Nidal Hasan

Nidal Hasan (1970-) is a major, U.S. Army Medical Corps, a psychiatrist under indictment for  16 murders and 32 attempted murders on 9 November 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Military prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty, believing he acted alone as a self-radicalized terrorist rather than as part of a group effort.

He was born a Muslim in the United States to citizen parents of Palestinian origin, and was described as quiet but increasingly religious, and, after his mother's death, moving toward fundamentalism. Hasan was in email contact with an American-born cleric in Yemen, Anwar al-Aulaqi, who is associated with al-Qaeda.

Education

 * B.S. Virginia Tech (1995) receiving a bachelor's degree in biochemistry with honors and minors in biology and chemistry. Had previously studied at Barstow Community College in California and Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke, where he earned an associate degree in science in 1992.
 * M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2003
 * 2003-2009,intern, a resident and fellow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center