Accused Fort Hood shooter releases statement to Fox News

[QuietDan]

Accused Fort Hood shooter releases statement to Fox News

 

 

EXCLUSIVE: Acting as his own attorney, accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has released a statement to Fox News claiming that the U.S. military is at war with his religion.

 

However, he does not directly address the shooting at the Texas Army Base in November 2009 that killed 13 and injured more than 30 others.

 

“My complicity was on behalf of a government that openly acknowledges that it would hate for the law of Almighty Allah to be the supreme law of the land," the 42-year-old Army psychiatrist said. Hasan then apparently asked if this was a war on Islam. "You bet it is," he said. "I participated in it.”

 

The statement, which begins “In the name of Almighty Allah, the most gracious and the most merciful, my name is Nidal Hasan, Major Nidal Hasan, and I would like to convey a message to the world,” runs more than six pages.

 

 Hasan also says he regrets his years in the Army, claiming that his service was inconsistent with his religious beliefs.  â€œI would like to begin by repenting to Almighty Allah and apologize to the (Mujahideen), the believers, and the innocent.  I ask for their forgiveness and their prayers.   I ask for their forgiveness for participating in the illegal and immoral aggression against Muslims, their religion and their lands,” he said.

 

Hasan also criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East toward the Palestinians.

 

While Hasan’s motivation for releasing the statement is unknown, Fox News has repeatedly requested an interview with him, with a specific focus on his alleged actions at the Fort Hood Readiness Center on Nov. 5, 2009.

 

It is believed to be the first lengthy statement by the Fort Hood suspect, whose court martial begins August 6. The judge in Hasan’s case recently ruled that he cannot argue as part of his defense that the shooting was an effort to protect Taliban leaders in Afghanistan – the so-called “defense of others” strategy.

 

George Stratton and his son -- who was wounded in the attack -- will both testify at the trial.  Stratton told Fox News he is not surprised by the statement. 

 

 â€œI have all along believed Nidal Hasan to be a Muslim terrorist, so it confirms what I’ve always thought,” Stratton said. â€œI believe that’s exactly how he felt when he did what he did. We should take him at his word.”

 

Lawyer Neal Sher, who represents Fort Hood shooting victims and their families in a separate legal action, said “This is yet further confirmation of a fact that everyone knows except our government. That is, the Fort Hood shooting was a terrorist jihadi attack.”

 

If convicted, on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, Hasan faces execution or life in prison without parole.

 

An extended examination of his statement, and reaction to it, will be part of an upcoming Fox News special investigation scheduled to air in early August. "Fox Files: The Enemy Within," first broadcast in June 2012, was part of Fox's ongoing investigation into the Fort Hood shooting and the connection to the first American targeted for death by the CIA, Anwar al-Awalki.

 

Cyd Upson and Gregory Johnson contributed to this report

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/26/accused-fort-hood-shooter-claims-us-military-at-war-with-his-religion/#ixzz2aG9RSojk

Edited July 27, 2013 by QuietDan

[QuietDan]

Hasan has declared he is an illegal enemy combatant and was so while wearing the uniform of the United States Army.

 

Beyond being a terrorist, he is therefore also an enemy spy, and subject to being summarily executed on the battlefield.

 

These statements have come out of his own mouth.

 

Whether or not the United States is at war with islam, Hasan has declared that he and his radical islam are at war with the United States.

 

Shoot him on the spot.

 

Better yet, hang him, a coward´s death, and deny him his paradise.

 

IMO.

[TMF]

I hope this guy lives a loooooong life after his conviction and solitary confinement. He doesn't even have the option of killing himself.

[mikegideon]

They should have mag dumped that POS right there in the mess hall. What were they thinking?

[DaveTN]

Killed 13 and injured 30. They have a confession. Show him no mercy, execute him and move on.

[TMF]

They should have mag dumped that POS right there in the mess hall. What were they thinking?

On one hand I believe he deserves death for his crime. On the other hand, can you think of a more appropriate sentence than living the next 30-40 years confined in your own body? That bullet that severed his spine did much more than incapacitate the threat, it doomed him to a life of confinement while confined. He gets to be inside his own head until his last day, and will have on demand health care to ensure he doesn't croak off too early.

[mikegideon]

On one hand I believe he deserves death for his crime. On the other hand, can you think of a more appropriate sentence than living the next 30-40 years confined in your own body? That bullet that severed his spine did much more than incapacitate the threat, it doomed him to a life of confinement while confined. He gets to be inside his own head until his last day, and will have on demand health care to ensure he doesn't croak off too early.

 

I hear you. I just don't think he's worth the resources. He should have been dead right there. If they wanted to punish him, they could have shoved a pork chop in his mouth as he was bleeding out.

 

He's an oxygen thief. We need to stop THAT crime in its tracks.

Edited July 27, 2013 by mikegideon

[TMF]

I hear you. I just don't think he's worth the resources. He should have been dead right there. If they wanted to punish him, they could have shoved a pork chop in his mouth as he was bleeding out.

I wanna Dexter that guy up just as much as the next guy, but I think death would be a gift for him at this point.

[Dolomite_supafly]

If he is put to death he will be viewed as a martyr by other muslims. His death will serve to inspire others to become martyrs.

 

If they do it there should be no fan fair or even a press release stating he was executed. If they need to make a statement regarding his death it should read "Nidal Hisan, the Fort Hood shooter, died alone in his cell on Sunday. His death was apparently caused from him choking on the ham sandwich he requested for lunch after attending Christian church services. He will be cremated in the following weeks after an autopsy of his body." This should hopefully scare any other Muslim considering doing the same thing.

[DaveTN]

 His death was apparently caused from him choking on the ham sandwich he requested for lunch after attending Christian church services. 

[mikegideon]

I wanna Dexter that guy up just as much as the next guy, but I think death would be a gift for him at this point.

 

I won't get to see it, but will have to pay anyway. If they'll let me visit and pelt him with sausage balls through the bars, I would feel a lot better about it. Lethal injection... and make sure the machine malfunctions. I'll buy a copy of the tape. 

 

That coward will adapt to any of our humane styles of incarceration. True torture is death row, followed by a nice public killin'.

[Guest TankerHC]

As Holder, Obama and General Dempsey state....its not terrorism, its workplace violence. F'n aholes.

[Sam1]

Would be terrible if he got a life sentence and was only allowed to eat hot dogs deep fried in bacon grease until the end of time

[mikegideon]

Speaking of... I just hit Fat Boy's and got a bunch of ribs. Allah is pissed at me right now. :)

[Erik88]

I read that this was classified as "workplace violence" instead of terrorism so the female guard who shot and wounded him was denied benefits for her injuries.

 

Bullsh*t. 

[DaveTN]

The victims’ families of 911 were paid over $2 mil each. Military personnel were awarded the Purple Heart and treated as combat injuries.

 

Victims of the Ft. Hood attack struggle with medical treatment and bills while the shooter is still drawing a paycheck.

 

How is what he has admitted he did any different than the terrorists in the 911 attack?

[TMF]

How is what he has admitted he did any different than the terrorists in the 911 attack?

There is a different president now and the DOJ is run by someone who would otherwise be in jail the rest of his life.

[Guest nra37922]

Another frickin political show trial this one to show the Muslim world how just we are.  Well frick them and frick him, light his arse up, bury him in an unmarked grave in some pig farm and move on.   Then U.S. government do the right thing and take care of those he injured and the families of those he murdered.

[Dustbuster]

Another frickin political show trial this one to show the Muslim world how just we are. Well frick them and frick him, light his arse up, bury him in an unmarked grave in some pig farm and move on. Then U.S. government do the right thing and take care of those he injured and the families of those he murdered.

Exactly. Cept I though more of disguising him as a female boar from the waist up while he's tied down


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

[bersaguy]

What scares the hell out of me is if they don't kill him before Obama leaves office he is just liable to pardon him as a last part of his action before leaving office. He does have that power to do it. My thought would be to dip his entire body in a tub of Pork Blood and hang him by the neck while he is still dripping from it. That would end his trip to his virgins for sure.............jmho

[Daniel]

You say that as if you believe it would happen otherwise.

[Mike.357]

no one should have reported this story.  His letter should have never been allowed to be sent.

 

And why hasn't he been executed yet?