Former Army Major Nidal Hasan, the convicted shooter in the Fort Hood shooting of 2009, has written a letter to the leader of the Islamic terror group ISIS, asking to join the group as “an obedient citizen soldier,” Fox News reports.
“I formally and humbly request to be made a citizen of the Islamic State,” Hassan wrote in the letter to the self-proclaimed Caliph of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Fox News obtained the letter and published its contents on Friday.
Hasan’s lawyer, John Gallagin, said his client’s request to join ISIS “underscores how much of his life, actions and mental thought process are driven by religious zeal.”
Hasan, who killed 13 and injured 30 in his attack at Fort Hood in 2009, signed the letter with his name followed by SoA, short for Soldier of Allah.
“It would be an honor for any believer to be an obedient citizen soldier to a people and its leader who don’t compromise the religion of All-Mighty Allah to get along with the disbelievers,” Hasan wrote.
h/t Gawker
Crazy guy in prison does something crazy. I wonder if next we’ll get the latest from Charles Manson about his opinions of swastikas. (Spoiler: HE LIKES THEM!)
“Fox News obtained the letter and published it’s content’s on Friday.”
Hmmm, why do I have doubts about authenticity of this letter? I mean, come on, how did they “intercept” the thing in the first place?
Besides, what’s he gonna be able to do now that he’s a frigging paraplegic locked in a super secure military prison anyway?
Something smells fishy with this story…a lawyer that divulges his client’s letter to the press? And Faux being the one to get it? This is a man that’s already convicted and behind bars getting another bite at the apple to make news through the Faux propaganda machine? Isn’t Hassan on death row? WTF.
Anything for Faux to beat the drums of war. Of course, none of them will ever have to actually fight any war they advocate and pine for…
Faux Nuz, much like CNN, is convinced that War is always good for ratings.
Everything I’ve read says the guys who rush to join ISIS are religious neophytes. They join mostly because of disillusionment, moral outrage, peer pressure and a sense of purpose, the same reasons many people join gangs.