President Donald Trump has officially approved the execution of Major Nidal Hasan, the former U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood attack, by firing squad, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The execution would be the first carried out by the U.S. military itself since 1961. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the decision; the date and location have not yet been set.
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday evening that President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan by firing squad, marking the first time the U.S. military will carry out a death sentence since 1961. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the decision, the Pentagon said. The date and location of the execution have not yet been announced.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday (17:39 Jerusalem time), Trump's approval is the culmination of a lengthy legal process. Hasan was convicted by a military court-martial in 2013 for the November 2009 Fort Hood attack that killed 13 people and wounded over 30 others. He has been on military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since his sentencing.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, opened fire at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center shouting "Allahu Akbar." He had been in contact with Al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki before the attack, as detailed in The Zioneer's topic page on the case. The attack, the deadliest on a U.S. military base, raised significant concerns about lone-wolf radicalization within the armed forces. The Pentagon statement characterized the approval as the day of judgment for Hasan finally arriving.
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