Nidal Malik Hasan, Suspected Fort Hood Shooter, Was Called "Camel Jockey"

ABC News ^ | 11/6/2009 | Brian Ross

[Saije]

Fort Hood shooting suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, wanted out of the Army after being constantly harassed by others in the military and was called a "camel jockey," his family said.

As Hasan was about to be deployed to Iraq, he was suffering from some of the same stresses that he was trained as an Army psychiatrist to treat.

Although the 39-year-old had just been promoted to major in May, his family says he had hired a lawyer to help him get out of the Armed Forces.

"Apparently became very disgruntled in the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan and voiced that to a lot of his colleagues," said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX).

He also voiced it to the world in an Internet posting, where he compared suicide bombers to GI's who save their colleagues by throwing themselves on a grenade.

"Just keep in mind mass killers pretty much know they want to die and they tend to take as many people with them as they can in a shooting," said former FBI agent and ABC News consultant Brad Garrett, who also believes Hasan didn't want to survive the Ft. Hood shooting.

"It is one of those things where he went and wanted to kill a lot of people and commit suicide maybe in his own mind that he's saving peoples' lives," said Garrett. "As illogical as that sounds, in his mind, that would be quite logical."

Hasan is an American citizen of Palestinian descent and after the 9/11 attacks, his cousin says he was the target of constant harassment from others in the military. His tormentors called him a "camel jockey," said his cousin, Nader Hasan. He wanted out of the Army, so he paid back his military student loans and hired an attorney.

[Night Hides Not]

Isn’t it common in the military to use every possible derogatory name, etc. to point out that no one is special, no one is better than anyone else- you’re all the same, miserable pukes who serve at the will of your commanding officer?

You do realize you forgot a sarcasm tag?

Newbies to FR might have been taken aback by your remarks.

[GeronL]

I once thought of starting a dating service for losers... but that would be redundant wouldn’t it?

Loser-Date!

Likes short walks, long farts, cheetohs and X-Box

[vetvetdoug]

he wants a woman that will clean his house, give him sex, have his kids, raise his kids and not talk back to him..

Jeesh, what man doesn't wish for this first? Men settle for 3 out of 5 of these all of the time....shoot, I'd settle for none out of five.

[cripplecreek]

Mad TV already does the “Lowered expectations” dating service ads.

[Joe 6-pack]

...and if he's in a pile of leaves...

...Russel!

[cripplecreek]

In a bog - Pete

[OldMissileer]

Are these guys saying this guy was a Muslim emotional wimp?

Look at how they react to even the slightest joke, let alone a minor insult, and you can see they are a emotionally developed as a seven year old.

[beaversmom]

ABC radio news has the causes for the killings being

1. The things he saw at Walter Reed

2. The harassment he received

Nothing to see here, move along.

[maine-iac7]

I guess in our New America any form of “diss” should be met with gunfire and death...

getting there...obummer just strengthened the hate crimes with the new bill...

give him time

[maine-iac7]

I am not alone in wondering if yesterday wasn’t a ‘wag the dog’ incident - triggering an operative to make news that would shove the 20,000 Americans showing up on the Capitol Steps with only a weeks call to ‘come’ from Michelle Bachman...shove that off the radar....another big show of Americans against the so-called health care bill, cap ‘n trade and the socialists in general - and in specific, like pelosi...

Did this jihardi get his marching orders - his call to martyrdom which he embraced to become the muzzie hero he beleived he would be - per his posted beleifs?

( a small comfort is that he’s still alive...he didn’t achieve his martydom. Failure isn’t brooked by the muzzies.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXa-iH9f1U&feature=related

[stubernx98]

“I was called a “cracker” in Junior High. Where is my gun?”

Yeah, my wife's family are Catholics from Lebanon, and we called them “Camel Jockeys” and worse. They didn't murder anyone. It just demonstrates the evilness of islam -

[04-Bravo]

I was in the Army a long time ago, so maybe things have changed. But I can’t imagine a captain or a major being the victim of verbal harassment.

I think these claims are BS.

[rintense]

I sometimes forget a /sar tage is actually needed anymore.

[maine-iac7]

I thought officers could resign their commission at any time?

Anytime AFTER they have either put in the years they signed up for in return for the training they get - in this case - a Psychiatrist

OR

get out and pay back the cost of the training, plus penalty...which, in his case, would be WAY up there

[Ann Archy]

Oh...Freepers are ALL beautiful!!!

[rollo tomasi]

Hey Nidal Malik Hasan’s family, prove it.

Hey State Run Media, prove it as well. Blaming “bullies” in the military and trying to paint a sympathetic picture while ignoring our “lying eyes”, 13 dead, dozens injured, DEMANDS proof.

The only fact is that Nidal Malik Hasan participated in Sudden Jihad Syndrome, period.

"Tolerance"/"Diversity" is becoming a suicide pact and an excuse to avoid truth.

[longhorn too]

Couldn’t the camel jockey just resign his commission?

[OldMissileer]

My point is to say I'd imagine those who are most critical of his being called such things are the same ones who think it's fine to call a black conservative anything they'd like and they do.

I am white and my best friend since first grade is black.

If you could only have heard the names we were called, mostly during junior high, it would have made your hair fall out.

Neither one of us went on a shooting spree and we both turned out somewhat sane. :-)

[keepitreal]

Wasn’t the guy in residency at the time after 9/11? I just really doubt fellow residents were calling him names.

[Earthdweller]

"My nickname as a child was Carrot. I married a man whose childhood nickname was Tater, LOL!"

Nickname your son Beef and you could be the Boston Boiled Dinner family.