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Va. Imam Hails Hasan as 'Hero'

Spiritual adviser to 9/11 hijackers says shooter 'did right thing'

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 10, 2009 2:40 AM CST | Updated Nov 10, 2009 5:52 AM CST

(Newser) – An imam who was spiritual adviser to two 9/11 hijackers and who once headed a Virginia mosque visited by Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan has hailed Hasan as a "hero." A message on the web site of imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who now... Read full story »

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