2009 Fort Hood Jihad Massacre Victims Finally Awarded Purple Hearts

by JASmius



Hey, come on, it only took five and a half years - whaddaya want?:

….Thirteen people were killed [14 incl. an unborn child –VH] and more than 30 wounded in the November 5th, 2009, attack by former "Major" Nidal Hasan.

Hasan was convicted in August 2013 of thirteen counts of premeditated murder and thirty two counts of attempted murder and sentenced to death.

Hey, it only took nearly four years, whaddaya want?

The victims of the shooting, the deadliest on a U.S. military installation, will be honored during a ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday at the III Corps headquarters on Fort Hood.

As many as forty seven Purple Hearts and Defense of Freedom Medals, the civilian equivalent of the Purple Heart, will be awarded Friday. The event is hosted by Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood.

The Purple Heart ceremony is years in the making, after a years-long battle by the victims and their families in the aftermath of the shooting. In early February, Army [Commissar] John McHugh announced the award after Congress mandated a change in the medals’ eligibility criteria.

Courtesy of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Congress redefined what should be considered an attack by a “foreign terrorist organization.” The legislation [National Defense Authorization Act of 2015] states that an event should now be considered an attack by such an organization if the perpetrator “was in communication with the foreign terrorist organization before the attack,” and “the attack was inspired or motivated by the foreign terrorist organization.”

There was sufficient evidence to conclude Hasan “was in communication with the foreign terrorist organization before the attack,” and that his radicalization and subsequent acts could reasonably be considered to have been “inspired or motivated by the foreign terrorist organization,” the Army said.

Anybody with three brain cells to rub together could have figured that out with about thirty seconds of Hassan bellowing "Allahu Akbar!!!" and opening fire with his Uzi.

Or anybody who wasn't a jihadi-symp.

Long, WAY overdue ceremony vid below.