(*) Warning: Language
Posted on 08/29/2013 8:43:30 AM PDT by don-o
A day after he was sentenced to death, officials at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. said Maj. Nidal Hasan will likely have his long and bushy beard forcibly shaved.
Fort Leavenworth officials said they could not comment specifically on Hasan, but said in a statement that “All inmates are considered soldiers and are treated as such. All inmates at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks must abide by Army Regulation 670-1 (grooming standards which prohibit beards) unless there is an exception to policy granted.”
Hasan had sought such an exemption last year, but it was denied by Pentagon officials.
Army rules say prisoners who refuse to shave “may be restrained with the reasonable force necessary” to apply electric hair clippers and a restraint chair may be used. All uses of force must be videotaped and officials must produce a “detailed written report” afterward.
Hasan, citing religious reasons, began growing his beard in violation of Army grooming regulations over a year ago. The original judge in his court-martial tried unsuccessfully for months to force Hasan to shave, holding him in contempt of court and ordering him to observe court proceedings from a trailer outside the Fort Hood courthouse. At one point, military judge Col. Gregory Gross ordered a heavily armed team of military police to the courthouse to forcibly shave Hasan, but the action was halted by an appeals court.
The ensuing legal battle over the beard delayed the court-martial for months and a military appeals court ultimately removed military judge Col. Gregory Gross from the case, ruling he had let the trial become a “duels of wills” with Hasan.
Col. Tara Osborn, who replaced Gross ruled the beard was a matter for Hasan’s chain of command, not the court, and the issue was not raised during his court-martial.
Why was he allowed to grow it in the first place?
Forcibly shaved? Just rip it out by the roots with pliers.
Muslims/Arabs! What a convoluted, circumlocuted bunch of morons.
Make it a dry one.
LOL Check our posting times. Oughta play that.
I’ll donate the tweezers!
That would be okay by me as I would still have two wishes left.
I have a weed whacker I will loan them. They wouldn’t have to get too close to this scum.
Classic!
They should get the blonde from those old Noxema ads to do the deed. Being a Muslim that should really freak him out.
Hasan Chop! (With apologies to Bugs and Daffy)
Hopefully he will lose his anal virginity before the fry the turd.
I find it hard to forgive him or to bless him, though to me he is my enemy, but I will try.
I guess if I knew what Jesus knows it would be easier, but I still have much darkness in the stains on my soul and for this one mosaic law still beats in my heart.
None the less, even he could find forgiveness if he truly were to seek it, as I hope to find for my failures to follow His Law and teachings.
When can the media stop referring to this piece of dog excrement as Major??? Pisses me the F right off.
the anti lice killing FATWA.....enacted against the U.S Penal system?
This should be rather dramatic.
How will MSNBC handle this?
you’ll have to be very careful to get all the cooties or they’ll leap on you
He has those?
You and I are both gonna get kicked off for vulgarity.
LOL
Let’s get the beard out of the WH, too.
To be effective, Need to get the 0ne out too
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