Army says 12 dead, 31 injured at Forth Hood

[Crazysix]

As officials continue to investigate the alleged Fort Hood killer, it is looking increasingly likely that the Army missed several red flags in Major Nidal Malik Hasan's behavior. Many observers say it wouldn't be surprising if such signals had been missed, given that Hasan was a psychiatrist whom the Army desperately needed to help tend to the mental wounds of two wars. But at the same time, some members of the military are quietly discussing the more troubling possibility that the Army looked the other way precisely because Hasan was Muslim. (See pictures of the Fort Hood shootings.)

Army officials strongly deny any suggestion that Hasan's religion resulted in his being given special treatment. But one officer who attended the Pentagon's medical school with Hasan disagrees. "He was very vocal about being a Muslim first and holding Shari'a law above the Constitution," this officer recalls. When fellow students asked, "How can you be an officer and hold to the Constitution?," the officer says, Hasan would "get visibly upset - sweaty and nervous - and had no good answers." This medical doctor would speak only anonymously because his commanders have ordered him not to talk about Hasan, he says.

This officer says he was so surprised when Hasan gave a talk about "the war on terror being a war on Islam" that he asked the lieutenant colonel running the course what Hasan's presentation had to do with health care. "I raised my hand and asked, 'Why are you letting this go on - this has nothing to do with environmental health.' The course director said, 'I'm just going to let him go.' " The topic of Hasan's presentation, the officer says, had been approved in advance by the lieutenant colonel.

The officer says he and a colleague complained to staff at the Uniformed University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., but got nowhere: "It was a systemic problem - the same thing was happening at Walter Reed," the Army medical center several miles away, where Hasan was working as a psychiatrist. (The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Hasan gave a similar presentation at Walter Reed in which he said Muslims should be released as conscientious objectors rather than forced into combat against fellow Muslims.) But "political correctness" inside the military, the officer asserts, insulated Hasan. "People are afraid to come forward and challenge somebody's ideology," he says, "because they're afraid of getting an equal-opportunity complaint that can end careers."
A retired four-star officer says that, on the basis of the evidence gleaned so far, it was Hasan's career that should have been cut short. "They could have given him a dishonorable discharge and said what he's doing works against good order and discipline," says the general, who also requested anonymity. But rather than it being a matter of giving preferential treatment to Hasan because of his religion, "my guess is he fell through the cracks," the general says.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009111...08599193733400

damn this guy the MIL clearly failed and as the said about the EEO complaint, that shit is dead on
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009111...08599193733400

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THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military officials say the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding 29 in last week's shooting rampage at his military post in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder under the military's legal system. The decision makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
A formal announcement about the charges against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is expected later Thursday. Two U.S. military officials described the charges to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the case publicly.
The officials said it is not yet decided whether to charge Hasan with a 14th count of murder related to the death of the unborn child of a pregnant shooting victim.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/...ooting_charges



I really hope the Govt pushes the death Penalty for this POS

[Richard Burns]

I'm not sure. Death might be the easy way out. Maybe he needs life in prison where he can get his ass beat and ass raped everyday.

I guarentee this cat will get the death penalty but if not he won't live long.

[Richard Burns]

I'd like to see all these "leaders" who saw the warning signs but did nothing face some kind of punishment.

[Crazysix]

Originally Posted by Richard Burns

I'm not sure. Death might be the easy way out. Maybe he needs life in prison where he can get his ass beat and ass raped everyday.

I guarentee this cat will get the death penalty but if not he won't live long.

Chances are he will end up in Leavenworth, but I would have liked it better if the Military let the state handle this one, but the question is where is he going to be tried???? I had heard that his lawyer is asking for it to me held outside of any mil base in Texas, due to the fact he wouldn't get a fair trial.......IMHO no matter where he goes is he going to get a fair trial and even more so he doesn't deserve the option

[abonifi1]

Originally Posted by Crazysix

Chances are he will end up in Leavenworth, but I would have liked it better if the Military let the state handle this one, but the question is where is he going to be tried???? I had heard that his lawyer is asking for it to me held outside of any mil base in Texas, due to the fact he wouldn't get a fair trial.......IMHO no matter where he goes is he going to get a fair trial and even more so he doesn't deserve the option

Sure,the the Texas Courts try him, you know he'll get the death penalty then.

Guaranteed.

[Richard Burns]

I bet he gets killed before h even makes it to his court martial.

[SpaceGhost]

sentence him to life.. and put him in general population... no protection...