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Friday, 06 November 2009

There’s a pachyderm called jihad in the room: Devout Muslim. Army shrink. Real head case. Heavy into da’wa. Liked to post on extremist websites. Opposed to wars in in Iraq and Afghanistan on religious grounds. Was about to be shipped off to Iraq. So why, queries the New York Daily News (among many, many, others), “did he snap?”
Yeah, that’s a real conundrum. (The better question might be: why did the army assume he wouldn't snap?)
I know. Let’s blame it on Bush.
Update: According to one report, the shrink was "yelling something in Arabic" during his shooting spree. That "something" may have been "I don't want to go to Iraq." Then again, it could have been "Allahu Akbar." It would be helpful if American servicemen, during the course of their training, were taught to recognize the latter "something," so they could know why they were fighting and why some Muslims hate them so much.

Update: Islam Online, quel surprise, blames the infidels:

CAIRO – An imminent deployment to war-torn Iraq and harassment at the US military over his Muslim faith have prompted Major Nidal Malik Hasan into rampage at a US military base.
“He was mortified by the idea of having to deploy,” his cousin Nader Hasan told The New York Times on Friday, November 6.
“He had people telling him on a daily basis the horrors they saw over there.”
Major Hasan went into rampage late Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 31 at Fort Hood base in Texas.
He was shot and taken into custody.
The American Muslim soldier of Palestinian origin was about to be deployed to Iraq this month.
“He was doing everything he could to avoid that,” his cousin said.
“He wanted to do whatever he could within the rules to make sure he wouldn’t go over.”
The army major was born in the US to Palestinian parents who had emigrated from a small town near al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem).
He was raised in Virginia, and attended school in Roanoke before going to Virginia Tech university.
Hasan joined the army and received his medical license on July 12, 2005, according to Virginia Board of Medicine records.
“His parents didn’t want him to go into the military,” said Hasan.
“He said, ‘No, I was born and raised here, I’m going to do my duty to the country.’ ”
During his army service, he counselled many US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Having counselled the traumatized soldiers, Hassn knew all too well the terrifying realities of the war.
Hearing about his possible deployment to Iraq, he tried every means to leave the army but to no avail.
“I think he gave up that fight and was just doing his time.”...
Reminds me of another chap born to Palestinian parents who's doing his time.

Update: Right on cue, CAIR, an organization with ties to Hamas, condemns the Fort Hood massacre. My observation: CAIR is quite willing to call it "terrorism". Doesn't that give the timorous media the go-ahead to do the same?

Update: Also right on cue--Muslims brace for a backlash (one which never seems to come, but the mention of which is supposed to make non-Muslims feel guilty for thinking that Islam might somehow be implicated in such rampages).

Update: What a shockeroo--he was shouting "Allahu Abkbar".

Posted by: scaramouche at 09:19 | link | comments (1)


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#1  06 November 2009 - 13:03
 
There were plenty of signs his Muslim was having classic problems dealing with the US deployments in Muslim countries. Why did no one report this military officer's negative anti-war statements to autorities, especially given his religious association with the radicals the US were fighting in the field.

Why was this character not investigated long before it got to the point of actually deploying this sympathizer to the battle field, not to mention have this nut case in a job that requires counciling others with mental stress?? 

Cheesus!
JR
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