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The Hasan Case:
Treason at Fort Hood

Jihadism: The Grassroots Paradox
By Scott Stewart. In the message, which was titled "A Call to Arms," Adam Gadahn (an American) starts by telling jihadists to strike targets that are close to them. He repeats the al Qaeda doctrinal position that jihad is a personal, religiously mandated duty for every able-bodied Muslim.

The Hasan Case: Overt Clues and Tactical Challenges.
Hasan is a U.S.-born Muslim who, according to STRATFOR sources and media accounts, has had past contact with jihadists, including the radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki is a U.S.-born imam who espouses a jihadist ideology.

by Charles Krauthammer.  What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives.

A jihadist hiding in plain site
by Mark Steyn. Two joint terrorism task forces became aware almost a year ago that Major Hasan was in regular e-mail contact with Anwar al-Awlaqi, the American-born but now Yemeni-based cleric who served as imam to three of the 9/11 hijackers and supports all-out holy war against the United States.

Deadly denial: Fudging the facts on Fort Hood
by Ralph Peters.  We know that Hasan's peers, subordinates and patients repeatedly raised red flags that his superiors suppressed. We know he was a player on Islamist-extremist Web sites. The FBI's uncovering one extremist link after another.

Fire General Casey
by Linda Chavez.  Casey's remarks should lead to his immediate firing. But, of course, that won't happen because he is merely echoing the official government line.

A Terrorist Trial in New York City
STRATFOR Today »-- November 18, 2009. By Ben West and Fred Burton. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Nov. 13 that the U.S. Justice Department had decided to try five suspected terrorists currently being held at Guantanamo Bay in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Army to Punish at Least 6 in Hasan Case
February 12, 2010, Stars and Stripes.  The Army will punish at least six officers for failing to properly supervise or take action against the accused Fort Hood shooter in the years leading up to the attack, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.