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Nidal Hassan, a military psychiatrist in the U.S. Army of Palestinian origin, carried out an armed attack at Fort Hood military base in Texas in November 2009, resulting in the deaths of 13 people and injuries to dozens more. Following the attack, he was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down. During his trial in 2013, he confessed that he carried out the attack to protect Taliban leaders, justifying it by his desire to defend Muslims and citing his actions as a reaction to what the United States considers unethical military practices in the Middle East. A military jury sentenced him to death, and the discussion is currently ongoing about executing the sentence by firing squad, making it the first U.S. military execution carried out this way since World War II. Prior to the attack, Hassan had contacted Al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, exchanging messages about jihad, donations, and marriage, and discussing the legitimacy of suicide and jihad, just before carrying out the attack.
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