US Army Being Sued by Victims and Families of Hasan's Shooting Spree at Ft. Hood, TX

83 seek $750 million from Army for Fort Hood shooting spree

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Eighty-three victims and family members in the worst-ever mass shooting at a U.S. military installation are seeking $750 million in compensation from the Army, alleging that willful negligence enabled psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan to carry out a terrorist attack at Fort Hood Texas.

The administrative claims filed last week said the government had clear warnings that Hasan, who is scheduled to go on trial in March, posed a grave danger to the lives of soldiers and civilians.

The government bowed to political correctness and not only ignored the threat Hasan presented but actually promoted him to the rank of major five months before the massacre, according to the administrative claims against the Defense Department, the Justice Department and the FBI.

Thirteen soldiers and civilians were killed and more than two dozen soldiers and civilians were injured in the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting spree.

Fifty-four relatives of eight of the murdered soldiers have filed claims. One civilian police officer and nine of the injured soldiers have filed claims, along with 19 family members of those 10.

[Source: NATION section, of the Arizona Daily Star, Friday, November 11, 2011.]

Does their Suit have Merit?

According to Guy Rogers, Executive Director of ACT! for America, the official 9/11 Commission Report, Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, Authorized Edition, July 22, 2004, avoided political correctness. This report used the word Jihadist 32 times, Jihad 126 times, Muslim 145 times, and Islam 322 times.

Guy goes on to note that in a 2009 National Intelligence Strategy, manual, first put out by the BHO administration which defines what the threats are to the U.S.A. for our National Security public documents, these four words were omitted. Hence, since 2004, official documents of our government have been stripped of any reference to the real nature of the existential threat that our country faces today, and somehow calling it something else.

Guy also notes that in the U.S. Government’s final report regarding Hasan: Protecting the Forces, the words Violent Extremist, Enemy, al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood or Ikhwan, Jihad, Islam, Muslim, Hamas, Hezbollah, Caliph, or Sharia, have been omitted. However, the word religious was used 59 times suggesting that Hasan was religious in something. (To be fair, the words Violent Extremist and Islam were used once in a single footnote in the title of a cited reference.)

According to Guy’s report, Major Hasan gave a PowerPoint presentation to a group of doctors in 2007 at Walter Reed Army Hospital titled “The Koranic World View as it relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military,” in place of a normal medical presentation. This presentation was a red-flag warning to his superiors of Hasan’s intentions, but because of political correctness, it went unheeded. And, in addition to this, he had the acronym SoA (Soldier of Allah) printed on his military business cards, another red-flag that went unheeded. Finally, on November 5, 2009 at Ft. Hood, Texas, he committed the second-most horrific terrorist attack in the United States; an act that was totally preventable, had the red flags not been ignored.

[Source: Guy Rogers, ACT! for America: DVD video, The Doctrine of Abrogation, Open the Koran Day, October 2011.]

Human Rights -- UN Declaration vs Cairo Declaration

Below is a comparison of some of the articles regarding individual rights between the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) compared with the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990). It's interesting to note that the UN Declaration gives rights to everyone everywhere (the Golden Rule for all people), while the Cairo document seems to give rights to a selected group of people in accordance with Sharia.

UN Universal Declaration of Human rights

Adopted General Assembly December 10, 1948

(…) the General Assembly proclaims This Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations (…)

Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam

Adopted August 5, 1990

(…) the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam which will serve as a general guidance for Member States in the field of human rights. Wishing to contribute to the efforts of mankind to assert human rights, to protect man from exploitation and persecution, and to affirm his freedom and right to a dignified life in accordance with the Islamic Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 1: (a) Life is a God-given gift and the right to life is guaranteed to every human being. It is the duty of individuals, societies and states to protect this right from any violation, and it is prohibited to take away life except for a Shari'ah prescribed reason. (c) The preservation of human life throughout the term of time willed by God is a duty prescribed by Shari'ah. (d) Safety from bodily harm is a guaranteed right. It is the duty of the state to safeguard it, and it is prohibited to breach it without a Sharia-prescribed reason.

ARTICLE 7: (b) Parents and those in such like capacity have the right to choose the type of education they desire for their children, provided they take into consideration the interest and future of the children in accordance with ethical values and the principles of the Shari'ah. (c) Both parents are entitled to certain rights from their children, and relatives are entitled to rights from their kin, in accordance with the tenets of the Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 12: Every man shall have the right, within the framework of Shari'ah, to free movement and to select his place of residence whether inside or outside his country and if persecuted, is entitled to seek asylum in another country. The country of refuge shall ensure his protection until he reaches safety, unless asylum is motivated by an act which Shari'ah regards as a crime.

ARTICLE 16: Everyone shall have the right to enjoy the fruits of his scientific, literary, artistic or technical production and the right to protect the moral and material interests stemming there-from, provided that such production is not contrary to the principles of Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 19: (d) There shall be no crime or punishment except as provided for in the Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 22: (a) Everyone shall have the right to express his opinion freely in such manner as would not be contrary to the principles of the Shari'ah. (b) Everyone shall have the right to advocate what is right, and propagate what is good, and warn against what is wrong and evil according to the norms of Islamic Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 23: (b) Everyone shall have the right to participate, directly or indirectly in the administration of his country's public affairs. He shall also have the right to assume public office in accordance with the provisions of Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 24: All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shari'ah.

ARTICLE 25: The Islamic Shari'ah is the only source of reference for the explanation or clarification of any of the articles of this Declaration.