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| Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists |
| 2009-11-08 |
| Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother's funeral was held there in May that year. The preacher at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni scholar who was banned from addressing a meeting in London by video link in August because he is accused of supporting attacks on British troops and backing terrorist organisations. Hasan's eyes "lit up" when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki's teachings, according to a fellow Muslim officer at the Fort Hood base in Texas, the scene of Thursday's horrific shooting spree. As investigators look at Hasan's motives and mindset, his attendance at the mosque could be an important piece of the jigsaw. Al-Awlaki moved to Dar al-Hijrah as imam in January, 2001, from the west coast, and three months later the September 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour began attending his services. A third hijacker attended his services in California. Hasan was praying at Dar al-Hijrah at about the same time, and the FBI will now want to investigate whether he met the two terrorists. Charles Allen, a former under-secretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security, has described al-Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen, as an "al-Qaeda supporter, and former spiritual leader to three of the September 11 hijackers... who targets US Muslims with radical online lectures encouraging terrorist attacks from his new home in Yemen". Rest at link |
| Posted by:ed |
| #16 And where is this particular iman today? Presently living in his home country, Yemen. An interesting exercise for the FBI, if they could remove their diversity and multiculturalism glasses long enough, would be to see how many brownie point ticks Hasan was able to get using al-Awlaki playbook. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-11-08 19:40 |
| #15 As I understand he is still there. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-08 18:52 |
| #14 Okay, the iman at the time was the same. He might have put some seeds into our middle-aged-Muslim. But meh. It's been almost 10 years. And where is this particular iman today? |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-11-08 18:39 |
| #13 I have had a difficult time finding photos of ALL of the dead soldiers and civilians in one article. This LINK gives 9 of them however. Unless the others murdered are of another ethnic makeup, it would appear that only one ethnic group was excluded from this terrorist act. Maybe just a conincidence. Please correct me if I am wrong. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-08 17:11 |
| #12 Classic! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-08 17:02 |
| #11 The one for which I am anxiously awaiting: ....Texas Army Killer Linked to Obama Campaign. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-08 16:50 |
| #10 This mosque came up long before 911, it came up after 911, it will come up again and again until someone does something. The general public know it spews hate and desires to kill us, just go to youtube, google this ass. Our FBI and police will only act if something is about to happen or after it does and only if they have the proof that some legal PC oriented POS will be willing to take to some soft sided fat PC jugde and bet their careers on. Some killing of a few GI's in Texas has little effect on some DA around DC. To think the FBI is working it is as real as peter pan. We are again asleep at the wheel, Bambie is tacidly supporting it, and more Americans will die as long as the people runnung and financing that mosque and its hate are allowed to stay in the US. The only reason they might watch this mosque now is to apease some news report. They need to be infiltrated into the mosque, into the cells that plan, into the inner circle ot the two immams, not sitting outside in some Ford eating Dunkin donuts and talking football!!!!! Ya I'm pissed, Americans are again dieing because people are more concerned about their promotions and political correctness than about doing the right thing here. Ok, rant off, I need a Jack and Coke, see you in the club... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-08 15:43 |
| #9 Don't want to bother the nice mosque...the Saudis might not like that. |
| Posted by: Yo Adrian 2009-11-08 11:57 |
| #8 #7 I'm sure the FBI, et al, are watching the mosque now. See: "Barn door, horse" Sure they are. Until their attention gets assigned elsewhere. Posted by: MIke N. 2009-11-08 11:25 Assigned elsewhere ... like coordinating Bambi's next photo op. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-11-08 11:40 |
| #7 I'm sure the FBI, et al, are watching the mosque now. See: "Barn door, horse" Sure they are. Until their attention gets assigned elsewhere. |
| Posted by: MIke N. 2009-11-08 11:25 |
| #6 I'm sure the FBI, et al, are watching the mosque now. See: "Barn door, horse" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-08 11:19 |
| #5 Mike N., if some person or group wanted to try your suggestion they would probably land themselves in jail. And I suspect the relevant government groups are doing so - as far as the law allows (and quite likely a bit farther). They 'made' this guy but didn't manage to stop him; I wonder if some of Gorelick's silos of separation are back in action. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-11-08 11:06 |
| #4 I would hope there is... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-08 11:04 |
| #3 If there was a well-funded group of civilians with knowledge of how to do these things, this Mosque could be a good place to listen to in the future. Ya know, like, just in case there's any well funded groups of civilians with knowledge of how to do these things that were frozen until yesterday and happen to be reading the burg today. |
| Posted by: MIke N. 2009-11-08 10:55 |
| #2 It's not that hard there FBI. It is really not that hard, just put down yor coffee and donut, get up and go there. You just might stop the next big attack. If a white supremist attacked a black or muzzie center and he was associated with a church that preached hate you would close it down. Your coddling this place.. Do something before good Americans take matters in their own hands! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-11-08 09:33 |
| #1 disassemble and investigate this mosque brick by brick. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-11-08 08:31 |