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Cleric said he sensed Hasan was troubled

Source: Military Times - News

Nov 08, 2009

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FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it, the leader said Saturday.Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, said he was disturbed by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s persistent questioning and recommended the mosque reject Hasan’s request to become a lay Muslim leader at the sprawling Army post.Danquah said Hasan never expressed anger toward the Army or indicated any plans for violence, but during the second of two conversations they had over the summer, Hasan seemed almost incoherent, he said.“But what if a person gets in and feels that it’s just not right?” Danquah recalled Hasan asking him.“I told him, ‘There’s something wrong with you,’ ” Danquah told The Associated Press during an interview Saturday at Fort Hood. “I didn’t get the feeling he was talking for himself, but something just didn’t seem right.”Authorities accuse Hasan of f ...Read the full article

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