Trump approved the military’s 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?

October 6, 2026 · 1:33 am 4 sources

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Coverage

Wires & papers of record

• Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
  The Guardian · October 6, 2026 01:33
  Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in Texas Donald Trump has approved the execution by US army firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, chief Pentagon spokesperson…
• Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad, in first since World War Two
  BBC News · October 6, 2026 02:22
  The execution of Nidal Malik Hasan will be the first military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since the end of World War Two.

Coverage

• Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan
  Al Jazeera · October 6, 2026 07:23
  Pentagon confirms execution order for Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 in Fort Hood shooting in 2009.
• Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad: All to know
  Al Jazeera · October 6, 2026 10:21
  The US Army is averse to capital punishment and has not carried out an execution in decades.