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A U.S. military tribunal has opened a hearing to decide if an Army major should stand trial for last year's shooting spree at the Fort Hood base in Texas that killed 13 people and left more than 40 others wounded.
The accused, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was left paralyzed by bullet wounds inflicted after he allegedly opened fire at the base on November 5, 2009.
The so-called "Article 32" hearing is the U.S. military's equivalent of a grand jury hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to bring Hasan, 40, to trial.
The hearing is expected to include testimony from Army personnel who witnessed the shooting rampage.
Hasan, who faces 13 counts of premeditated murder, is alleged to have links to Islamic extremism, including contact with an Al-Qaeda-linked cleric based in Yemen.
Many soldiers who have been based at Fort Hood have deployed to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.rferl.org/content/Hearing_Scheduled_To_Begin_In_Case_Of_Accused_Fort_Hood_Killer/2187794.htmlA U.S. military tribunal has opened a hearing to decide if an Army major should stand... more
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BELTON, Texas, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's lawyer says he expects the Army to seek the death penalty for the Fort Hood shootings.
Retired Army Col. John Galligan told the San Antonio Express-News he is trying to save his client's life.
The Army has said it has yet to decide on seeking capital punishment for Hasan, a psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 on Nov. 5. But Galligan, a veteran military judge, sees plenty of signs to the contrary.
The Army is assigning veteran prosecutors to the case rather than rely on less experienced legal counsel at the post. And the jury box is being expanded from 10 seats to the 12 needed for a panel that could impose death.
Hasan, who is partially paralyzed from being shot during the attack, is in a medical ward in the Bell County Jail under 24-hour guard.
Galligan is likely to raise the "good soldier" defense, in part by introducing favorable officer evaluations. The defense also could contend Hasan had a mental breakdown. Conflicting evidence of the physician's performance before the shooting has been widely reported.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/10/04/Hasans-lawyer-expects-death-penalty-case/UPI-60521286206365/BELTON, Texas, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's lawyer says he expects... more
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US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this month, is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent, The Washington Post has reported.
"He has no sensation from the nipple area down," Hasan's civilian attorney, John Galligan, is quoted as telling the newspaper in a telephone interview.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gXESTP3Gfy6H3tEN2ygOcWjHtbOQUS Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas,... more
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John P Galligan, retired Army colonel and former Fort Hood military judge, has been hired to represent the officer accused of the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 31 wounded last week at the military base in Texas.John P Galligan, retired Army colonel and former Fort Hood military judge, has been... more
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The BBC reports that Muslims in the U.S. military now fear more harassment above that which they already are accustomed due to the recent shooting at Ft. Hood by a Muslim soldier.
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It is not clear exactly how many Muslims serve in the 1.4 million-strong US armed forces, as recruits are not required to state their religion.
We have a diverse armed forces, and whatever their religion our troops have a part to play, and they play it very well says Lt Col Nathan Banks Army spokesman.
According to the Pentagon, there are 3,572 Muslims in active service. However, some Muslims in the military say the real number is as high as 20,000.
The US government has made no secret of the fact that it would like to see more people from Arab and Muslim communities joining the armed forces.
More American Muslim troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan has long been seen as a vital part in helping the US in its missions to win hearts and minds in those countries.
"They are a great asset to the army," Lt Col Nathan Banks, army spokesman for the Pentagon, told the BBC.
"When they do deploy they help facilitate a lot of our missions. American Muslims in the army work hand in hand with local Muslims, and we welcome that."
He said the army did not foresee heightened tensions within its ranks as a result of Fort Hood.
"This was an isolated incident. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this, but the army will stay strong. We have a diverse armed forces, and whatever their religion our troops have a part to play, and they play it very well."
But anti-Muslim sentiment is being felt as a result of the shooting. The Arab-American Institute - which condemned the massacre - said it had received at least one threatening phone call, and expected more.
One soldier at the Texas base admitted the coming days would be tough for his Muslim colleagues.
"They've taken it hard due to the fact that it kind of puts a negative light on them and makes people distrust them," he told the BBC.
"Because everybody is going to look at them [and think]: "Well, you're probably going to pull something like this. And it's a sad fact that that will happen".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8347586.stmThe BBC reports that Muslims in the U.S. military now fear more harassment above that... more
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"Everyone else just sat down there and drunk their beer and looked at him and giggled at him," the woman said, starting to cry. "They just would laugh at him when he walked down with his Muslim clothes. . . . He was mistreated. He didn't have nobody. He was all alone. He went to his apartment there and was all alone."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33766545/ns/us_news-washington_post/
The pervasive racism toward Muslims in the military is obviously at the heart of why Nidal Malik Hasan went to the breaking point. This is all too familiar as we have seen with the kids at Columbine.
"In mid-August, just a few weeks after moving to Killeen, Hasan had a run-in with a soldier living in apartment No. 12. One night after he had been drinking, John Van de Walker scraped a key along the full length of the passenger's side of Hasan's car. Then he removed and destroyed a bumper sticker that read, 'Allah is Love,' according to several residents, including live-in managers John and Alice Thompson."
The U.S. military has a long standing policy of racism toward the peoples of countries we are "at war with" (See http://current.com/items/90486086_the-u-s-military-has-a-racist-genocidal-policy-toward-all-hodgies.htm). It is standard procedure to dehumanize these foreign populations so that soldiers can more easily deal with the rampant death of innocent people that they see in war. I use the term racism loosely here as it actually applies to the Muslim religion. But few make the distinction between the Muslim religion and Arab ethnicity.
Hasan was known to his comrades in his apartment complex as "number 9", a reference to his apartment number. Many are calling him a terrorist because he is a Muslim, and in the context of the wars against Muslim nations that we are engaged in. Has Tim McVeigh ever been called a terrorist? Perhaps. But that hasn't given white middle-state Americans the stigma of terrorism.
I think Hasan has a lot more in common with Timothy McVeigh than he does with Muslim terrorists in Afghanistan. They are (or were) both U.S. military members who were disgruntled enough with the military to retaliate and kill innocent victims.
Every religion has the concept that people should not kill. We don't know for sure and probably never will, but in addition to be driven to the brink by the incessant tormenting he suffered, I believe it was this devotion to his religion that may have lead him to open fire upon deploying troops to an unjust war that dehumanizes and kills the innocent as a matter of policy. But that is purely my conjecture in trying to explain the unexplainable.
Killing is not justified in civilian life or even in war when the innocent die. But this may help to explain what happened, why it happened, how it might have been prevented, and could be prevented in the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/07/AR2009110703449.html?wprss=rss_nation
The BBC reports that Hasan had long wanted to leave the military due to suffering harassment because of his religion, and that many Muslims in the U.S. military suffer harassment and this shooting has raised fears among them. The reports states the following:
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According to the Pentagon, there are 3,572 Muslims in active service. However, some Muslims in the military say the real number is as high as 20,000.
The US government has made no secret of the fact that it would like to see more people from Arab and Muslim communities joining the armed forces.
More American Muslim troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan has long been seen as a vital part in helping the US in its missions to win hearts and minds in those countries.
"They are a great asset to the army," Lt Col Nathan Banks, army spokesman for the Pentagon, told the BBC.
"When they do deploy they help facilitate a lot of our missions. American Muslims in the army work hand in hand with local Muslims, and we welcome that."
He said the army did not foresee heightened tensions within its ranks as a result of Fort Hood.
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Meanwhile tensions have risen sharply around the country, as we see on internet posts like this one, where many accuse Hasan of being a terrorist, sympathetic to the Muslims we fight against. This BBC article also reports that Muslims in the U.S. military now have a growing fear of harassment as a result. It's obviously very hard for people to distinguish between Muslims in general (including those in our own military) and the Muslims we fight as members of the Taliban or Al Qaeda.
See the BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8347586.stm"Everyone else just sat down there and drunk their beer and looked at him and... more
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