Alleged Fort Hood shooter ruled 'sane': source

A US army psychiatrist charged in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood begins a legal process Tuesday that will bring him face-to-face with his victims and could result in his execution.The November 5, 2009 rampage which left 13 people dead and 42 wounded at the Texas army base shocked the nation, while military officials faced criticism for possibly missing an array of warning signs about the suspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

Military investigators charged suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder on Thursday over last week's shooting rampage at the Texas army base.Hasan, an army psychiatrist who is being investigated for links to militant Islam, will be tried in a military court for the fatal shootings of 12 soldiers and one civilian."US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 specifications of pre-meditated murder under the military code of justice," Chris Grey, a spokesman for the army's criminal investigation division, told reporters.

An American army major went on a shooting rampage at a Texas military base killing 11 people and wounding 31 others before being gunned down, army officials said.Two other soldiers were arrested after the shooting spree and were being held as suspects, said Lieutenant General Bob Cone, commander at Fort Hood, the largest US military base in the world.The major was identified by US officials as a military psychiatrist named either Malik Nadal Hasan or Nidal Malik Hasan. He was about to be deployed to Iraq.

The army psychiatrist accused of a shooting rampage last week at the Fort Hood military base in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder, US media reported Thursday.The charges against Major Nidal Hasan, who is to face legal proceedings in in a military court, were expected to be announced around 1800 GMT at the Texas army base, US networks said.Hasan, 39, has been hospitalized since sustaining gunshot wounds and has declined to talk to investigators, his lawyer said.The dead included 12 soldiers and one civilian, while 42 people were also wounded.

A former White House security adviser has alleged that the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at a Texas military base may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."Frances Fragos Townsend, a Homeland Security adviser to president George W. Bush told US lawmakers she was worried that the chief suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was not properly investigated despite warnings he may have been dangerous.Hasan has been charged in the deadly shootings in the Fort Hood army base that killed 13 and wounded 42 on November 5.

A former White House security adviser has alleged that the Muslim army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 at a Texas military base may not have been investigated because of "political correctness."Frances Fragos Townsend, a Homeland Security adviser to president George W. Bush told US lawmakers she was worried that the chief suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was not properly investigated despite warnings he may have been dangerous.Hasan has been charged in the deadly shootings in the Fort Hood army base that killed 13 and wounded 42 on November 5.

A distant West Bank cousin of the army psychiatrist accused of a deadly shooting spree in Texas said on Saturday he was bewildered by the incident."We are an ordinary family that has not known violence or religious intolerance," said Mohammed Hasan, who does not know his cousin and alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.Nidal Hasan was born in the United States to parents who emigrated from a village outside Jerusalem and still has distant family in the area.

A Muslim army officer about to be deployed to Iraq shot dead 12 people and wounded 31 others at a sprawling Texas military base before being gunned down himself and captured.Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a US army psychiatrist, opened fire with two handguns at a processing center at Fort Hood for troops being deployed on missions to Iraq and Afghanistan."There was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene," said Lieutenant General Bob Cone, commander of the base. "He was not killed as previously reported. He is currently in custody and in stable condition."