This appears to be a Terroist Attack

By Nick Allen in Los Angeles and Andy Bloxham

Who is Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan?
Officials say Hasan is shooter in Ft. Hood attacks
Updated: Friday, 06 Nov 2009, 7:04 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 5:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive. But details of his life and mindset, emerging from official sources and personal acquaintances, are troubling.

For six years before reporting for duty at Fort Hood, Texas, in July, the 39-year-old Army major worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center pursuing his career in psychiatry, as an intern, a resident and, last year, a fellow in disaster and preventive psychiatry. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001.

While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.


But, more recently, federal agents grew suspicious.

At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.

They had not determined for certain whether Hasan is the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case.

One of the officials said late Thursday that federal search warrants were being drawn up to authorize the seizure of Hasan's computer.

Retired Army Col. Terry Lee, who said he worked with Hasan, told Fox News that Hasan had hoped President Barack Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Lee said Hasan got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars, and had tried hard to prevent his pending deployment.

Hasan attended prayers regularly when he lived outside Washington, often in his Army uniform, said Faizul Khan, a former imam at a mosque Hasan attended in Silver Spring, Md. He said Hasan was a lifelong Muslim.

On a form filled out by those seeking spouses through a program at the mosque, Hasan listed his birthplace as Arlington, Va., but his nationality as Palestinian, Khan said.

"I don't know why he listed Palestinian," Khan said, "He was not born in Palestine."

At the apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland where Hasan recently lived with another man who is believed to be his brother, his next-door neighbor remembers him well.

Tchanghan lived next door to Hasan for about a year. She says he lived with his brother, and was deeply religious, even writing "Allah" on his front door.

She says Hasan always wore a military uniform and that a woman and little girl often came to visit. Vivienne also says the building maintenance man was suspicious because Hasan refused to allow him inside.

"The maintenance man come to my apartment and he was like, that man over there maybe something going on that he doesn't want anybody to go in there," said Tchanghan.

Hasan earned his rank of major in April 2008, according to a July 2008 Army Times article.

He served eight years as an enlisted soldier. He also served in the ROTC as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg. He received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry there in 1997.

No sooner was the identity of the Fort Hood shooter released -- a man with the Arab name Nadal Malik Hasan -- than the wingnuts sprang into predictable action:

I don't know about 'wingnuts'.

Another interview, on just before this one, that Smith had with a former colleague of Hasan's indicated that Hasan was prone to making outrageous remarks about Muslims "defending themselves," particularly in reference to last summer's shooting of two military recruiters in Arkansas by a Muslim convert.

It's obviously a complicated story. We'd all be well advised to reserve the speculation to actual hard facts about the case as they emerge. But it certainly appears this is much a matter of Columbine-like backlash to bullying as it is anything ideological.

There has been much evidence already gathered. You can see him on CNN In the garb they wear along with prayer cap. You can stick your head in the sand if you want too but the book they profess to be their Bible, I have, the Koran, approved for English speaking converts within arms length. It teaches that you cannot fight against a brother, He has already been quoted by several sources that he did not want to be deployed and used that as an excuse. I am more than willing to wait and see all the evidence, but I would bet you a case of your favorite that most of the things that have come to light already are correct. I also worry about all the other Muslims serving in our Military. Common Since: I wouldn't want one behind me, no way, on a battle field in a Muslim Country. I speak from a position of experience being a Life Member in the Vets of Foreign Wars and a Disabled Vet. This is the first attack on American Soil since 9/11/01. It won't be the last. Do you still feel secure??????????

Right before the shooting began he said "God is Great" which seems to be the Jihadest cry right before they commit murder.

ahh stereotypes and the morons that jump on them,,,,priceless..

But it is true however that all terrorists are Muslims.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Hasan's aunt, Noel Hasan of Falls Church, Va., said he had been harassed about being a Muslim in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and he wanted out of the Army.
"Some people can take it and some people cannot," she said. "He had listened to all of that and he wanted out of the military."
She said he had sought a discharge from the military for several years, and even offered to repay the cost of his medical training.

Considering what the US and its allies, like Isreal, have done to the homelands of Moslems, is it a great surprise to anyone that some damage is done in return to our homeland?

This is NOT a computer game, children. In the real, adult world, when you keep hitting someone, he hits back.

But I doubt this to be organised jihad. Google "ricin" and "municipal water supply" and you will get an idea of what a serious, organized jihad will be.

Im sorry to say that yes it does wreak of terrorist.

The stereotype comment however I'd like to add this...

Not all Irish are drunks,

and not all Muslims are Terrorists...

But it is true however that all terrorists are Muslims.

Right now there are too many conflicting stories about this to really know what motivated him to do this, and we may never really know. You have a former commanding officer saying that he was a proud American Soldier, and did everything to honor his oath, then you have someone else saying he hated American soldiers. One is saying he was born in Lebanon, and his parents saying it was Virginia. One is saying that he wore the preferred Muslim garb, while at the mosque they say he attended prayer often in his military garb. The terrorist threats on the internet, well we won't know if he did it until they examine his computer. So we really won't know the truth until all the information is in.

Now, regardless of your race, or religion, anyone can snap, go nuts, bonkers, or insane! It is not limited to any one group of people, and yes there is the possibility that it happened with him. Again, we don't know yet! I'm going to post what his aunt had to say about how much he wanted out of the military. It may, or may not have any bearing on what he did?

Count the numbet of drones, bombs, planes and soldiers we have thrown at their countries, and the number they have thrown at our country, and try real hard to find their motives.