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[Wino]

The conservatives are playing up the phrase Hasan is reported to have yelled when he started shooting. Allauh Akbar was the same phrase heard on the 9-11 cockpit voice recorders. In Mohamed Atta’s writings he is quoted, “When the confrontation begins, strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world. Shout, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.”



I am willing to wait for the results of the full investigation ,but if some of the reports hold true, I may tend to think this was an act of terrorism.

[WannaGo]

Of course the conservatives are going to play this up. They thrive on fear and paranoia. But it's still way too early to know whether this was anything more than a nutcase acting out his anger at the world.

[Wino]

I wonder if Hasan would have used a vest full of explosives to kill 13 people, would we be having this same conversation?

[Wino]

More on the conservative point of view.

By Ann Coulter Ann Coulter It's been weeks since eyewitnesses reported that Maj. Nidal Hasan shouted "Allahu akbar" before spraying Fort Hood with gunfire, killing 13 people.

Since then we also learned that Hasan gave a medical lecture on beheading infidels and pouring burning oil down their throats (unfortunately not covered under the Senate health care bill). Some wondered if perhaps a pattern was beginning to emerge but were promptly dismissed as racist cranks.

We also found out Hasan had business cards printed up with the jihadist abbreviation "SOA" for "Soldier of Allah." Was that enough to conclude that the shooting was an act of terrorism -- or does somebody around here need to take another cultural sensitivity class?

And we know that Hasan had contacted several jihadist Web sites and that he had been exchanging e-mails with a radical Islamic cleric in Yemen. The FBI learned that last December, but the rest of us only found out about it a week ago.

Is it still too soon to come to the conclusion that the Fort Hood shooting was an act of terrorism?

Alas, it is still too early to tell at MSNBC. For Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews -- at least two of whom would be severely punished under Shariah law -- the shooting of George Tiller was an act of terrorism, no question. The death of a census taker in Kentucky was also an act of terrorism. (We learned this week that it was a suicide/insurance scam.) But as to Maj. Hasan, the jury is still out -- and will be out for many, many years.

http://news.yahoo.co...odneverhappened

[Wino]

I haven't heard much news about Maj. Nidal Hasan, lately. Has he been water-boarded yet? Given up the names of his handlers?