Army Major killed 13 at Ft Hood

Residents of Fort Hood Texas went through one of the worst experiences you could ever go through yesterday. Troubled army Major Nadal Malik Hasan opened fire on the military base he once called home that left 13 people dead and 30 wounded in the hospital. Witness recall hearing him yelling ”Allahu Akbar” Arabic for “God is Great” while shooting that led to the army base being lockdown. Hasan a devoted Muslim who many close to him described him as a quite guy that kept to himself, are very shocked that he would commit such a terrible crime.

The reasons for the attack are still unclear, but family members and colleagues close to Hasan say that he’s had a hard time dealing with his upcoming deployment to Iraq. His aunt also noted that every since 911 he has been getting a lot of negative attention for being a Muslim in the army, and he has been trying to get out of the army ever since he found out he was being deployed.

Being a soldier you know you have a great chance of being sent overseas, and Hasan who was working as an army psychiatrist got to see first hand what the war did to soldiers returning. He dealt with many soldiers on a daily bases that could not get over the events that took place during their tour to Iraq. Just from what Hasan witnessed from his patients distress he urged high ranking officials to allow him to go to Afghanistan instead of Iraq or be let out of the army, even offering to pay back his school tuition that he received from the military to become a psychiatrist.

Army commander’s keep saying that they did not see this coming, but obviously there where signs that something was wrong with him. He often sought counseling and treatment to help him deal with his upcoming deployment issues. About 6 months ago investigators found Internet postings and articles detailing suicide bombers and other threats they thought were connected to Hasan, but had not opened a full investigation on him before yesterday’s tragedy.