First U.S. military execution in 65 years for Arab-American: Is he Jordanian?
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army physician and psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan, who opened fire at a U.S. military base in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others.
Awadallah’s execution would be the first carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, 65 years ago, and the first military execution by firing squad since 1945.
U.S. government sources told Ammon that Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan was born on September 8, 1970, at Virginia Hospital in Arlington County, Virginia. His parents were naturalized American citizens of Palestinian origin who had emigrated years earlier from the city of Al-Bireh.
Government authorities, meanwhile, confirmed to 'Ammon News' that they are investigating whether Nidal Malik Abdullah Hasan held Jordanian citizenship.
On September 5, 2009, Awadallah visited Fort Hood in Texas to meet U.S. soldiers preparing to deploy to Iraq and provide them with psychological support. However, he opened fire on them with a semi-automatic pistol, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others, according to the Pentagon at the time.
“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by US Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on X.
The date of his execution is yet to be announced.
A military jury sentenced Hassan to death in 2013 for carrying out the mass shooting at Ford Hood in Texas.
Hasan chose to represent himself during the trial. He called no witnesses, gave no testimony, and made no attempt to deny the charges against him. Court-appointed defense attorneys expressed concern that he was seeking a death sentence.
On November 5, 2009, Hasan, a Muslim American of Palestinian origin, opened fire inside a medical facility that was being used as a staging area for troops preparing for deployment to combat zones.
All of the victims—those killed and wounded—were soldiers preparing to travel to Iraq on November 5, 2009. Hasan was shot by a civilian police officer who responded to the attack, leaving him partially paralyzed.
The court found Hasan guilty of opposing the U.S. military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and of communicating online with American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, one of al-Qaeda’s prominent leaders, who was later killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army physician and psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan, who opened fire at a U.S. military base in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others.
Awadallah’s execution would be the first carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, 65 years ago, and the first military execution by firing squad since 1945.
U.S. government sources told Ammon that Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan was born on September 8, 1970, at Virginia Hospital in Arlington County, Virginia. His parents were naturalized American citizens of Palestinian origin who had emigrated years earlier from the city of Al-Bireh.
Government authorities, meanwhile, confirmed to 'Ammon News' that they are investigating whether Nidal Malik Abdullah Hasan held Jordanian citizenship.
On September 5, 2009, Awadallah visited Fort Hood in Texas to meet U.S. soldiers preparing to deploy to Iraq and provide them with psychological support. However, he opened fire on them with a semi-automatic pistol, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others, according to the Pentagon at the time.
“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by US Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on X.
The date of his execution is yet to be announced.
A military jury sentenced Hassan to death in 2013 for carrying out the mass shooting at Ford Hood in Texas.
Hasan chose to represent himself during the trial. He called no witnesses, gave no testimony, and made no attempt to deny the charges against him. Court-appointed defense attorneys expressed concern that he was seeking a death sentence.
On November 5, 2009, Hasan, a Muslim American of Palestinian origin, opened fire inside a medical facility that was being used as a staging area for troops preparing for deployment to combat zones.
All of the victims—those killed and wounded—were soldiers preparing to travel to Iraq on November 5, 2009. Hasan was shot by a civilian police officer who responded to the attack, leaving him partially paralyzed.
The court found Hasan guilty of opposing the U.S. military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and of communicating online with American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, one of al-Qaeda’s prominent leaders, who was later killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army physician and psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan, who opened fire at a U.S. military base in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others.
Awadallah’s execution would be the first carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, 65 years ago, and the first military execution by firing squad since 1945.
U.S. government sources told Ammon that Nidal Malik Awadallah Hasan was born on September 8, 1970, at Virginia Hospital in Arlington County, Virginia. His parents were naturalized American citizens of Palestinian origin who had emigrated years earlier from the city of Al-Bireh.
Government authorities, meanwhile, confirmed to 'Ammon News' that they are investigating whether Nidal Malik Abdullah Hasan held Jordanian citizenship.
On September 5, 2009, Awadallah visited Fort Hood in Texas to meet U.S. soldiers preparing to deploy to Iraq and provide them with psychological support. However, he opened fire on them with a semi-automatic pistol, killing 13 people and injuring 32 others, according to the Pentagon at the time.
“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by US Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on X.
The date of his execution is yet to be announced.
A military jury sentenced Hassan to death in 2013 for carrying out the mass shooting at Ford Hood in Texas.
Hasan chose to represent himself during the trial. He called no witnesses, gave no testimony, and made no attempt to deny the charges against him. Court-appointed defense attorneys expressed concern that he was seeking a death sentence.
On November 5, 2009, Hasan, a Muslim American of Palestinian origin, opened fire inside a medical facility that was being used as a staging area for troops preparing for deployment to combat zones.
All of the victims—those killed and wounded—were soldiers preparing to travel to Iraq on November 5, 2009. Hasan was shot by a civilian police officer who responded to the attack, leaving him partially paralyzed.
The court found Hasan guilty of opposing the U.S. military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and of communicating online with American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, one of al-Qaeda’s prominent leaders, who was later killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.
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First U.S. military execution in 65 years for Arab-American: Is he Jordanian?
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