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Nidal Malik Hasan 'was not a terrorist' Palestinian cousin says
Telegraph ^
| November 6, 2009
| Adrian Blomfield
Posted on 11/06/2009 5:37:27 PM PST by Michel12
Speaking from their home in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Hasan's relatives painted a picture of a man cornered into an act of "lunacy" by the repeated discrimination of his peers and an attempt by the army to force him to serve in Afghanistan.
"They discriminated against him because he was a Muslim," Mohammed Mohammed, one of Hasan's cousins, told the Daily Telegraph. "We're not trying to make excuses for him but what we were told was that he was under a lot of pressure.
"What we imagine is that he could not take this bad treatment and gave vent unfortunately."
Another cousin, Mohammed Hasan, said he was unable to match the relative he knew and loved with the images he was seeing on a television in the dilapidated living room of his West Bank home.
"A relative called me at 2am and told me what had happened," he said. "The moment I turned on CNN, I found the details.
"I was dumbfounded. I could not believe we were talking about the same person. I tried to believe it was someone else's name I was hearing but unfortunately it was indeed the person they were reporting. It was my cousin."
In the house next door, Hasan's brother Anas had locked himself indoors with his wife, refusing to speak to anyone, including his relatives. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: nidalmalikhasan; terror; terrorist
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It's always somebody's else fault, never their own.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:37:27 PM PST
by
Michel12
To: Michel12
The poor jihadi murderer.
He was a VICTIM.
It was everybody else's fault!
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:39:16 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: Michel12
stoopid crybaby lunatic jihadists, byte me.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:40:10 PM PST
by
bitt
(“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.” (Abraham Lincoln))
To: Michel12
Yep. It is getting to be very old. Others have been called names and they did not kill other innocents.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:40:56 PM PST
by
MamaB
(If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.)
To: Michel12
Well, that settles that...did he swear to that on a stack of Korans?
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:41:30 PM PST
by
Keli Kilohana
(Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
To: Michel12
"They discriminated against him because he was a Muslim," Mohammed Mohammed, Can't make it up.
Everybody knows the jihad is the normal, healthy response of an oppressed people.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:41:43 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
("allah akbar" is hate speech. And the Yankees are No. 1.)
To: Michel12
I think what he did fit the exact definition of terrorism. He was political and religious and was making a statement against the war. Because Obama is President will the left now try to redefine it?
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:41:50 PM PST
by
Typical_Whitey
(I will not be silenced so I guess I will see you in the gulag.)
To: Michel12
"Our religion does not support violence, as the West believes" --from the article.
Try telling that to the families of the dead. What a bunch of hooey.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:42:56 PM PST
by
mlizzy
("It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy" --Mother Teresa of Calcutta.)
To: Michel12
ya, ya, ya, someone forced him to murder his fellow soldiers. Nidal Hasan is a COWARD. Why didn’t he move to Palestinian territories with his family since he was “so tortured” here?
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:42:56 PM PST
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
To: Michel12
Sorry dummy. That may be true in your mooslim countries but in MY country, ANYONE who goes into a building full of unarmed people and starts murdering innocent people IS A TERRORIST.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:43:58 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that hopey changey "diversity" thing workin' out for ya?)
To: Michel12
...first off, ya know the story's BS,BECAUSE he wasn't
Palestinian.....he lied on an official military form.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:44:14 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Michel12
Who is the lawyer he hired 6 months ago?????
To: Michel12
Oh, eff all their excuses.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:44:37 PM PST
by
fishergirl
(My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:45:02 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: Michel12
Photo of his cousin:
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:46:10 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)
To: Michel12
No, he was not precisely a terrorist. He was a soldier, indeed, an operational unit, in the current Islamic War.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:46:30 PM PST
by
arthurus
("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
To: Michel12
"They discriminated against him because he was a Muslim," Mohammed Mohammed, one of Hasan's cousins, told the Daily Telegraph. When I graduated with a degree in engineering, we had several Muslims come up to get their diploma, and all of them had "Mohamad" as one of their names.
As in:
Kalid Mohammad Azmir
Mohammad Mustafa Hammoud
Then, they announced:
Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad.....
And the whole auditorium broke into laughter. Things were not so PC back then.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:47:23 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: the invisib1e hand
They discriminated against him because he was a MuslimIf he were not a Moslem he would never have been blamed for that accident in Fort Hood!
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:47:41 PM PST
by
arthurus
("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
To: Michel12
gimme a freaking break. they shoulda booted his ass from the military before he joined. he was in the service because he was freakin cair quota.
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posted on
11/06/2009 5:49:59 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
("allah akbar" is hate speech. And the Yankees are No. 1.)
"They discriminated against him because he was a Muslim," Mohammed Mohammed,
Well then, Derka Derka baby!
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