Family Security Matters » Publications » Fort Hood: The Largest ‘Terror Act’ Since 9/11

Family Security Matters » Publications » Fort Hood: The Largest ‘Terror Act’ Since 9/11: "The Fort Hood killings, perpetrated by Major Malik Nadal Hasan, a psychiatric doctor by training, no matter what the judiciary reports will conclude is, for now, the largest single Terror act in America since 9/11. This quantitative finding will take into consideration dramatic change in the data released by authorities. However the most important matter now is not to fail in our analysis of the motives. This is not an issue of sheer frustration because of foreign policy or revenge for racist slurs, nor this is an issue of simply being a Muslim American or a member of any faith. This is an issue of radicalization of individuals by an extremist ideology, Jjhadism, which fuels acts of terror. And the main question should be, when did Hasan radicalize and who indoctrinated him? Everything else will fall in place once we have these answers. Moreover, this would allow us to detect other potential terror acts that may be in the making.

The shooting inside a U.S. military installation that led to the killing of many personnel compels us to ponder. Over the past few years and months authorities have stopped attempts on similar attacks. The Fort Dix jihadi plot, dismantled in 2006, aimed at performing a killing of military personnel inside the base. Other cells, dismantled in Georgia, New York and North Carolina also had plans for attacking military installations on US soil. But more importantly a number of lone wolves have also expressed intentions to attack military personnel."