The Fort Hood shooting

Fascinating CNN video spotted by A Tangled Web.

This fear of a Muslim having to fight another Muslim is just another manifestation for some Muslims of the loyalty to the Ummah overriding any other loyalty.

The BBC report the story with the excusing line "He also said that Maj Hasan had been battling racial harassment because of his "Middle Eastern ethnicity"."

Personally I am more interested in the real reasons behind Major Hasan's killing spree and I think The Telegraph may have some clues: apparently he shouted "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire -

"Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood military base in Texas have reported that gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" - God is great - before opening fire."

The Telegraph also reveal that

"Col Terry Lee, a retired officer who worked with him at the military base in Texas, alleged Maj Hasan had angry confrontations with other officers over his views.

Maj Hasan was reportedly fighting orders to be deployed to Iraq at the end of the month, claiming that he was the victim of harassment and insults because of his Arab background and his faith.

The major is a psychiatrist who had been treating soldiers returning from Iraq for post-traumatic stress and alcohol and drug abuse problems.

"He was making outlandish comments condemning our foreign policy and claimed Muslims had the right to rise up and attack Americans," Col Lee told Fox News.

"He said Muslims should stand up and fight the aggressor and that we should not be in the war in the first place." He said that Maj Hasan said he was "happy" when a US soldier was killed in an attack on a military recruitment centre in Arkansas in June. An American convert to Islam was accused of the shootings.

Col Lee alleged that other officers had told him that Maj Hasan had said "maybe people should strap bombs on themselves and go to Time Square" in New York. "

The same Telegraph piece also reveals that:

"Federal law enforcement officials have said Maj Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

The officials said the postings appeared to have been made by Maj Hasan but they were still trying to confirm that he was the author. "

Have a think and make up your own minds...