Pentagon seeks Trump approval for first US military execution in 60 years following Fort Hood mass shooting
The Pentagon is preparing to ask President Donald Trump to authorize the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of carrying out the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, a senior Department of Defense official told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
If approved, it would be the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the attack.
Hasan entered Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center armed with a semi-automatic pistol and opened fire on fellow service members preparing for deployment.
Hasan, born in Arlington, Virginia, in 1970 to Palestinian immigrant parents, served nearly 20 years in the Army before reportedly embracing radical Islamist beliefs.
By the time he was stationed at Fort Hood in 2009, he had become outspoken in his opposition to U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, justifying suicide bombings as legitimate acts of war.
****💥💥💥😵💫😱 Nidal Hasan was stripped of his military pay and pension following his conviction and sentencing in 2013. A court-martial panel ordered the forfeiture of all his pay and allowances and his dismissal from the Army. Before his conviction, Hasan continued to receive his military salary, which drew significant public criticism. The situation was due to a provision in the Military Code of Justice at the time, which required the Army to continue paying a service member's salary until they were proven guilty. Between his arrest in 2009 and his conviction in 2013, Hasan collected nearly $300,000 in salary.
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