Fort Hood Justice: Muslim Shooter Who Killed 13 Could Face Death Penalty (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 17, 2011
Fort Hood Shooting: Sgt. Fanuaee Vea comforts Pvt. Savannah Green outside Fort Hood on November 5, 2009 in Killeen, Texas after Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Islamic radical, went on a shooting rampage | Photo credit: MSNBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Fort Hood mass murderer and Islamic zealot Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan may face the death penalty for his bloody massacre at the Texas military base in November 2009 that killed 13 soldiers and wounded dozens more.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who once worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and had been trying to recruit soldiers to Islam, Hasan also had known ties to Al-Qaeda. Prior to Hasan’s rampage, he had bought a “cop killer” gun.
KXAN News: Fort Hood Shootings Update
Reported earlier this month by Politico, Accused Fort Hood shooter could face death penalty:
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will stand trial by court-martial and face a possible death penalty if convicted in the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 and wounded 30, the Army announced Wednesday.
The decision was made by Lt. Gen. Donald M. Campbell, commander of the Army’s III Corps and Fort Hood. The next step is for a judge to be appointed and set a date for his arraignment.
“After considering all matters submitted by defense counsel and considering other appropriate matters, including the recommendations of Hasan’s chain of command, the Article 32 Investigating Officer, and his own legal adviser, Campbell has referred the case to a general court-martial for trial,” the Army said in a statement. “The court-martial is authorized to consider death as an authorized punishment.”
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who once worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” — “God is greatest” in Arabic — and opened fire at a center for soldiers preparing for deployment in the worst act of domestic terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks.
From ABC News, Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Will Face Death Penalty:
For the victims’ families and those wounded in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, news that the suspect will face a military trial and the death penalty came as no surprise.
Many have cried and prayed together since a gunman opened fire on the Texas Army post that sunny day in November 2009, killing 13 people and injuring more than two dozen others. Some of them celebrated Wednesday’s announcement that Maj. Nidal Hasan would face a death sentence if convicted, though others were more solemn. Yet all said it was another step in their healing process.
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Fort Hood’s commanding general, Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell, said Wednesday that Hasan would be tried in a military court and, if convicted, possibly be sentenced to death. The decision echoed the recommendations of two Army colonels who previously reviewed the case against the Army psychiatrist, who is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.
Obama Salutes the Fallen at Fort Hood Watch Video“I believe the Army as an institution has long been planning to go this route,” Hasan’s lead attorney, John Galligan, said from his office near Fort Hood, about 125 miles south of Fort Worth.
Many relatives and friends of those who survived the attack applauded the decision. Staff Sgt. Jeannette Juroff, who was working in a nearby building that day and helped wounded soldiers, said the rampage deeply affected those at Fort Hood, a sprawling compound where tens of thousands of soldiers are stationed.
From a longer post from Michelle Malkin on the ramped up jihad mission of Islamic zealots who are also doctors:
Splendid news: Our homeland security officials have sent fresh warnings to foreign governments that “human bombs” may try to board planes with surgically implanted explosives. The ticking terrorists are reportedly getting help from murder-minded Arab Muslim physicians trained in the West. Infidels beware: Dr. Jihad’s version of the health care oath omits the “no” in “Do no harm.”
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There should be no shock at the role of purported healers in these and other hellish plots to destroy masses of innocent lives in the name of Allah. Anyone who still clings to the bleeding-heart belief that poverty breeds terrorism — including, alas, our commander in chief — is willfully blind to past history and present reality.
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Closer to home, Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan starkly diagnosed the ideological fanaticism of every soldier of Allah in a Koranic-inspired PowerPoint presentation that concluded: “We love death more then (sic) you love life!”
Military officials plagued by political correctness ignored Hasan. Thirteen Fort Hood soldiers and civilian personnel, and one unborn child, paid with their lives.
How many more Dr. Jihads are operating in the open, exploiting our borders and tolerance, wielding medical licenses to kill?
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