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Malik is single with no children, and also had an apartment in Killeen, Texas. Since September 2009, he attended the Islamic Community mosque of Greater Killeen.
Malik is single with no children, and also had an apartment in Killeen, Texas. Since September 2009, he attended the Islamic Community mosque of Greater Killeen.
It is thought that due to the harrassment Malik endured from his fellow soldiers, he may have had strong feelings of alienation. <ref> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/06/nidal-malik-hasan-fort-hood-shooting1 Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Soldiers' psychiatrist who heard frontline stories.] </ref> Virginia Tech University was the ''scene of the 2007 massacre by a student that left 32 dead.'' The Virginia Tech shooter, whose family was South Korean, may also have had problems with alienation.
It is thought that due to the harassment Malik endured from his fellow soldiers, he may have had strong feelings of alienation. <ref> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/06/nidal-malik-hasan-fort-hood-shooting1 Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Soldiers' psychiatrist who heard frontline stories.] </ref> Virginia Tech University was the ''scene of the 2007 massacre by a student that left 32 dead.'' The Virginia Tech shooter, whose family was South Korean, may also have had problems with alienation.
Fort Hood, with around 40,000 troops, had two soldiers stationed there that committed suicide in 2009—nine suicide cases since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It was named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It is the biggest US military base in the world. <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6511138/Fort-Hood-The-largest-US-military-base-in-the-world.html The ''Telegraph'' Online: "Fort Hood: The largest US military base in the world"] </ref>
Fort Hood, with around 40,000 troops, had two soldiers stationed there that committed suicide in 2009—nine suicide cases since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It was named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It is the biggest US military base in the world. <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6511138/Fort-Hood-The-largest-US-military-base-in-the-world.html The ''Telegraph'' Online: "Fort Hood: The largest US military base in the world"] </ref>
== Liberal media portrayal ==
== Liberal media portrayal ==
===Sympathy for the bad guy===
===Sympathy for the bad guy===
==Links to Al Qaeda==
==Links to Al Qaeda==
Reports have surfaced that Hasan's computer reveals contacts with terrorist masterminds within Al Qaeda, ''"Hasan had routinely visited al Qaeda and Islamic terrorist web sites in months and weeks leading to last week’s massacre at Fort Hood."'' <ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16668 Ft. Hood shooter’s computer reveals al Qaeda connection, Canada Free press, November 9, 2009]</ref>
Reports have surfaced that Hasan's computer reveals contacts with terrorist masterminds within Al Qaeda, ''"Hasan had routinely visited al Qaeda and Islamic terrorist web sites in months and weeks leading to last week's massacre at Fort Hood."'' <ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16668 Ft. Hood shooter's computer reveals al Qaeda connection, Canada Free press, November 9, 2009]</ref>
== External links ==
== External links ==