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Alleged shooter wanted out of military
Possible motives for the Thursday massacre, which also left 31 wounded at the sprawling Army base, remained elusive as a sketchy, often puzzling portrait of the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, began to emerge.
Hasan, 39, had spent more than half his life in the military. He signed up for the Army out of high school, over his parents' objections, after growing up in Arlington, Va., and the military paid his way through college and medical school, family members said.
Yet by Thursday, he had spoken openly against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and appeared to want out of the military desperately.
His aunt, Noel Hasan of Falls Church, Va., told The Washington Post he had been harassed about his Muslim faith since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and had sought a discharge from the Army for several years.
"Some people can take it, and some cannot," she said. "He had listened to all of that (harassment), and he wanted out of the military, and they would not let him leave even after he offered to repay" for his medical training.
Hasan graduated in 1997 from Virginia Tech University, where he was an ROTC member, and received his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He completed his residency at Walter Reed Medical Center and worked there until being transferred to Hood this year.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/06/2009
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11-07-2009 21:26
TM Bell wrote:
Nidal Hasan
How did the Army mess up?
If the Major did not make a complaint or show any signs of stress or negativity towards the war how would anyone know he needed help.
Why didn't his family come forward to get him help.
If the Major did not make a complaint or show any signs of stress or negativity towards the war how would anyone know he needed help.
Why didn't his family come forward to get him help.
11-07-2009 04:22
stacey wrote:
Nidal Hasan
It seems the army messed up. Perhaps a session or two with a fellow psychiatrist would have shown his instability.
11-06-2009 19:59
FL reader wrote:
Shootings
I know a lot of young people who have served in the service, and many are still serving. Not once have I heard one of them utter a negative word about fellow soldier. I have a hard time beliving that this Major was so terribly mistreated over his religion. The army was ok to be in to get his medical degree as a psychiatrist. Now lets see, this man has the medical training to know how to deal with allaged harrassment. Why are we only hearing from his family about how wrong he has been treated? Why are any reports about his negative point of view about the war on terror not making the news?
11-06-2009 17:39
TM Bell wrote:
Nidal Milak Hasan
Now that Nidal is not dead will we get real answers or will the government keep it quiet.
11-06-2009 17:38
TM Bell wrote:
Nidal Milak Hasan
I have tried to write three comments and they were all rejected.
Each comment had no profanity, only direct questions about the subject.
Why were they rejected, your guess is as good as mine.
Each comment had no profanity, only direct questions about the subject.
Why were they rejected, your guess is as good as mine.
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