Medicalizing mass murder
Posted: November 16, 2009 at 2:12 a.m.
What a surprise—that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs.
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Editorial, Pages 10 on 11/16/2009
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