Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam."
Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan's at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Both attended a master's in public health program in 2007 and 2008.
Finnell says he got to know Hasan in an environmental health class. At the end of the class, students gave presentations. Finnell says other classmates wrote on subjects such as dry cleaning chemicals and mold in homes, but Hasan's topic was whether the war against terror was "a war against Islam." Finnell described Hasan as a "vociferous opponent" of the terror war.
Finnell says Hasan told classmates he was "a Muslim first and an American second."
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It is a testament to the forgiveness of Christians that zero retaliation has been taken against Muslims in this country. I can't imagine Christians being treated the same in an Islamic country.
November 7, 2009 at 11:46 a.m.To some people in the United States it is a war against Islam. And this includes some powerful people in our own military.
November 7, 2009 at 11:40 a.m."Finnell says Hasan told classmates he was "a Muslim first and an American second.""
Some of those classmates should have let their commanders know what kind of person they had under them. Remember, Constitutional protections were removed by the patriot act under Bush. Here would have been the perfect time to use the act for something good.
November 7, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.this is the kind of people we need protecting us...???
You do not have to label him , he labeled himself Islamic Jihadist
November 7, 2009 at 5:21 a.m.