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Fort Hood Report Doesn't Mention Islam

And barely mentions shooter; critics cry political correctness

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 20, 2010 2:16 PM CST
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(Newser) – The military’s new report on the Fort Hood shooting only once names alleged shooter Nidal Hasan and never discusses his religion, which has critics howling. Several lawmakers want an explanation for those omissions, including Homeland Security Committee chair Joe Lieberman. Lieberman tells Time he’s “disappointed” because the inquiry “does not adequately recognize the specific threat posed by violent Islamist extremism to our military.”

Though the report is titled Protecting the Force: Lessons from Fort Hood, only one page is devoted to “Oversight of the Alleged Perpetrator.” Most of the report is devoted to personnel policies, and emergency shooting response procedures. “Our concern is with actions and effects, not necessarily with motivations,” said one leader of the review. But critics argue that the motives led to the murders, and ought to be examined—whatever the political correctness implications.

A copy of the Quran and a business card that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave to his neighbor a day before going on a shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army Base are seen in this file photo.
A copy of the Quran and a business card that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan gave to his neighbor a day before going on a shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army Base are seen in this file photo.   (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
Nidal Hasan is seen in this 2000 file photo.
Nidal Hasan is seen in this 2000 file photo.   (AP Photo/USUHS, File)
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So_Cal_Larry
Jan 21, 2010 12:55 PM CST
Someone should have lied and said that he liked boys. He would have been gone in a minute.
aof
Jan 21, 2010 12:29 PM CST
You have absolutely no idea what he was going through at the time... don't try to pretend that you do. To clarify I'm defending PTSD suffers, not him, its a serious problem and can come from a variety of stresses other than combat. His actions were completely unjustifiable as anyone who decides to commit senseless murder.
justme
Jan 21, 2010 12:23 PM CST
PTSD? The man was never oversees, never in combat, never stressed except by his own religious extremism. This report claims to be a "lessons learned" report but only focuses on the events after the shooting.

 
Islam • political correctness • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

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