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August 7, 2013

Fort Hood Shooting Suspect: "War Is An Ugly Thing" 
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The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting
spree at Fort Hood, Texas, told a military court Tuesday that evidence
presented at his trial would show that he was the shooter. Major Nidal
Hasan, who is representing himself at his court martial, said in his
opening statement that "war is an ugly thing" which causes death and
destruction on both sides. He cast himself as having been on the wrong
side of a U.S. war with Islam before switching over. A military
prosecutor said Hasan carefully planned the 2009 shooting spree and
sought to kill as many soldiers as possible. Hasan could face the death
penalty.

 

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