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Trump approves firing squad for Major Hassan
President Donald Trump approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hassan, a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army holding the rank of Major, after he was convicted of carrying out an attack with a firearm that resulted in the deaths of 13 people and injuries to more than 30 at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009. This marks the first execution carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and it follows a death sentence issued against him in 2013. Hassan had opened fire on fellow soldiers as they prepared to deploy to Iraq; he was shot by a civilian police officer during the attack. He was diagnosed with having opposed the U.S. military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, and he maintained online contact with Qaeda leadership.
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