Thursday, November 12, 2009

Med School Confidential: Nidal Malik Hasan Long Known for Militant Islamist Views; Plus, Army Spc. Logan Burnette, 'There Was Blood Everywhere'

Now they tell us!

From CNN, "
Classmates: Hasan Defended Suicide Bombings, Held Islamist Views":
Those who knew Nidal Malik Hasan before he was a major in the Army -- and the suspect in last week's mass killing at Fort Hood -- say he was long known for militant Islamist views.

Doctors who crossed paths with Hasan in medical programs paint a picture of a subpar student who wore his religious views on his sleeve.

Several doctors who knew Hasan spoke to CNN, but only on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation of the shooting, which left 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and dozens of other people wounded.

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who faces 13 counts of premeditated murder, "was clearly espousing Islamist ideology" during his time as a medical student at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, one of his former classmates told CNN.
Plus, at the video, Army Specialist Logan Burnette is interviewed by CNN's Sanjay Gupta, "There was blood everywhere ...":

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