Al-Qaeda Warns US Over Malik Hassan
Al-Qaeda threatens the United States that it will execute any American hostage in its possession if the death sentence is carried out against Nidal Malik Hassan. The execution is scheduled for December 3rd at Fort Hood, Texas, marking the first execution of an American soldier in 65 years and the last firing squad execution in the United States since World War II. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that the live broadcast of Hassan's execution amounts to a public execution and constitutes a violation of the absolute ban on torture.
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