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Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel 'barbaric' execution livestream

Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.

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Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter. A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers are pressing the US government to cancel plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. "We ask the President, our Congressional representatives, and our fellow citizens to act to prevent this barbaric abuse of authority," they wrote in a letter where they also argued the livestream would turn the mass killer into a "martyr". Last week, the Pentagon announced it would publicly show the 3 December execution of Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who shot dead 13 unarmed US military personnel at the Fort Hood military base. Last week President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" approved of the livestream plan, but some administration officials are now leaning against it, according to CBS News, the BBC's US media partner. In the open letter released on Wednesday, the former military leaders, which included 45 generals, 12 admirals and several former judge advocates general, said they did not oppose the death penalty being carried out.

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From the storyLivestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.

will taint the honor ofCollocation

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From the storyLivestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.

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From the storyA group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers are pressing the US government to cancel plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

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From the storyA group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers are pressing the US government to cancel plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.

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From the story"We ask the President, our Congressional representatives, and our fellow citizens to act to prevent this barbaric abuse of authority," they wrote in a letter where they also argued the livestream would turn the mass killer into a "martyr".

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