Oh, what a lovely view of de Nile river.
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| U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible" - grandfather |
| 2009-11-08 |
| The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act. "He is a doctor and loves the U.S." Ismail Mustafa Hamad told Reuters in an interview at his home in the Palestinian town of al-Bireh. "America made him what he is." U.S.-born Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a Muslim and the son of immigrant parents, was shot during the attack and is being held at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas. "Whether he became angry or something else, I don't know... What I do know is that it is impossible that he would do something like that," Hamad, 88, said. Hasan, who had spent years counselling wounded soldiers, many of whom had lost limbs fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, last visited him in the occupied West Bank some 10 years ago. Hamad said he had since visited his grandson in the United States. Hamad appeared to rule out a political motive. "He used to come to my house, to stay with me and entertain me. He never took an interest in politics and he didn't even like watching television," Hamad said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "America made him what he is." Yup. All our fault. What a wonderful world this would be without us. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-08 07:26 |
| #2 Oh, what a lovely view of de Nile river. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-11-08 04:16 |
| #1 Right on time. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-08 03:53 |