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Another army major says they →disregarded: the signs that Hasan was about to go postal
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Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in [[Texas]] that left 14 dead (a number that includes one unborn child) and 30 wounded. The shooting took place at 1:30 p.m. November 5, 2009 at the post's Soldier Readiness Center. Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of his Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades. [[Kimberley Munley]], a 34 year-old civilian police officer from Killeen, [[Texas]] and her partner, Mark Tod, confronted the Fort Hood shooter; Munley was outside directing traffic before the shooting. She was also hit by exchanged gunfire with Hasan. In August 2009, Malik Hasan purchased the two weapons that he used in the shooting.
Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in [[Texas]] that left 14 dead (a number that includes one unborn child) and 30 wounded. The shooting took place at 1:30 p.m. November 5, 2009 at the post's Soldier Readiness Center. Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of his Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.
Major Shawn Keller, an officer stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, wrote:
:Apparently, there was no shortage of warning signs that Hasan identified more with Islamic Jihadists than he did with the US Army. From speeches, writings, conversations, affiliations and postings on Jihadist websites, there were more than enough dots to connect that should have exposed Hasan as someone inclined to attack innocent people in the furtherance of a political, religious and ideological agenda. There were more than enough red flags raised that, at a minimum, should have gotten Hasan kicked out of the Army.<ref> [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/12/why_i_am_angry.html RealClearPolitics - An Officer's Outrage Over Fort Hood]</ref>
[[Kimberley Munley]], a 34 year-old civilian police officer from Killeen, [[Texas]] and her partner, Mark Tod, confronted the Fort Hood shooter; Munley was outside directing traffic before the shooting. She was also hit by exchanged gunfire with Hasan. In August 2009, Malik Hasan purchased the two weapons that he used in the shooting.
In an interview, his cousin, Nader Hasan, said that he was going to be deployed to [[Afghanistan]]. However he was not ready to be moved and had hired a military attorney to fight his case. <ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225627/Fort-Hood-shootings-Army-major-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-kills-12-injures-31-shootout-troops-army-base.html#ixzz0W7eue3RD God is great: Last words of Fort Hood gunman before being shot by police heroine.] </ref>. He also revealed that Maj. Malik was under extreme stress due to the discrimination he received for being Muslim. He also received firearms training. <ref>[http://www.makli.com/malik-nadal-hasan-0012268/ ''News Around the Globe'']</ref> From his experience as a psychiatrist, he heard first-hand the accounts of the soldiers returning from [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]:
In an interview, his cousin, Nader Hasan, said that he was going to be deployed to [[Afghanistan]]. However he was not ready to be moved and had hired a military attorney to fight his case. <ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225627/Fort-Hood-shootings-Army-major-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-kills-12-injures-31-shootout-troops-army-base.html#ixzz0W7eue3RD God is great: Last words of Fort Hood gunman before being shot by police heroine.] </ref>. He also revealed that Maj. Malik was under extreme stress due to the discrimination he received for being Muslim. He also received firearms training. <ref>[http://www.makli.com/malik-nadal-hasan-0012268/ ''News Around the Globe'']</ref> From his experience as a psychiatrist, he heard first-hand the accounts of the soldiers returning from [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]: