One of those arrested was Pvt. Nasser Abdo. Abdo
had applied for conscientious objector status, and has
refused to deploy to Afghanistan claiming that Islamic
law prevented him from killing other Muslims. Authorities
found explosives in the car of one of the US soldiers
who was arrested for planning the attack on Ft. Hood.
According to FOX news, Muslim soldier Abdo had jihadi
materials with him and had made a large purchase at
Guns Galore in Killeen, Texas, the same ammunition
store where Maj. Nidal Hasan purchased the weapons
he allegedly used to gun down 13 people and wound
30 others on Nov. 5, 2009.
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Was it Major Hasan's devotion and adherence to Islam
that inspired these servicemen to jihad? Or was it
Islamic teachings and the jihadic doctrine? Were the
violent teachings and command for jihad in the Quran
to blame for this thwarted plot that could have
slaughtered hundreds?
Is the media all over this act of Muslim terrorism,
pursuing blame as vigorously and as maniacally as
they did in the Breivik act of barbarity?
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Pvt. Nasser Jason Abdo, an AWOL soldier from Fort
Campbell, Kentucky, was arrested by the Killeen Police
Department near Fort Hood and remains in custody
there.
Bob Jenkins, a Fort Campbell spokesman, told Fox News
that Abdo was being investigated for child
pornography found on his government computer.
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A shocking decision made by the secretary of the Army
last month--in the case of an U.S. Army soldier with the
101st Airborne at Fort Campbell who refused to deploy
to Afghanistan claiming that Islamic law prevented him
from killing other Muslims--vindicates Fort Hood killer
Major Nidal Hasan. He made identical claims and
threatened [as Hasan did] that "adverse events" would
occur if military officials didn't accede to shariah
principles.
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By granting PFC Abdo's conscientious objector claim,
the Army may have created trouble for themselves in
the court martial of Major Hasan for the murder of his
thirteen fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. Hasan's attorney
can now claim that by refusing to acknowledge Major
Hasan's claims under Islamic law as a conscientious
objector and granting him an honorable discharge, the
Army created irreconcilable conflict that prompted the
Fort Hood massacre. And they can use the secretary
of the Army's decision in the Abdo case as proof.
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According to an Army source, one AWOL soldier is in
the custody of the Killeen Police Department near Fort
Hood. He was not captured on base. According to
another source, two other U.S. soldiers were also
arrested earlier today after authorities recovered
weapons and explosives.
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A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly
admitted he was planning an attack on the U.S. Army
base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13
people were killed in a 2009 terror attack.
U.S. officials told ABC News an AWOL serviceman,
identified by an FBI official as a Private First Class Naser
Jason Abdo, was arrested Wednesday after making a
purchase at Guns Galore in Killeen, Texas, the same
ammunition store where Maj. Nidal Hasan purchased
the weapons he allegedly used to gun down 13 people
and wound 30 others on Nov. 5, 2009.
Abdo, 21, allegedly told law enforcement he was at the
base to "get even," according to law enforcement
documents obtained by ABC News. The soldier had gone
AWOL from Fort Campbell's 101st Airborne Division over
the July 4 weekend, according to a senior military officer.
When he was arrested, Abdo was in possession of large
quantities of ammunition, weapons and what appeared
to be the makings of a bomb, according to early
accounts from law enforcement. He had also apparently
purchased an Army uniform with Fort Hood patches from
a local surplus store.
