Why are some saying that the Fort Hood shooter tried to contact terrorist groups?
The probe into suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan took another turn early Monday, as an official said that investigators were now looking into Hasan’s connection with a Virginia mosque visited by two of the 9/11 attackers. Hasan, a military psychiatrist tasked with counseling US personnel returning from war, is accused of killing 13 soldiers and wounding 29 more in Fort Hood, Texas last Thursday. Survivors said he yelled “Allahu Akhbar” (“God is great”) before opening fire. Since that massacre, military officials are probing Hasan’s possible motive. He was reportedly disturbed over an impending deployment to Afghanistan. Hasan, 39, is the only suspect in the shootings, but has not yet been charged. The British Telegraph first reported the link between Hasan and the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia. The mosque was attended by two hijackers who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks and its prayer leader at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, who the Telegraph said
Could it be that a little common sense has prevailed concerning Fort Hood? Independent and former Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman says the Fort Hood shootings were the work of a “home grown” terrorist. Lieberman made the statement on Fox News Sunday citing initial reports about the shooter. In most cases so far, where the media or politicians are concerned, folks have chosen to take the politically correct route and blame PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or some other mental ailment for the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas. Senator Joe Lieberman has decided to call it what it really is, terrorism. Nadal Malik Hasan may have been a Major in the Army, he may have been a psychiatrist charged with treating PTSD in soldiers back from battle; but the facts remain, he was a Muslim who ascribed to a radical brand of the religion. More information comes out daily about Hasan and his connections to radical Islam. It was just reported yesterday that he attended a mosque at the
