Fort Hood gunman's family: America made him what he is »

Posted By tehranchik 1 week, 6 days ago in News

The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.

"He is a doctor and loves the U.S.," Ismail Mustafa Hamad said in an interview at his home in the Palestinian town of al-Bireh. "America made him what he is."

U.S.-born Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, the son of immigrant parents, was shot during the attack and is being held at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

"Whether he became angry or something else, I don't know... What I do know is that it is impossible that he would do something like that," Hamad, 88, said.

Hasan, who had spent years counseling wounded soldiers, many of whom had lost limbs fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, last visited him in the West Bank some 10 years ago. Hamad said he had since visited his grandson in the United States.

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    jordan111 week, 6 days ago

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    What happened is also horrible for the family of the perpetrator. I'm certainly not going to dispute a man in his 80's who wants to believe his grandson couldn't do such a thing. The whole thing is just sad beyond words.

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      alanocu1 week, 5 days ago

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      PC sickness in America caused this. The title is wrong.

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        markoller1 week, 5 days ago

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        Major Hasan's grandfather is right. Bright successful people do not commit crimes like this. They have too much to lose. The whole thing stinks to high heaven. When are we ever going to stop falling for Zionist false flag terrorism? Every shill on the Internet is exploiting the killings for propaganda purposes. It is hard to believe that it is purely spontaneous.

        For proof, download the blog "Questions about an early AP Ft. Hood shooting article." http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread517407/p...

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          markoller1 week, 5 days ago

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          For additional evidence, download http://www.legitgov.org/attack_on_fort_hood_051109...

          I quote:

          Curiouser and Curiouser: -Video surfaces of alleged shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, attending Homeland Security Task Force conference --Major Hasan's name appears on page 29 of The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute's 'Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration' --Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force - April 2008 - January 2009. The report is dated 19 May 2009.

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            Harbeas1 week, 5 days ago

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            How dare the individual use God's name and then murder 13 people in cold blood.

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