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Hasan joined the United States Army immediately after high school, and served eight years as an enlisted soldier while attending college. After earning his medical degree in , Hasan completed his residency in psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. While an intern at Walter Reed, he received counseling and extra supervision. Military " during his senior year of residency at Walter Reed, which was not well received by some attendees.

He had recommended that the Department of Defense " should allow Muslims [sic] Soldiers the option of being released as "Conscientious objectors" to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events ". Hasan was promoted from Captain to Major in May Before being transferred to Fort Hood in July , he received a poor performance evaluation. Retired Colonel Terry Lee, who had worked with Hasan, later recalled that the fatal shooting of two recruiters in Little Rock, Arkansas greatly influenced Hasan.

The suspect Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad later confessed he was an Al Queda terrorist though was only charged with murder. Lee told Fox News that Hasan made "outlandish" statements against the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, that "the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor", referring to the US. While he had expressed hope Barack Obama would end both wars, he became more agitated, and frequently argued with soldiers. Hasan seemed happy about the shooting in Little Rock, except how the suspect was treated as a criminal.

Hasan stated that we should get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, and said we should have more people like this one, and people should "strap bombs on themselves and go into Times Square. In contrast to reports of radicalism from his peers and investigations, his relatives in Palestine and the US who spoke to the press painted a quite different picture of a quiet, peace loving and deeply religious man who served his country proudly, but suffered from racial harassment.

Cousin Nader Hasan disputed that Hasan had ever been "disenchanted with the military", but that he dreaded war after counseling soldiers who had returned with post-traumatic stress disorder. He was "mortified by the idea" of deploying after told on a "daily basis the horrors they saw over there. He was at the end of trying everything. Hasan's aunt also said that Hasan sought discharge because of harassment relating to his Islamic faith.

An army spokesman could not confirm the relatives' statements; the deputy director of the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council stated that the reported harassment was "inconsistent" with their records.

His uncle Rafiq Hamad who lives in occupied territories in Ramallah said Hasan was a gentle and quiet man who was so weak that he fainted while observing childbirth, and instead chose psychiatry. He was deeply sensitive who once fed his pet bird from his mouth, and mourned the bird for months after it died. According to the uncle, "after he lost his parents he tried to replace their love by reading a lot of books, including the Koran. Mohammed stated his cousin was a "pleasant young man" who was happy to have graduated and to be joining the army after his uncle and cousins had also served.

They never talked about politics, and nothing seemed strange, but "He was being treated like a Muslim, like an Arab, rather than an American, he was being discriminated against".

Police charged another soldier, whom a neighbor said vandalized Hasan's vehicle because of Hasan's religion. According to military records, Hasan was unmarried. However, David Cook, a former neighbor, said two sons were living with Hasan around , and attending local schools. Cook said, "As far as I know, he was a single father. I never saw a wife.

Hasan received the Army Service Ribbon as a private in after completing advanced individual training, the National Defense Service Medal twice for service during the time periods of the Gulf War and the War on Terrorism, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal for support service during the War on Terrorism. Religious and ideological beliefs. According to one of his cousins, Hasan was a practicing Muslim who became more devout after his parents died in and His cousin did not recall him ever expressing any radical or anti-American views, and family also described Hasan as a peaceful person, and a good American.

One of his cousins said Hasan turned against the wars after hearing stories of soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. His aunt said that he did not tell the family he was being deployed to Afghanistan.

The mosque was also attended during this period by two September 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour and by Ahmed Omar Abu Ali who was later convicted of providing material support to al-Qaeda and conspiracy to assassinate President George W. A law enforcement official said that the FBI would probably look into whether Hasan associated with the hijackers. Anwar al-Awlaki was the mosque's imam at the time.

Hasan reportedly has deep respect for al-Awlaki's teachings. Hasan sent Awlaki as many as 20 e-mail messages from December on, but a counter-terrorism specialist who reviewed the emails at the time was of the view that the e-mails were innocuous. Soon after the attack, on his website Anwar al-Awlaki praised Hasan for the shooting, and encouraged other Muslims serving in the military to "follow in the footsteps of men like Nidal.

Faizul Khan, the former imam of a Silver Spring, Maryland, mosque where Hasan prayed several times a week said he was "a reserved guy with a nice personality.

We discussed religious matters. He was a fairly devout Muslim. Val Finnell, a graduate school classmate in the MPH program, said that while other students' projects focused on topics such as water contamination, Hasan's project dealt with "whether the war on terror is a war against Islam. At first we thought he meant help the armed forces, but apparently that wasn't the case. Other times he would make comments we shouldn't be in the war in the first place.

According to investigators, the acronym "SoA" is commonly used on jihadist websites as an acronym for "Soldier of Allah" or "Servant of Allah", and SWT is commonly used by Muslims to mean " subhanahu wa ta'ala " Glory to God. The cards neglected to mention his military rank. A review of Hasan's computer and his multiple e-mail accounts has revealed visits to websites espousing radical Islamist ideas, a senior law enforcement official said.

Hasan had come to the attention of federal authorities at least six months before the attacks, because of internet postings he appeared to have made discussing suicide bombings and other threats, though authorities did not at the time definitively tie the postings to him.

The postings, made in the name "NidalHasan," likened a suicide bomber to a soldier who throws himself on a grenade to save his colleagues, and sacrifices his life for a "more noble cause.

Al-Awlaki e-mails. Hasan was investigated by the FBI after intelligence agencies intercepted at least 18 e-mails between him and al-Awlaki between December and June Even before the contents of the e-mails were revealed, terrorism expert Jarret Brachman said that Hasan's contacts with al-Awlaki should have raised "huge red flags".

According to Brachman, al-Awlaki is a major influence on radical English-speaking jihadis internationally. In one of the e-mails, Hasan wrote al-Awlaki: "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife. Hasan also asked al-Awlaki when jihad is appropriate, and whether it is permissible if innocents are killed in a suicide attack. In the months before the shooting, Hasan increased his contacts with al-Awlaki to discuss how to transfer funds abroad without coming to the attention of law authorities.

Army employees were informed of the e-mails, but did not perceive any terrorist threat in Hasan's questions. Instead, they viewed them as general questions about spiritual guidance with regard to conflicts between Islam and military service, and judged them to be consistent with legitimate mental health research about Muslims in the armed services.

The assessment was that there was not sufficient information for a larger investigation. Despite two Defense Department investigators on two joint task forces reviewing Hasan's e-mails, Defense Department higher-ups said they were not notified of the investigations before the shootings. A senior government official said to ABC News that Hasan also had contact with other people being tracked by the FBI, who have not been publicly identified.

It is hard to see how repeated contact would in any legitimate way further his research as a psychiatrist. Even if he was exchanging recipes, the bureau should have put out an alert.

Al-Awlaki had set up a website, with a blog on which he shared his views. On December 11, , he condemned any Muslim who seeks a religious decree "that would allow him to serve in the armies of the disbelievers and fight against his brothers. In "44 Ways to Support Jihad," another sermon posted on his blog in February , al-Awlaki encouraged others to "fight jihad", and explained how to give money to the mujahideen or their families after they've died. Al-Awlaki's sermon also encouraged others to conduct weapons training, and raise children "on the love of Jihad.

On July 14, he criticized armies of Muslim countries that assist the U. A fellow Muslim officer at Fort Hood said Hasan's eyes "lit up" when gushing about al-Awlaki's teachings. Some investigators believe that Hasan's contacts with al-Awlaki are what pushed him toward violence. Fort Hood shooting. Sergeant Kimberly D. Munley encountered the gunman exiting the building in pursuit of a wounded soldier. Munley and the gunman exchanged shots; Munley was hit three times: twice through her left leg and once in her right wrist, knocking her to the ground.

In the meantime, civilian police officer Sergeant Mark Todd arrived and fired at the gunman. The gunman was hit and felled by shots from Todd and Munley. Todd approached the gunman and kicked a pistol out of his hand. Hasan was placed in handcuffs as he fell unconscious. The incident lasted about 10 minutes. He was to be deployed to Afghanistan, contrary to earlier reports that he was to go to Iraq, on November Prior to the incident, Hasan told a local store owner that he was stressed about his imminent deployment to Afghanistan since he might then have to fight or kill fellow Muslims.

According to Jeff Sadoski, spokesperson of U. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, "Hasan was upset about his deployment". Hasan gave away furniture from his home on the morning of the shooting, saying he was going to be deployed on Friday. He also handed out copies of the Quran. Kamran Pasha wrote about a Muslim officer at Fort Hood who said he prayed with Hasan on the day of the Fort Hood shooting, and that Hasan "appeared relaxed and not in any way troubled or nervous".

This officer believed that the shootings may have been motivated by religious radicalism. Hasan was initially hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, under heavy guard, with his condition described as "stable". News reports on November 7, , indicated that he was in a coma. On November 9, Brooke Army Medical Center spokesman Dewey Mitchell announced that Hasan had regained consciousness, and been able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator on November 7.

On November 13, Hasan's attorney, John Galligan, announced that Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down from the bullet wounds to his spine, and will likely never walk again. In mid-December, Galligan indicated that Hasan was moved from intensive care to a private hospital room, yet still remained under guard while recovering.

Galligan further stated that doctors said Hasan would need at least two months in the hospital to learn "to care for himself". On November 7, , while Hasan was communicative, he refused to talk to investigators. On November 12 and December 2, respectively, Hasan was officially charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, thus making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

Although authorities did not specify at that time if they would seek the death penalty in the case, a senior military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that Colonel Michael Mulligan would serve as the Army's lead prosecutor. Mulligan served as the lead prosecutor on the Hasan Akbar case, in which a soldier received the death penalty for the double-murder of two officers.

John P. On November 21, in a hearing held in Hasan's hospital room, a military magistrate ruled that there was probable cause that Hasan committed the shooting spree at Fort Hood, and ordered him to pretrial confinement until his court martial. Hasan remained in intensive care in accordance with the magistrate's order. On November 23, Galligan said that Hasan would likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense at his court martial.

Army officials initially stated that doctors would evaluate Hasan by mid-January to determine his competency to stand trial as well as his mental state at the time of the shooting, but delayed the exam on request from Galligan until after the Article 32 hearing.

The Army also imposed restrictions on Hasan that he speak only in English on the phone or with visitors unless an interpreter is present. Galligan announced that the Army officers prosecuting the case will seek the death penalty, stating, "It is the first 'formal notice' but, of course, it has been a virtual given from the start.

In short, the Army has been pursuing death from the git-go. The actual decision to seek the death penalty will follow the Article 32 hearing, currently scheduled for October 4, after an initial delay. On September 15, Hasan's attorney stated he intends to seek a closed court hearing during those proceedings.

On October 12, , Hasan was due to appear for his first broad military hearing into the attack. The hearing, formally called an Article 32 proceeding, akin to a grand jury hearing but open to the public, was expected to span four to six weeks. The hearing, designed to help the top Army commander at Ft. Hood determine whether there was enough evidence to court-martial Hasan, was scheduled to begin calling witnesses but was delayed by scheduling and procedural disputes.

The hearing proceeded on October 14 with witness testimonies from soldiers who survived the shootings. On November 15, the military hearing ended when Galligan declined to offer a defense case, on the grounds that the White House and Defense Department refused to hand over documents he requested pertaining to an intelligence review of the shootings.

Neither the defense nor prosecution offered to deliver a closing argument. On November 18, Colonel James L. Pohl, who served as the investigating officer for the Article 32 hearing, recommended that Hasan be court-martialed and face the death penalty. His recommendation was forwarded to another U. Army Colonel at Ft. Fidell, a Yale Law School lecturer on military justice. The Trump administration's announcement last summer that federal executions will resume after a year hiatus should have no immediate impact on Hasan, whose appeals still have untold years to run, Fidell said.

John Galligan, a former defense lawyer for Hasan who still represents him on some civil matters, doubts Hasan will be put to death. First, the military appellate courts have been more than willing to overturn other death sentences, and Hasan, who represented himself during his court-martial, has a number of compelling issues to raise about the fairness of his trial, such as whether lawyers appointed to support him did enough, Galligan said.

When he visited Hasan on death row several months ago, Galligan said he was struck by how frail the pound inmate, paralyzed and using a wheelchair after he was shot during his attack, looked. Death Sentence. On Nov. You will not see all the features of some websites. Please update your browser. A list of the most popular browsers can be found below.

Nidal Hasan, the military psychiatrist found guilty last week of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others on a Texas military base nearly four years ago, was sentenced to death Wednesday. The jury of senior military officers handed down the punishment after less than a week of deliberating, following a trial in which the American Muslim soldier never denied that he was the shooter and put up no defense.

Throughout the trial, Hasan, who has represented himself, offered no witnesses, did not testify, produced no closing arguments and remained silent during the sentencing stage. While he sat in silence, lead prosecutor Col. Mike Mulligan described the stories of each of the 13 people Hasan shot dead.

One widower. Twelve minor children without a father, 18 parents lost children. Thirty soldiers wounded. One civilian police officer. Their loss, each family -- tragic, difficult and different. For some, death was almost instantaneous. So quick, so lethal they never moved from their chair," Mulligan said. Hasan has made no secret that he intended to attack American soldiers at home, claiming to protect Muslim lives in Afghanistan, where he was meant to deploy.

Mulligan dismissed the notion that by giving Hasan the death penalty, the jury would be awarding him the marytrdom he is said to want. It is not a charitable act. In May , he was promoted to the rank of major in the Army, and that July, was transferred to Fort Hood. Located near the city of Killeen, Fort Hood, which includes square miles of facilities and homes, is the largest active-duty U.

At the time of the shootings, more than 50, military personnel lived and worked there, along with thousands more family members and civilian personnel. In the aftermath of the massacre, reviews by the Pentagon and a U. In , Hasan, who was left paralyzed from the waist down as a result of shots fired at him by police attempting to stop his rampage, was tried in military court, where he acted as his own attorney. During his opening statement, he admitted he was the shooter.

Hasan had previously told a judge that in an effort to protect Muslims and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, he had gunned down the soldiers at Fort Hood who were being deployed to that nation. For the rest of the trial, Hasan called no witnesses, presented scant evidence and made no closing argument.

On August 23, , a jury found Hasan guilty of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, and he later was sentenced to death for his crimes. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal army defeats the forces of Hemu, a Hindu general who was trying to usurp the Mughal throne from year-old Akbar, the recently proclaimed emperor.