> Republicans to blame for Red State Ft. Hood Texas Slaugthter
> Rightists are vile, disgusting, violent murderers to begin with. Islam is a
> right wing fundamentalist ideology.
> Obama has received 300 times the death threats from violent mentally ill
> Republicans than Bush ever did from peace loving, level headed Democrats.
> There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments
> to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military.
> Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent.
> As a student, some who knew Nidal Malik Hasan said they saw clear signs the
> young Army psychiatrist - who authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort
> Hood that left 13 dead and 29 others wounded - had no place in the military.
> After arriving at Fort Hood, he was conflicted about what to tell fellow Muslim
> soldiers about the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, alarming an Islamic
> community leader from whom he sought counsel.
> "I told him, 'There's something wrong with you,'" Osman Danquah, co-founder of
> the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, told The Associated Press on Saturday.
> "I didn't get the feeling he was talking for himself, but something just didn't
> seem right."
> Danquah assumed the military's chain of command knew about Hasan's doubts, which
> had been known for more than a year to classmates in a graduate military medical
> program. His fellow students complained to the faculty about Hasan's "anti-
> American propaganda," but said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a
> Muslim student kept officers from filing a formal written complaint.
> "The system is not doing what it's supposed to do," said Dr. Val Finnell, who
> studied with Hasan from 2007-2008 in the master's program in public health at
> the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. "He at
> least should have been confronted about these beliefs, told to cease and desist,
> and to shape up or ship out."
> Military authorities continued Saturday to refer to Hasan as a suspect in the
> shootings, and have not yet said if they plan to charge him in a military or
> civilian court. His family described a man incapable of the attack, calling him
> a devoted doctor and devout Muslim who showed no signs that he might lash out
> with violence.
> "I've known my brother Nidal to be a peaceful, loving and compassionate person
> who has shown great interest in the medical field and in helping others," said
> his brother, Eyad Hasan, of Sterling, Va., in a statement. "He has never
> committed an act of violence and was always known to be a good, law-abiding
> citizen."
> Others recalled a pleasant neighbor who forgave a fellow soldier charged with
> tearing up his "Allah is Love" bumper sticker. A superior officer at Darnall
> Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Col. Kimberly Kesling, has said Hasan was a
> quiet man with a strong work ethic who provided excellent care for his patients.
> Still, in the days since authorities believe Hasan fired more than 100 rounds in
> a soldier processing center at Fort Hood in the worst mass shooting on a
> military facility in the U.S., a picture has emerged of a man who was forcefully
> opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was trying to get out of his
> pending deployment to a war zone and had struggled professionally in his work as
> an Army psychiatrist.
> "He told (them) that as a Muslim committed to his prayers he was discriminated
> against and not treated as is fitting for an officer and American," said
> Mohammed Malik Hasan, 24, a cousin, told the AP from his home on the outskirts
> of the Palestinian city of Ramallah. "He hired a lawyer to get him a discharge."
> Twice this summer, Danquah said, Hasan asked him what to tell soldiers who
> expressed misgivings about fighting fellow Muslims. The retired Army first
> sergeant and Gulf War veteran said he reminded Hasan that these soldiers had
> volunteered to fight, and that Muslims were fighting against each other in
> Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories.
> "But what if a person gets in and feels that it's just not right?" Danquah
> recalled Hasan asking him.
> "I'd give him my response. It didn't seem settled, you know. It didn't seem to
> satisfy," he said. "It would be like a person playing the devil's advocate. ...
> I said, 'Look. I'm not impressed by you.'"
> Danquah said he was so disturbed by Hasan's persistent questioning that he
> recommended the mosque reject Hasan's request to become a lay Muslim leader at
> Fort Hood. But he never saw a need to tell anyone at the sprawling Army post
> about the talks, because Hasan never expressed anger toward the Army or
> indicated any plans for violence.
> "If I had an inkling that he had this type of inclination or intentions,
> definitely I would have brought it to their attention," he said.
> Finnell said he did just that during a year of study in which Hasan made a
> presentation "that justified suicide bombing" and spewed "anti-American
> propaganda" as he argued the war on terror was "a war against Islam." Finnell
> said he and at least one other student complained about Hasan, surprised that
> someone with "this type of vile ideology" would be allowed to wear an officer's
> uniform.
> But Finnell said no one filed a formal, written complaint about Hasan's comments
> out of fear of appearing discriminatory.
> "In retrospect, I'm not surprised he did it," Finnell said. "I had real
> questions about what his priorities were, what his beliefs were."
> Hasan received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed Army Medical
> Center, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he
> was not authorized to discuss the case publicly. And while he was an intern at
> the suburban Washington hospital, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required
> counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training
> director at the time.
> Hasan was promoted from captain to major in 2008, the same year he graduated
> from the master's program. Bernard Rostker, a military personnel expert at the
> Rand Corp., said Hasan's advancement was all but certain absent a serious
> blemish on his record, such as a DUI or a drug charge.
> "We're short of officers, particularly at the major and lieutenant colonel level
> because of the war, and we're short of psychiatrists," said Rostker, who served
> as under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness during the Clinton
> administration. "There would have had to be something very detrimental in his
> record before there would have been a banner that would have said, 'No, we don't
> want to promote him.'"
> Both military and civilian investigators have yet to talk with Hasan, who
> reportedly jumped up on a desk and shouted "Allahu akbar!" - Arabic for "God is
> great!" - at the start of Thursday's attack. He was seriously wounded by police
> and transferred Friday to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where
> officials gave no indication of his condition except to say he was "not able to
> converse."
> "Hopefully, they can put together the pieces and find out what in the world was
> in his mind and why he went crazy," Danquah said. "Aaaaah, it's sad. Those
> soldiers could have been my soldiers."
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