Palestinian Mohamed Hasan, watch news about his cousin US army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who shot dead 13 people in a US Army base in Texas, at his family house in the West Bank town of Al-Bireh on November 6, 2009. A stunned nation battled to understand today why the Palestinian immigrant Muslim army psychiatrist snapped, mowing down 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounding 30 others in a trail of bloodshed. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Palestinian Mohamed Hasan, watch news about his cousin US army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who shot dead 13 people in a US Army base in Texas, at his family house in the West Bank town of Al-Bireh on November 6, 2009. A stunned nation battled to understand today why the Palestinian immigrant Muslim army psychiatrist snapped, mowing down 12 soldiers and one civilian and wounding 30 others in a trail of bloodshed.

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