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Back|“Recruitment tool for terrorists” – criticism of the planned live execution
“Recruitment tool for terrorists” – criticism of the planned live execution
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Die Welt·1 hour ago·Politics·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

“Recruitment tool for terrorists” – criticism of the planned live execution

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  • US House of Representatives Chairman Mike Johnson expressed concerns about the planned live broadcast of the execution of assassin Nidal Hasan by a military firing squad, saying such footage could be used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.
  • Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for the Fort Hood attack.

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Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for the attack on the Fort Hood military base in Texas, in which he killed 13 people and injured around 30. The planned live broadcast of his execution by a military firing squad would be the first such execution since World War II.

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The chairman of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has expressed reservations about the planned live broadcast of an execution in the USA. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth announced that he would broadcast live the execution of convicted assassin Nidal Hasan by a military firing squad.

"The concern would be that you would produce a video that could serve as a recruiting tool for future terrorists," Johnson told CBS News on Monday. “We need to think carefully about the political implications of all this.”

Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for shooting 13 people and wounding around 30 others at the Fort Hood military base in the US state of Texas. Hasan would be the first person since the end of World War II to be executed by a US military firing squad.

The announcement of the live broadcast sparked outrage internationally and among Democrats and Republicans in the USA. Even President Donald Trump, a vocal supporter of the death penalty, questioned the live broadcast on Friday.

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This article was originally published by Die Welt.

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  • US House of Representatives Chairman Mike Johnson expressed concerns about the planned live broadcast of the execution of assassin Nidal Hasan by a military firing squad, saying such footage could be used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.
  • Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 for the Fort Hood attack.

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