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TPMMuckraker: Conservative Says Hasan Acted On Orders Of Muslim Brotherhood: What Do We Know?
Little Green Footballs: NPR: Maj. Hasan 'Freaked Out' Other Doctors at Walter Reed
PoliGazette: NPR Reports: Hasan said that if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire.
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Even NPR is making clear how Hasan's religious beliefs were central to the shooting http://tinyurl.com/yjngtcg 9 days ago |
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Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together : NPR http://bit.ly/v0fFs 16 days ago |
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http://ow.ly/A0UJ "He seemed almost belligerent about being Muslim, and he gave a lecture one day that really freaked a lot of doctors out." 16 days ago |
Conservative Says Hasan Acted On Orders Of Muslim Brotherhood: What Do We Know?
TPMMuckraker —
... that the Virginia-born Hasan, son of Palestinian parents, had a long-held desire to get out of the Army. NPR reported this morning that Hasan had had troubles professionally, and an unnamed psychiatrist who worked with him at Walter Reed told the station he often didn't show up to work on time and didn't seem to take his work seriously. ...
NPR: Maj. Hasan 'Freaked Out' Other Doctors at Walter Reed
Little Green Footballs —
... This NPR segment from Morning Edition reveals that alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave a lecture to other doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center that “really freaked them out:” Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together. The guy was apparently giving off all kinds of warning signs. ...
NPR Reports: Hasan said that if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire.
PoliGazette —
... become a terrorist. Co-workers at Walter Reed told not to talk to the FBI in fear that they could be accused of missing the obvious.
Folks, NPR is the left leaning, government subsidized news service who to my surprise is doing a fabulous job of covering this story. I encourage you to click the link and listen to the NPR report (I also fear that it will be taken down so get it now while the getting is good).
UPDATE via the Instapundit: Here’s the NPR segment. Key bit:
He gave a Grand Rounds ...
Fort Hood shooter taught Koran when he was supposed to be giving a medical lecture
Jihad Watch —
... "Officials Begin Putting Shooting Pieces Together," by Tom Gjelten, Daniel Zwerdling and Steve Inskeep for NPR, November 6 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...
Profile of a zealot
Civil Commotion —
... NPR digs up some of Nidal Hasan’s background . But instead of that, he – Hasan apparently gave a long lecture on the Koran and talked about how if you don’t believe, you are condemned to hell. Your head is cut off. You’re set on fire. Burning oil is burned down your throat. And I said to the psychiatrist, but this cold be a very interesting informational session, right? Where he’s educating everybody about the Koran. He said but what disturbed everybody was that Hasan seemed to believe these things . And actually, a Muslim in the audience, a psychiatrist, raised his hand and ...
Sudden Jihad or "Inordinate Stress" at Ft. Hood?
Daniel Pipes :: Writings —
... non-Muslims, a predictable argument ensues about motives. The establishment – law enforcement, politicians, the media, and the academy – stands on one side of this debate, insisting that some kind of oppression caused Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, to kill 13 and wound 38 at Ft. Hood on Nov. 5. It disagrees on the specifics, however, presenting Hasan as the victim alternatively of " racism ," " harassment he had received as a Muslim," a sense of not belonging ," " pre-traumatic stress disorder ," " mental problems ," " emotional problems ," "an ...
Was It Terrorism?
Wonk Room —
... the temperature on a situation that could have real consequences for American Muslims. I’d also suggest that an aversion to drawing immediate conclusions about Muslims and violence is appropriate, given the very recent American history of using wild claims about Muslims and violence to generate public support for enormously stupid invasions and occupations of Muslim countries. That said, obviously we shouldn’t avoid recognizing the evidence of religious radicalization when it’s there. ...
Living in Terror -- By: An NRO Symposium
Articles on National Review Online —
... threats. -- Peter Brookes, a Heritage Foundation senior fellow, is a former CIA officer. DANIEL PIPES Two interpretations immediately sprung up to explain the Fort Hood massacre. The military leadership, politicians, the media, and the Left focused on poor Maj. Nidal Hasan, victim of -- pick your specific -- “racism,” “harassment he had received as a Muslim,” a sense of “not belonging,” “pre-traumatic stress disorder,” “mental problems,” “emotional problems,” “an ...
More Twisted Than Terrorist
The Moderate Voice —
... A psychiatrist who worked with him there gave this account to a reporter: “From the beginning–and Hasan was there for four years–the medical staff was very worried about this guy…He did not do a good job as a psychiatrist in training, was repeatedly warned, you better shape up, or, you know, you’re going to be in trouble. Did badly in his classes, seemed disinterested… ...
