Major Nadil Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder.Photo AFP
Cleric Says He Was Confidant To Hasan -- Washington Post
In Yemen, al-Aulaqi tells of e-mail exchanges, says he did not instigate rampage.
SANAA, YEMEN -- In his first interview with a journalist since the Fort Hood rampage, Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi said that he neither ordered nor pressured Maj. Nidal M. Hasan to harm Americans, but that he considered himself a confidant of the Army psychiatrist who was given a glimpse via e-mail into Hasan's growing discomfort with the U.S. military.
The cleric said he thought he played a role in transforming Hasan into a devout Muslim eight years ago, when Hasan listened to his lectures at the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Northern Virginia. Aulaqi said that Hasan "trusted" him and that the two developed an e-mail correspondence over the past year.
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My Comment: This cleric may not view himself as responsible for the massacre at Fort Hood, but he is a preacher of hate and intolerance who uses his pulpit to recruit for Al Qaeda. After the massacre, he was one of the first to openly express his support for the slaughter. He is no angel, and his recruiting efforts for Al Qaeda is enough to convict him and be put in prison.
Interestingly, Bin Laden’s spiritual mentor has come out condemning the Ft. Hood attacks.