'We Have Won!!!' Terrorist who killed 13 at Fort Hood Army Base congratulates Taliban from death row and says he's delighted Biden is open to dialogue with extremist group
A former Army major turned terrorist who shot 13 dead at Fort Hood has congratulated the Taliban from his cell on death row and revealed his joy at Joe Biden's 'willingness to engage' with the extremist group.
'We Have Won!!!' wrote Nidal Hasan, 51, in a statement provided to Fox News by his attorney, retired Army Col. John Galligan.
'All-Praises be to All-Mighty Allah! Congratulations on your victory over those who hate for the Laws of All-Mighty God to be supreme on the land,' Hasan, who committed the massacre in 2009, wrote from Fort Leavenworth Prison in Kansas, where he's serving a life sentence after jurors recommended the death penalty back in August 2013.
Hasan's attorney specifically mentioned the Biden Administration when citing his client's response to the White House's lax policy towards the Taliban.
He said: 'I believe he is pleased to see that the Biden Administration is now seemingly willing to engage with the Taliban as de facto government in Afghanistan.
'The letter from my client Major Nidal Hasan does not come as any surprise – it reflects the deeply held convictions he has for his Islamic faith and his perceived value of Sharia Law,' Galligan told Fox News in a statement on Wednesday.
'I pray to Allah that He helps you implement Shariah Law fully, correctly, and fairly.'
Shariah refers to a strict interpretation of Islamic law, with women forced to wear burqas, oftentimes from head-to-toe, and schools for girls banned.
Pictured: Maj. Nidal Hasan, the US Army doctor admitted to the shooting deaths of 13 people and the wounding of 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas, United States on November 5th 2009
The gunman convicted of murder in the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has since been sentenced to death
'We must learn from the nations of the past and not let our wretchedness overcome us thus earning His (God's) wrath,' Hasan continued. 'It is to All-Mighty God we give thanks!'
Hasan was a former American Army Major and Medical Corps psychiatrist when he shot and killed 13 people and injured over 30 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009.
Hasan's attorney added insult to injury while mocking the president for his disastrous handling of the Afghanistan situation.
'While Major Hasan has not changed his opinions about the Taliban, it would appear President Biden has done a complete about-face,' Galligan quipped.
SWAT team members converge on a building where a lone gunman went on a shooting spree November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas
The main gate at the US Army post at Fort Hood, Texas near Killeen is pictured
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden is in 'no rush' to recognize the Taliban government, but she didn't close the door on the possibility pending 'what steps they take next.'
'There's no rush to recognition, and that will be planned dependent on what steps the Taliban takes,' White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
'The world will be watching whether they allow for American citizens, whether they allow individuals to leave who want to, and how they treat women and girls around the country.'
Sgt. Anthony Sills, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base. Their 3-year old son was in daycare on the base, which was in lock-down following the mass shooting
US Army first responders use a table as a stretcher to transport a wounded soldier to an awaiting ambulance at Fort Hood, November 5, 2009
Pictured: Taliban soldiers poses for photograph in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday
Biden stuck to the August 31 deadline for the full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan despite criticisms over leaving Americans and Afghan allies behind.
Just days before the deadline was up on August 26, an ISIS-K suicide attacker detonated an explosive outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, killing 13 US service members in the middle of Biden's chaotic evacuation effort.
At least 170 Afghans were also slaughtered in the blast.
Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times by Hasan in the mass shooting, including a grazing bullet to the head, offered a surprisingly forgiving take after hearing of the convicted terrorist's message to the Taliban.
'My response to him, personally, is I give all my praises to my God who taught me to be a forgiving person,' Lunsford said in a letter sent to Fox News.
'Allah is not the one who still has him taking in oxygen right now. Allah is not the one who spared his life. Allah is not the one who stopped me from wrapping my hands around his neck when I was less than three feet away from him in the court room.'
