Posted on 11/06/2009 8:12:02 AM PST by 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.
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Now that he’s paralyzed they can call him “bob” if he’s in a pool.
LOL
Here comes the finger pointing. Watch Obama pardon the terrorist from the death penalty.
I don’t believe this at all. Remember, it’s okay to lie if your Muslim goal is true.
I was called a “cracker” in Junior High. Where is my gun?
Excuses.
I call BS.
/heavy sarc
At least they didn’t call him a rag-head.
“I was called a “cracker” in Junior High. Where is my gun?”
I get called “Yankee” every now and again but I haven’t wanted to shoot any Southerners.
“Camel Jockey” is not abuse.
What an absolute ball-less wonder this idiot must be if he can’t give as good as he gets. Where’s the lost art of witty retort? The self-pitying common to these terrorists is vile and the source of their problems.
Isn’t he going to die?
I think the family are damned liars. Of course the’re going to give excuses, equating calling a person a “camel jockey” to murdering 13 innocent people.
I’m having a hard time believing anything this guys family says and I really don’t care.
I have noticed that Muslims have NO HUMOR in their lives...NONE!!
I think the family are damned liars. Of course the’re going to give excuses, equating calling a person a “camel jockey” to murdering 13 innocent people.
I wonder if he was called “camel jockey” before or after he started spewing that jihadist garbage?
Good points on your part.
This was a simple act of treason. He is a warrior for Islam.
These sorts of incidents will continue to occur until all muslims are deported. They are not loyal to this country, they are loyal to Islam.
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