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Two officials said the Washington-based task force was notified of communications between Hasan and a radical imam overseas. <ref> [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP Sources: Defense Dept worker looked into Hasan.] </ref> Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who is now based in [[Yemen]], preaches to US Muslims in online lectures. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6534584/Fort-Hood-shooting-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-had-contact-with-911-imam.html Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan 'had contact with 9/11 imam'.] </ref>
Two officials said the Washington-based task force was notified of communications between Hasan and a radical imam overseas. <ref> [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect AP Sources: Defense Dept worker looked into Hasan.] </ref> Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who is now based in [[Yemen]], preaches to US Muslims in online lectures. <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6534584/Fort-Hood-shooting-Nidal-Malik-Hasan-had-contact-with-911-imam.html Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan 'had contact with 9/11 imam'.] </ref>
==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>