. Fanuaee Vea embraces Pvt. Savannah Green outside Fort Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. At least one gunman killed 12 people and injured 31 in a shooting on the military base. | Photo credit: MSNBC Dallas-Fort Worth
The soldiers at Fort Hood are still in shock about the shooting rampage that ensued yesterday. I’m still in shock. America is still in shock.
Our heartfelt prayers go out to all at Fort Hood, the victims’ families and friends, and to our stellar military the world over.
The reported shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is still alive and in custody. Previous news reports said he had been shot and killed, but Hasan was instead wounded. He is now hospitalized and alive.
Who is Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and why did he go on a murderous rampage at the Army base in Texas?
FOX News Press Briefing | Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Major Malik Hasan Is Alive | November 5, 2009
From UPI:
Alleged shooter wanted out of military
FORT HOOD, Texas, November 6 (UPI) –
An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 12 people at Fort Hood, Texas, feared going to Iraq and resented being harassed for being Muslim, his relatives said.
Possible motives for the Thursday massacre, which also left 31 wounded at the sprawling Army base, remained elusive as a sketchy, often puzzling portrait of the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, began to emerge.
Hasan, 39, had spent more than half his life in the military. He signed up for the Army out of high school, over his parents’ objections, after growing up in Arlington, Va., and the military paid his way through college and medical school, family members said.
Yet by Thursday, he had spoken openly against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and appeared to want out of the military desperately.
His aunt, Noel Hasan of Falls Church, Va., told The Washington Post he had been harassed about his Muslim faith since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and had sought a discharge from the Army for several years.
“Some people can take it, and some cannot,” she said. “He had listened to all of that (harassment), and he wanted out of the military, and they would not let him leave even after he offered to repay” for his medical training.
Hasan graduated in 1997 from Virginia Tech University, where he was an ROTC member, and received his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He completed his residency at Walter Reed Medical Center and worked there until being transferred to Hood this year.
KXAN Austin News: Raw footage of the scene of the Fort Hood shooting (audio comes and goes) | November 5, 2009
From My San Antonio News: Imam floored he knew suspect:
An imam who was the former leader of a Maryland mosque Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attended said he was stunned when he heard about Thursday’s shootings.
Faizul Khan of Silver Spring knew Hasan for 10 years and described him as a reserved and polite person with a great sense of humor. The two lost touch when Hasan left Maryland about a year ago, Khan said.
He said Hasan visited the mosque nearly every day to pray and that they often spoke about religious matters.
Hasan was active in the Muslim community and he even registered in a matrimonial service the mosque provides to search for a wife, Khan said.
Khan said he was shocked and dismayed to find the person suspected in the incident was his old friend.
“I keep asking what could have made him do something like that? I was stunned and very surprised,” he said.
Khan said he wanted people to understand Islam condemns the killing of innocent people.
“These are not the actions of a good Muslim at all,” the imam said.
“Islam does not teach us to kill. This is something that is condemned by the Quran. You can’t really kill anyone like that, innocent people. That’s not what Islam preaches about,” he added.
From Texas for Sarah Palin: Blue Star Mom Sarah Palin on Fort Hood Shootings:
Blue Star Mom Sarah Palin, in a message on her Facebook Notes page Thursday, reached out to the families of the casualties at Ft. Hood, Texas:
On the Tragic Shooting Today at Ft. Hood
Todd and I would like to offer our condolences to the families of the victims of the tragic shooting today at Ft. Hood. Our thoughts and prayers will be with them.
- Sarah Palin
Additional Fort Hood information:
Smart Girl Politics: Major Muslim Hasan Participated in Homeland Security Panel for Obama
Michelle Malkin: Why do we have to read British papers to get Ft. Hood jihadist news?! and The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude
Gateway Pundit: Killer’s Imam Stunned– Describes Nidal Malik Hasan As Quiet Man Who Attended Mosque Daily …Update: Killer Shouted “Allahu Akbar” During Shootings and Breaking: Massacre at Food Hood Military Base, 7 Dead So Far, 20 Injured
GayPatriot: Ft. Hood Islamist Massacre
Nice Deb: American Jihadists Praise and Pray for Nidal Malik Hasan and Obama’s Weird “Shout Out” and How Did The Army Miss All The Red Flags?
Hot Air: Why was Hasan still in the Army?
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Breaking News in Texas: Deadly Shooting At Fort Hood – Update, 7 Reported Dead, 20 Injured — Reported Deaths Now at 12, 31 Injured — UPDATE: Shooter Identified As Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan
Atlas Shrugs: Major Muslim Hasan Participated in Homeland Security Panel for Obama
Gateway Pundit: SHOOTING IN TEXAS– 7 Dead — 3 Shooters? 1 Captured & 1 On the Loose
Big Hollywood: Fort Hood: Wise Words From Michael Yon
Diary of a Mad Conservative: When will Obama visit Ft.Hood? and Ft. Hood is a family who belong to us all
Sister Toldjah: Gunmen kill 11, injure 31 at Fort Hood (UPDATE 3: Who was Major Nadal Malik Hasan?)
Crush Liberalism: UPDATE: Obama fiddles while Ft. Hood smolders
On My Watch: Security Breaches at 2 US Bases within 72 Hours
The Melting Pot Project: Fort Hood
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in Texas – MUSLIM Convert Malik Nadal Hasan
ABC News: Attack on Fort Hood: Faces of the Victims
KXAN Austin News: Nightmare at storied Fort Hood
Betsy’s Page: Simply dreadful
South Texian: Massacre at Fort Hood
PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK: Fort Hood rampage leaves 7 dead, 20 injured
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The female police officer, who was the first “on scene” and is now in the hospital recovering from the wounds she received in doing her duty should be acknowledged for her heroics to walk into that maelstrom and take down this idiot.
She is an American Hero !