Title: EP. 188: TEXAS - The Ft. Hood Mass Shooting: A Terrorist Attack From The Inside (Pt. 2)
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What was the Fort Hood Massacre?
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In last week's episode, we talked about the life of Nadal Hassan, a man who was born and raised in Arlington, Virginia. Nadal had a pretty normal upbringing. His parents, who were Palestinian immigrants, moved to the US in the 1960s and opened up several businesses. They worked hard to live out the American dream, and they had a lot of respect for our country. So much so, after high school, Nadal decided to join the United States Army while also earning his college degree. But it's also around this time when he started leaning more into his religion of Islam, and he was soon faced with a conflict of interest. In the early 2000s, after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, the United States entered into war with Iraq.
And at the time, Nadal felt like he was fighting in a war against his own people, and this would only cause him to grow more and more radicalized. He even started chatting with a man named Anwar al-Awlaki, who had ties to Al-Qaeda. And while all of this was happening, Nadal was serving as a psychiatrist in the United States Army, unbeknownst to everyone. Nidal Hasan did not have the army's best interest at heart. By day, he was counseling soldiers with PTSD, but by night, he began planning attack against the very soldiers he vowed to help. So this is the story of the Fort Hood Massacre. I'm Courtney Browen.
And I'm Colin Browen.
Thank you.
It's Thursday, November 5th, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. And within this town is a military base called Fort Hood. On this day in particular, over 300 soldiers were crowded inside the base's Soldier Readiness Processing Center. Typically, before a soldier gets deployed, they'll go here to ensure that everything is ready for deployment. The center has a number of services like dental and eye exams, hearing tests, vaccinations, and physicals. They even help you set up your wills and life insurance. just in case you're killed in the line of duty.
Given that the United States was in the middle of war with Iraq, a number of these soldiers were just days away from deployment. And as they sat waiting for their name to be called, many were nervous. Of course, this is what they signed up to do, but what would it be like in the Middle East? Would they have to witness terror and bloodshed? Would they lose fellow soldiers? Would they come back with PTSD? Or would they even come back at all? These are very real thoughts that went through the soldier's mind at the time. After all, many that came back from Iraq recounted horror stories of what they went through. But even with the potential dangers ahead of them, the hundreds of soldiers within this processing center were ready to fight for our country.
One of the most honorable things someone can do. However, unbeknownst to them, some would never even make it to deployment. because the real danger was coming right towards them within their own military base. And sadly, this person was a wolf in sheep's clothing. He was one of their own.
As Nidal Hasan made his way over to Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center, many people inside described it as a normal day. But it was particularly busy that day. Nearly every seat in the waiting room was filled. One by one, the staff would call the name of a soldier, and they would make their way to the back for an exam at around 1 25 pm 44 year old staff sergeant paul martin walked through the doors and scanned the waiting room for an open seat where he could finish his endless stack of paperwork he had already gone through most of the medical examinations but he still had a few more pages of paperwork to fill out before he could be cleared for deployment to iraq
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