Jihadist killer to get the firing squad

Trump approves firing squad execution for convicted jihadist who killed U.S. troops

Claimed he was inspired to murder Americans by the 'leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'

President Donald Trump has approved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recommendation that a convicted jihadist who killed U.S. troops be executed by military firing squad.

The case involves convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan, 56, who slaughtered 13 people and injured another 32 at an Army base in Killeen, Texas, at a time when he was an Army major.

He would be the first person executed after a U.S. armed forces court-martial since 1961, when John Bennett, an Army private, has executed in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for raping and trying to kill a girl in Austria.

The execution became possible last year after the Supreme Court rejected a petition by Hasan to hear an appeal of his conviction.

Hegseth said, earlier, "This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays."

A commentary at the Gateway Pundit noted, "Remember when Barack Obama said the murder of 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009 by Islamic terrorist Nidal Hasan was merely 'workplace violence'? 

Well, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended the jihadist killer be executed by the US Army firing squad – and President Trump approved."

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