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In Lead-up to Attack, Hasan Hit Strip Club

May have been another sign he was about to snap

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2009 4:14 AM CST
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(Newser) – Shooter Nidal Hasan repeatedly visited a local strip joint in the days leading up to the Fort Hood rampage, spending six hours at one stretch watching pole dancers, according to investigators. Insiders believe the behavior may have been one more indication that Hasan was about to snap. The 9/11 hijackers indulged in last-minute Western decadence at a Vegas strip bar before their attacks, notes the Telegraph.

"He was the kind of guy you could sit and talk with. He told me he was a doctor at Fort Hood and he was being deployed," said a woman who performed a lap dance for Hasan, who treated her with "respect." He asked women if they were married or had children, and was "more mature, shy and reserved" than the typical rowdy young soldiers who frequent the establishment, she noted. The strip club is just yards away from Guns Galore, where Hasan purchased the gun used in the Fort Hood rampage.

The apartment complex where Nidal Hasan lived in Killeen, Texas.
The apartment complex where Nidal Hasan lived in Killeen, Texas.   (AP Photo/Jerry Larson)
Suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan was a regular at a local strip joint before the rampage.
Suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan was a regular at a local strip joint before the rampage.   (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
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Cher
Nov 14, 2009 11:13 AM CST
Hey asshole you are lieing about the car that you claim you drove. It is called a MGB -- without a hyphen in between. If you really had one you would know that and why don't you stick to the subject here.
Cher
Nov 14, 2009 11:04 AM CST
Sorry to have to tell you this but that sort of thing is against the law. It is called racial profilling. Unfortunatly, the ACLU and all kinds of liberals would be screaming to high heaven. I wish that could happen though.
Count-Spatula
Nov 12, 2009 12:50 PM CST
Nice western way of 'not understanding' this. Ahead of martyrdom, muslims indulge (as did the 9-11 squad). He expected to die. This is no better morally than your accusation but correctly analyzing what the hell is going on is halfway to the solution.

 
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