Fort Hood jihadist's spiritual advisor killed in raid
Anwar al Awlaki, the abominable cleric who was Malik Nidal Hasan's major influence, is reported to have been killed in a US raid on an al Qaeda headquarters (Hat tip: Hot Air):
And on that note, it's worth noting that Hasan and his lawyer are predictably playing victim, by protesting his being limited to speaking in English (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin):
Update: more on this at the Weekly Standard blog.
The leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and a Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to deaths at a U.S. army base are believed to have died in a Yemen air strike, a security official said on Thursday.Let's hope the abomination got what he deserved. In fact, Hasan himself, I discovered, was deservedly paralyzed from the chest down when the heroic policewoman shot him down at the army center.
Yemen said 30 militants were killed in the strike in the eastern province of Shabwa.
Among those believed killed was Anwar al Awlaki, whom U.S. officials linked to the gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood army base in Texas on November 5.
“Anwar al Awlaki is suspected to be dead (in the air raid),” said the Yemeni official, who asked not to be identified.
The air attack targeted a meeting of militants planning an attack on Yemeni and foreign oil targets, the official said.
He added that the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Abu Basir Nasser al-Wahayshi, may also have been killed in the strikes but that there was no confirmation.
And on that note, it's worth noting that Hasan and his lawyer are predictably playing victim, by protesting his being limited to speaking in English (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin):
The lead defense attorney for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan says he will file a motion complaining his client’s civil rights are being violated.Ahem. The reason he's restricted to English language is so the authorities guarding him can understand what he's talking about better. What if he were to say something in Arabic they couldn't understand, that could be dangerous? That's why he has to be limited to English speaking. The army must start taking serious steps to protect itself from the kind of PC-stupidity that led to the tragedy in the first place, and that includes not bowing to demands that Hasan be allowed to speak in Arabic, because they have to know what he's saying clearly without possible confusion, and not every official in charge can understand the language.
Belton attorney John Galligan told News Channel 25 via phone the restrictions the military has put on his client while he’s confined to his room at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio are illegal.
Hasan is restricted to speaking English only, and the only visitors he can have are his immediate family, and his legal counsel. “But his attorneys and his family can’t be in the room with him at the same time,” Galligan complained.
Galligan was upset that his client was praying on the phone with his brother Friday in Arabic when he said the military interrupted the call.
Update: more on this at the Weekly Standard blog.
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