10 more soldiers testify in hearing about Fort Hood killings

10 more soldiers testify in hearing about Fort Hood killings
12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, October 16, 2010

By LEE HANCOCK / The Dallas Morning News
lhancock@dallasnews.com
FORT HOOD, Texas – Some soldiers glared on Friday as they identified the man in a wheelchair as their assailant. Several wept describing comrades dying where no one expected an attack. The judge presiding, prosecutors and defense lawyers looked grim – even stricken – as witness after witness recounted how a soldier readiness center became a charnel house.

Maj. Nidal Hasan gave them all the same impassive look that he has maintained during three previous days of his probable cause hearing.

The Army psychiatrist blinked slowly as soldiers told of their desperate scramble for cover to escape steady gunfire. He rubbed his chin or forehead with pale hands as men and women described being shot again and again as they crawled through blood and bodies. Only during breaks did his blank expression change; he once looked anxious and once showed the hint of a smile as he conferred with the defense team.

The 40-year-old betrayed no emotion as soldiers from the mental health unit he was scheduled to deploy with spoke of taking bullets and watching comrades die trying to stop his Nov. 5 attack.
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10 more soldiers testify in hearing about Fort Hood killings