JSM, Fox is NOW "establishment media"?
On Nov 6, 7:00 pm, JSM <[email protected]> wrote: > * > “Fort Hood jihad shooter handed out Korans the > morning of his attack” > > Will the “Establishment Media” Report the Truth? > > Dear Bob: > > The massacre at Ft. Hood yesterday has stunned and grieved America. > Everywhere people are asking questions. How could this happen on a secure > military installation? What drove him to do it? > > Our heavy hearts go out to the families who have suffered this shocking > loss. > > What is not shocking is the spin the “establishment media” is trying to put > on this horrific massacre. For instance, Fox News this morning interviewed a > “criminal profiler” who asserted definitively that this attack had nothing > to do with religion, that the man was “troubled.” (In fairness to Fox News, > they are at least raising the questions about jihadism as a motive.) > > Others are suggesting he had some kind of post-traumatic stress syndrome — > an insult to all our brave soldiers who have actually served in combat > (Hasan hasn’t). > > CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) immediately jumped into the > fray last night, arguing that no religion or ideology could justify this, in > spite of the hundreds of passages in Islam’s holy books calling for jihad > against non-Muslims. (As our readers know, ACT! for America recently > launched a > petition<http://tool.donation-net.net/ACT4America/InvestigateCAIR.cfm?dn=1097&;...>calling > for a government investigation of CAIR.) > > What is largely being ignored is that Hasan was a devout Muslim. An internet > post in his name earlier this year compared suicide bombers to soldiers who > throw themselves on a grenade to save their comrades. A former colleague, > Col. Terry Lee, recalls Hasan arguing “Muslims have the right to rise up > against the U.S. military.” > > Hasan passed out Korans the morning of the attack and “donated his furniture > to anyone who would take it” (see story below). This certainly appears to be > the actions of someone preparing for martyrdom. > > The story below also notes that he once listed his nationality as > “Palestinian” rather than America. > > Perhaps Hasan had emotional problems. But there appears to be an abundance > of evidence that he was ideologically predisposed to do what he did > yesterday. Survivors of the attack said Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” before > opening fire. > > The tragedy at Ft. Hood yesterday deeply grieves us and we mourn with those > who are mourning. But the tragedy will only be deepened if a politically > correct narrative is once again foisted on the American people. > > After the succession of Islamist terror plots were recently foiled, many in > the media and law enforcement said they could not find any “connection” > between the plots — overlooking the obvious jihadist connection. When a > Detroit imam was shot to death last week, law enforcement and many in the > media went to great lengths to downplay any connection to militant Islam. > > And now we see the same pattern taking shape today, in the aftermath of this > terrible tragedy.* > > ------------------------------ > > *November 6, 2009* > * Fort Hood jihad shooter handed out Korans the morning of his attack > > http://www.jihadwatch.org/* > > He handed out Korans? But didn't what he read in the Book of > Peace<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596981040?ie=UTF8&tag=robertspencer...>make > him think that he shouldn't go through with the massacre? > > Or maybe he read that Paradise was guaranteed to those who "kill and are > killed" for Allah (9:111), and took that seriously. > > Note also that he affected Islamic clothing -- as did another "moderate," > Maher Hawash, before the latter embarked upon his jihad. > > "Police raid shooting suspect's Killeen apartment," by Victor O'Brien for > the Killeen Daily Herald <http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=36899>, > November 6 (thanks to Ernest): > > Bell County SWAT teams barricaded and evacuated a downtown Killeen apartment > complex where Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived before authorities say he killed > 13 people and injured 30 more during a massacre at Fort Hood Thursday.... > > In the morning, neighbors said Hasan handed Qurans and donated his furniture > to anyone who would take it. > > Neighbors described Hasan as a quiet man who began wearing "Arabic clothing" > in recent weeks. Edward Windsor, a neighbor, never suspected Hasan was in > the Army. Hasan's rank surprised Windsor who would never have imagined an > officer with a rank of major would have lived in an apartment that rents for > $350 and houses soldiers ranked as private first class.... > > Posted by Robert on November 6, 2009 4:56 AM | 8 > Comments<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/fort-hood-jihad-shooter-handed-out-...> > > *Spencer: Jihad at Fort > Hood*<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/spencer-jihad-at-fort-hood.html> > > In > FrontPage<http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/06/jihad-at-fort-hood-by-robert-spencer/>this > morning, I summarize what we know so far: > > Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, murdered twelve people > and wounded twenty-one inside Fort Hood in Texas yesterday, while, according > to eyewitnesses, "shouting something in Arabic while he was shooting." > Investigators are scratching their heads and expressing puzzlement about why > he did it. According to NPR [1], "the motive behind the shootings was not > immediately clear, officials said." The Washington Post [2] agreed: "The > motive remains unclear, although some sources reported the suspect is > opposed to U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq and upset about an > imminent deployment." The Huffington Post spun faster, asserting that "there > is no concrete reporting as to whether Nidal Malik Hasan was in fact a > Muslim or an Arab." > > Yet there was, and what's more, Major Hasan's motive was perfectly clear -- > but it was one that the forces of political correctness and the Islamic > advocacy groups in the United States have been working for years to obscure. > So it is that now that another major jihad terror attack has taken place on > American soil, authorities and the mainstream media are at a loss to explain > why it happened - and the abundant evidence that it was a jihad attack is > ignored. > > Nidal Malik Hasan was born in Virginia but didn't think of himself as an > American: on a form he filled out at the Muslim Community Center in Silver > Spring, Maryland, he gave his nationality not as "American" but as > "Palestinian." A mosque official found that curious, saying: "I don't know > why he listed Palestinian. He was not born in Palestine." > > He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and has a doctorate in psychiatry from the > Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. While there, NPR > reports, Hasan was "put on probation early in his postgraduate work" and was > "disciplined for proselytizing about his Muslim faith with patients and > colleagues." > > He was a staff psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years > before transferring to Fort Hood earlier this year. While at Walter Reed, he > was a "very devout" member of and daily visitor to the Muslim Community > Center in Silver Spring. Faizul Khan, a former imam at the Center, expressed > puzzlement over Hasan's murders: "To know something like this happened, I > don't know what got into his mind. There was nothing extremist in his > questions. He never showed any frustration....He never showed any remorse or > wish for vengeance on anybody." > > So he identified himself as Palestinian and was a devout Muslim - so what? > These things, of course, have no significance if one assumes that Islam is a > Religion of Peace and that when a devout Muslim reads the Koran's many > injunctions to wage war against unbelievers, he knows that they have no > force or applicability for today's world. Unfortunately, all too many > Muslims around the world demonstrate in both their words and their deeds > that they take such injunctions quite seriously. And Nidal Hasan gave some > indications that he may have been among them. > > . . . . continue reading . . . > .<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/spencer-jihad-at-fort-hood.html#more> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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