U.S Army Major. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man responsible for the killing of people on the larges army base on U.S soil. Fort Hood, Texas is now believed to be a known visitor to a mosque that was also visited by the 9/11 terrorists from Al-Qaeda who carried out the horrendous Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. As investigators dig deeper into the past of Major Hasan, to find clues as to why he went on a shooting rampage at the medical center located on the base, they have found that the accused frequented the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia the same year, when the 9/11 attackers were preparing for the wost terrorist attack in the world. The radical Imam of the mosque, Anwar al-Awlaki is known to be the spiritual leader of the terrorists and it was the same place where Major Hasan used to offer his prayers. Al-Awlaki is an American national, but by profession is a Yemeni scholar and has been accused of supporting terror outfits.

At the time Major Hasan offered his prayers at Dar al-Hijrah, two of the 9/11 operatives, Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour were also attending the preachings of Anwar al-Awlaki who had relocated to Virginia from the West Coast in January 2001. According to Charles Allen (Former Undersecretary of Intelligence, DHS),

“Anwar al-Awlaki was an “al-Qaeda supporter, and former spiritual leader to three of the September 11 hijackers… who targets US Muslims with radical online lectures encouraging terrorist attacks from his new home in Yemen”.

Former classmates of Major Hasan have stated that, when they heard about the shooting at the base, they were shocked but when they got to know that Major Hasan was the culprit, they weren’t surprised as according to these classmates, Hasan was becoming increasingly anti American. Major Hasan was in the habit of criticizing the U.S war efforts in one instance even stated that, the war on terror is infact is a war on Islam. He was a staunch supporter of the suicide bombers, so much so that he even gave a presentation about these human bombs.

Via The Telegraph.