Shock: Dept. of Defense Vindicates Fort Hood Killer

Pajamas Media ^ | June 21, 2011 | Patrick Poole

[jazusamo]

A shocking decision made by the secretary of the Army last month — in the case of an U.S. Army soldier with the 101^st Airborne at Fort Campbell who refused to deploy to Afghanistan claiming that Islamic law prevented him from killing other Muslims — vindicates Fort Hood killer Major Nidal Hasan. He made identical claims and threatened that “adverse events” would occur if military officials didn’t accede to shariah principles.

The subject of the Fort Campbell case is PFC Nasser Abdo, who was granted conscientious objector status last month, only to be brought up on charges last week — two days after being informed of the secretary of the Army’s decision — after child pornography was found on his government-issued computer. The news reports about Abdo’s arrest were the first to mention the Army recognizing him as a conscientious objector. After his arrest, Abdo is now claiming that the child porn charges are the Army’s way of retaliating against him.

Abdo’s case has been championed by a number of media outlets, including Al-Jazeera and CNN. According to the Associated Press, in his claim for conscientious objector status, Abdo cited a number of Islamic scholars and Koranic verses in his defense:

I realized through further reflection that God did not give legitimacy to the war in Afghanistan, Iraq or any war the U.S. Army would conceivably participate in.

Abdo told Al-Jazeera:

I don’t believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don’t believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim.

He also told ABC News:

A Muslim is not allowed to participate in an Islamicly unjust war. Any Muslim who knows his religion or maybe takes into account what his religion says can find out very clearly why he should not participate in the U.S. military.

In a perverse twist, the ABC News report noted that a website dedicated to his cause operated by his friends claimed that Abdo:

… will be at danger of harassment and even death from his fellow soldiers, many of whom will be resentful of PFC Abdo’s religious beliefs and his desire to be discharged from the military.

No mention was made by ABC News of the potential of harassment and death for non-Muslim soldiers if Abdo wasn’t granted conscientious objector status, as was the case at Fort Hood with Major Nidal Hasan.

In Major Hasan’s case, the Washington Post reported just days after the Fort Hood massacre that he had warned his Army colleagues and supervisor at Walter Reed of “adverse events” if Muslims were not granted conscientious objector status. The warning occurred during a June 2007 Power Point presentation that was part of his psychiatric residency program. Major Hasan cited previous cases of Muslims murdering their fellow soldiers, spying against the U.S., deserting their units, and refusing to deploy as examples of the kinds of “adverse events” that would follow if the Army didn’t bow to the precepts of Islamic law.

Some Muslim groups have disagreed with Major Hasan and PFC Abdo, such as the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, run by retired Navy Commander Zuhdi Jasser. And Muslim soldiers at both Fort Hood and Fort Campbell, as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan, are serving without any qualms.

But as veteran Pentagon reporter Bill Gertz reported in the Washington Times in March 2010, groups such as the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) have issued fatwas prohibiting Muslims from even serving as military contractors aiding U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the notorious Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) even went so far as to write a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on behalf of another Muslim Army soldier stationed at Fort Hood claiming conscientious objector status on the same grounds as Hasan and Abdo.

By granting PFC Abdo’s conscientious objector claim, the Army may have created trouble for themselves in the court martial of Major Hasan for the murder of his thirteen fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. Hasan’s attorney can now claim that by refusing to acknowledge Major Hasan’s claims under Islamic law as a conscientious objector and granting him an honorable discharge, the Army created irreconcilable conflict that prompted the Fort Hood massacre. And they can use the secretary of the Army’s decision in the Abdo case as proof.

But they have also created a greater problem. By bowing to the dictates of Islamic law, which defines the killing of a Muslim by another Muslim without right as terrorism, the U.S. Army has tacitly endorsed a religiously bigoted position that it is perfectly fine for Muslim service members to kill non-Muslims, but killing their co-religionists is totally out-of-bounds and is grounds for an honorable discharge. Is any other religion granted such accommodation? Will this decision help or discredit those Muslims serving honorably with both their fellow soldiers and the Muslim community?

Despite years of protestation by the U.S. government to the contrary, this decision vindicates all of these who have claimed that America is engaged in a war against Islam (including Osama bin Laden). The position that the Army now takes would also appear to acknowledge the classic Islamic doctrine of jihad that states that any incursion by non-Muslims into the lands of Dar al-Islam makes it an incumbent duty upon all Muslims everywhere to resist the “occupiers” — the position taken by al-Qaeda and every Islamic terrorist group on the planet.

How did the Unites States Army arrive at such a convoluted, ill-informed, contradictory, and self-defeating policy? By listening to the very Islamic “outreach” partners they have falsely assumed are operating in America’s best interests.

Patrick Poole is a regular contributor to Pajamas Media, and an anti-terrorism consultant to law enforcement and the military.

[jazusamo]

Yep, Muzzies kill Muzzies often and have for hundreds of years. Looks like CAIR and other radical Muzzie groups just don’t want Muzzies helping the US Military.

[drypowder]

They took an oath, how does that square with their refusal to serve as lawfully directed? Conscientious objectors should not be allowed to stay in the US military.

[elcid1970]

“retired Navy commander Zudhi Jasser”

Is this the same Zudhi Jasser who turns up on the networks as one of those suave soft spoken clean shaven Muslims who assures us that Islam is a peaceful religion?

BTW, Jasser has said there’s nothing in the Koran about the rocks and trees telling Muslims to kill the Jews hiding behind them on final judgement day. Very slick, because in fact it’s in the authoritative hadiths.

But holy cr@p! Nidalmalikhasan actually killed thirteen of our soldiers (half of whom were medical doctors headed into theater). He’s guilty as the day is long! How is this other C.O. muzzie’s case going to affect NMH being convicted of coldblooded murder?

Anyway, that trial will be delayed for years as it will also put on trial the Arny chain of command and its complicity in enforcing the climate of political correctness that allowed the murderer to act.

[Venturer]

Yet they put Lt. Col.Lakin in jail for not going to Afghanistan,because the President here is a Muslim.

[This I Wonder32460]

The U.S. military should be the conscientious objector. They should conscientiously object to allowing anyone to serve in their ranks, who is not willing to fight and kill the enemy, no matter who the enemy is. If a military service person won’t fight and kill one enemy group, but is willing to fight and kill another enemy, that person is not a conscientious objector, that person is a liability. A conscientious objector is someone who doesn’t want to kill anyone not just one specific group.

[jazusamo]

I have to believe it’s the same guy, there can’t be many Zudhi Jasser’s around. :)

No, I don’t see how this could possibly affect Hasan’s case, he’s going to be executed but like you say, it’ll be quite awhile. This is a poorly titled article.

[jazusamo]

Correct. Conscientious objectors have served in the military in combat as medics and I believe there are a couple of Medal Of Honor recipients.

[Sarajevo]

Any Muslim who knows his religion or maybe takes into account what his religion says can find out very clearly why he should not participate in the U.S. military.

This jerkoff is a stinking moocher. All was fine while collecting a paycheck and bennies until he was actually called upon to earn those bennies.

I say kick him out, and have him reimburse the Army for the time and training he received.

[PhilDragoo]

The only answer to this and a host of other outrages is to de-elect the Islamo-Commie.

NASA eschews space research for Muslim outreach.

FBI gives sensitivity training on questioning Muslims.

Service chaplains constrained from Christ-based sermons.

If Obama is a Christian, I am one of the X-Men.

Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X was a different type of X man. Farrakhan fumed over the Muslim's disrespect of the prophet Elijah whose followers offed the offender. Farrahan the running buddy of Wright who held O in thrawl for two decades. Wright under the bus and the choir director six feet under. Pornography.

And today in the arc of the Middle East the U.S. is used to replace secular regimes with Islamist ones.

To counter future Muslim abhorrence of violence see also Efraim Karsh, Islamic Imperialism: A History.

[jazusamo]

Agreed, kick him out with a less than honorable discharge, not an honorable. He signed on the line and took an oath, he’s a malingerer and a moocher.

[basil]

Uh—didn’t this guy join up? I didn’t realize that we still had a draft.....

[jazusamo]

The only answer to this and a host of other outrages is to de-elect the Islamo-Commie.

Well said and the sooner, the better.

[LeoWindhorse]

there is , and sadly with the USMC too
The higher you go the worse the problem

We can trust the Believer Christians among them best of all .
Not to career oriented ones

[Lancey Howard]

Everything will be alright now that the army dumped those berets.

2012 can’t come soon enough. The Ubama turd and his regime need to be flushed down the toilet, and quick. Hopefully the Republicans will nominate somebody who takes the US military seriously.

[smoothsailing]

We've got jihadis in our military and commies in the government, seems like there should be some way to turn these two groups against each other.

[potlatch]

Hi Phil. Yikes, the headline made me think Hasan had been vindicated! There will be quite an uproar if they try this ploy with a man who killed 12 and wounded 31 people.

But then, we live with ‘new wonders’ every day now......

[jazusamo]

Now that’s a great idea. Give each group the other groups names and let them have at it, then patriots can take care of those that remain.

[jazusamo]

Amen! We have got to get a CINC that cares for the country and the military.

[SuziQ]

I don’t believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don’t believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim.

Seems as though Muslims shouldn't be allowed in the Armed Forces, if they aren't willing to fulfill the oath to protect and defend the United States against ALL foreign enemies, Muslim or not.

[Vigilanteman]

They took an oath, how does that square with their refusal to serve as lawfully directed?

Islamists have a doctrine which states that it is okay to lie to an Infidel to advance the cause. I do not remember the Arab term for it, but see my post #13.