Hasan says uniform "represents an enemy"

The trial was held up because this man said he had to wear a beard for religious reasons, but never seemed to explain why it didn't matter when he wore his uniform and treated soldiers as a "mental health" professional. He didn't explain why he should keep getting paid for wearing the uniform, even though he still is, while he claims it represents the enemy.

Would be doing the right thing if the military gave him what he wanted and stopped paying him and took away the uniform he disgraced when he pulled his gun and shot soldiers!

Fort Hood suspect makes appearance prior to jury selection
KENS News
by Jim Douglas and Angela K. Brown
Posted on July 9, 2013

UPDATE 1:35 p.m.: Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan appeared heavily-bearded in a Fort Hood courtroom Tuesday morning a few hours before jury selection gets underway.

Judge Colonel Tara Osborn did not rule on whether he will be able to keep the beard during trial.

Hasan also objected to wearing an Army combat uniform. He told the judge it “represents an enemy of Islam.”

The prosecutor told the judge Hasan will be required to wear the uniform.

The judge also denied Hasan’s motion to use a “defense of others” defense for the massacre at Fort Hood in 2009.

Hasan wanted to claim he was acting to protect Taliban in Afghanistan from U.S. soldiers about to deploy.
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