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.
LOL!
Squirt a little lighter fluid on it and set it in fire.
Back in 1968-69, some of the black airmen decided they wanted beards. So, they purposefully scraped their faces with dull Gillette Blue Blades to make the skin bleed, then they got a medical reason not to shave.
Take it off whisker at a time with a M16 at 50 paces.
CAIR will be suing in minutes over the horrid religious persecution of Devout Boy. Then the other Devout Boy in DC will tell US military to kiss off and let him “practice” his “religion.”
Does this POS still have the rank of major and will he be addressed as such?
I bet he loses other things, too.
The novel concludes with Popeye on the scaffold, where his hair has been mussed by the rope being placed about his neck:
Popeye began to jerk his neck forward in little jerks. "Psssst!" he said, the sound cutting sharp into the drone of the minister's voice; "pssssst!" The sheriff looked at him; he quit jerking his neck and stood rigid, as though he had an egg balanced on his head. "Fix my hair, Jack," he said.
"Sure," the sheriff said. "I'll fix it for you;" springing the trap.
Leave the beard and the lice. All that scratching will keep him entertained. When it becomes infected, douse it with bacon grease.
Nope, now he’s “Private Hasan” without even a buck private’s pay.
Hope they stick him in a windowless pit of a cell so that he becomes known as “potted plant”.
Oh, and take away his Koran so he can’t throw it in the toilet & then blame the guards.
“How will MSNBC handle this?”
Maybe they will have mercy and take some of them home. Which of them WOULDN’T feel sorry for homeless lice?
i say they toss him a gun and say ‘try to get past us’ and have to shoot him in self defense. no foul shooting a person in self defense.
I would love to have MSNBC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Al Jazeera and Chris Mathews in the room when I dry shaved him.
Did I mention I still use my Dads (he gave it to me years ago) straight razor.
A few (3 or 4) four fingered scotches should be enough to get me willing to touch that piece of sh#t.
Rip it out by hand.
He should have an accident while training to become a suicide bomber. Implant a stick of dynamite up his butt and light his fuse.
One would likely want to don a HAZMAT suit for that job.
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