Fort Hood shooter found guilty on all counts, qualifies for death penalty.

Fort Hood shooter found guilty on all counts, qualifies for death penalty.HT: RussiaToday.
Maj. Hasan, 42, was found guilty by a military jury on Friday for the 13 murders he committed during an outburst almost four years ago. Additionally, a panel of the Army psychiatrist’s peers also elected to convict him on each of the 32 counts of attempted murder he was up against as well.
Now pending the outcome of the court-martial’s penalty phase, Hasan could be sentenced to die for his role in the massacre. That portion of the legal proceedings is scheduled to begin on Monday.
Jurors in the Hasan court-martial began deliberating Thursday afternoon after 12-days of proceedings in which the defendant served as his own attorney.
When the proceedings began earlier this month, Hasan told the court, “the evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter.”
“Evidence will show I was on the wrong side of America’s war and I later switched sides,” he said in opening statements.
“We in the mujahedeen are imperfect beings trying to establish a perfect religion,” Hasan added. “I apologize for any mistakes I have made in this endeavor.”
Hasan rested his case without calling any witnesses, testifying in his own defense or making closing arguments. The prosecution elicited testimony for nearly 90 people during their turn to call witnesses.
"There is no doubt, as I said in the beginning, the accused is the shooter," prosecutor Col. Steven Henricks told the jury before they were asked to deliberate.  “The only question for you is ... is this a premeditated design to kill?"
"He did not want to deploy, and he came to believe he had a jihad duty to kill as many soldiers as possible," Henricks said.
On his part, Hasan claimed he was justified, citing “adequate provocation" for the attack because those killed would be participating in the United States’ " illegal war" in Afghanistan. Hasan acknowledged that it wasn’t done in “the heat of sudden passion.”

Hasan was injured by authorities during the shoot-out and has been forced to be confined to a wheelchair ever since. Hasan has suggested that he wants to receive the death penalty for his actions, and according to the New York Times said, "I'm paraplegic and could be in jail for the rest of my life. However, if I died by lethal injection, I would still be a martyr."

Pro-Morsi Supporters Chant in Favor of Islamic Law and Martyrdom.

Video - Pro-Morsi Supporters Chant in Favor of Islamic Law and Martyrdom.Following are excerpts from a pro-Morsi demonstration held in Egypt. The footage was posted on the Internet on June 21, 2013. Hmmmmm......The 'people' the Obama 'Admin' is supporting.Read  full transcript here by Memri.

Ahmadinejad to Attend State Funeral of Chavez.

Ahmadinejad to Attend State Funeral of Chavez.HT: UskowskiOnIran.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the state funeral of the late Venezuelan president Hugh Chavez in Caracas on Friday. He called Chavez “a dear friend of Iran” and “an anti-imperialist leader.”

“As long as justice, love and freedom are alive, Hugo Chavez will be alive as well. As long as faith, purity and humanity are alive, he will be alive too. As long as nations are alive and strive for the materialization of independence, kindness and justice, he will be alive too,” Ahmadinejad said in a message to Venezuelan acting president Nicolas Maduro. (Fars News Agency, 6 March)

President Chavez, who died Tuesday, developed a close relationship with Ahmadinejad and other senior Iranian leaders and visited Tehran many times. The Iranian government declared Wednesday a day of national mourning across Iran.Hmmm......Updated: word if Pres Obama will attend.Read the full story here, more here.

Ahmadinejad: "Hugo Chavez has fallen "martyr" to a "suspect illness" but "Chavez Will Return With Jesus and 12th Imam"

Ahmadinejad: "Hugo Chavez has fallen "martyr" to a "suspect illness" but "Chavez Will Return With Jesus and 12th Imam"(TA).

A day after his death, Hugo Chavez is already being touted as a martyr and a messiah by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who equated the now deceased Venezuelan leader to Jesus and Shiite Islam’s 12th imam Wednesday, saying, “I have no doubt that he will return, along with the righteous Jesus and the perfect human.”

Ahmadinejad also reiterated claims made by Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro that Chavez died of a “suspect illness” but didn’t go as far as Maduro had in equating Chavez’s death to that of late Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yassir Arafat, who some believe died by poisoning at the hands of Israel.

A cabinet meeting chaired by the president declared Wednesday a day of mourning in Iran, the state television website said. During Chavez’s tenure Venezuela became increasingly close with the Islamic Republic with Chavez making 13 visits to Iran between 1999 and his death on Tuesday. Ahmadinejad has made six visits to Venezuela since 2005.Hmmmm.......Countdown to announcing Chavez died from same 'disease' as Arafat?Read the full story here.