US to broadcast Nidal Hasan's firing-squad execution live
October 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM · Updated 7d ago
10 reports · 6 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 13 hours
وسط انتقادات لخطة البث.. جيه دي فانس لن يشاهد إعدام نضال حسن
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Watch: Can the Fort Hood shooter's execution be livestreamed?
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JD Vance casts doubt on firing squad execution and says he will not watch it
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ترامب: نضال مالك حسن يستحق الإعدام رميًا بالرصاص
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‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
(opens the publisher’s site)رغم موافقة ترامب.. خطة إعدام نضال حسن علنًا تثير خلافًا بين الكونجرس والبنتاجون
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US to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution: Is that legal?
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من مجزرة فورت هود إلى البث المباشر.. من هو نضال حسن؟
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إعدام نضال حسن على الهواء بأمر البنتاجون.. سيناتور: هل أصبحنا مثل داعش؟
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وزير الدفاع الأمريكي يعلن عن بث تنفيذ الإعدام بحق نضال حسن على الهواء مباشرة
(opens the publisher’s site)Defense Secretary Hegseth announced the December 3 live broadcast of Nidal Hasan's execution, the first public execution in the US in nearly a century.
- Hegseth announced the execution of Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, will be broadcast live on December 3.
- President Trump approved the Pentagon's recommendation for the execution, a Pentagon spokesman said.
- A military jury sentenced Hasan to death in 2013 on 45 counts including premeditated murder.
- Lunsford, wounded in the 2009 attack, said he supports the firing squad but opposes a universal live broadcast.
- The December 3 execution will be the first US military execution since 1961.
- The Army had prepared lethal injection but changed plans after Trump opted for the firing squad.
- Legal experts, rights groups, and politicians criticized the livestream, saying it violates international law, endangers minors, and could provoke further violence.
- Senators Thom Tillis and Patty Murray urged the Pentagon to cancel the broadcast, calling the plan 'disgusting'.
- Hillary Clinton, UN officials, and UK minister Bridget Phillipson condemned the plan as barbaric and disturbing.
- The firing-squad execution would be the US military's first since 1945, according to reports.
- Trump told reporters Friday that Hasan deserves execution by firing squad, calling him 'insane' and backing the death penalty.
- Vice President JD Vance said he does not know whether the execution will proceed and will not watch it if livestreamed.