American Sniper Killer - Eddie Ray Routh - GUILTY of first degree murder

From NBC:

A Texas jury has found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of murder in the killings of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield. The jury announced its verdict at around 9:20 p.m. local time (10:20 p.m. E.T.) at a Stephenville courthouse. 

They were given the case at 6:36 p.m. local time (7:36 p.m. E.T.). Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, and Routh was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. 

"We just want to say that we've waited two years for God to get justice for us on behalf of our son and as always God has proved to be faithful, and we're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight," Littlefield's mother, Judy Littlefield, told reporters after the verdict was read. 

Routh, 27, admitted to killing both men at the shooting range of Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, southwest of Dallas, on Feb. 2, 2013. Routh pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to capital murder. 

His attorneys have said Routh, a former Marine corporal who served in Iraq but not in a combat role, was in the grip of a medically diagnosed psychosis at the time of the killings. 

Prosecutors said that Routh was drinking and smoking marijuana on the morning of the crime. They argued that he was paranoid because he was high, and that he was angry about living with his parents, relationship problems, money and his job — then exploded after he believed Kyle and Littlefield snubbed him. 

Experts for the prosecution have testified that Routh knew what he was doing was wrong when he killed the two men. 

Earlier Tuesday, jurors heard a recording in which Routh told a reporter nearly four months after the killings that, "It tore my (expletive) heart out what I did. I don't know why I did it, but I did it." 

Routh, speaking to a reporter from The New Yorker magazine on May 31, 2013, also said, "I feel so (expletive) about it. I guess you live and learn, you know."

Unless you are Chris Kyle, I guess.

Chris Kyle Murderer, Eddie Ray Routh is a Muslim?

Nice Beard

From Shoebat:

When we evaluate cases for potential Muslim terrorists, we always look for physical signs like a trimmed mustache and a beard that is lesser trimmed. And when it comes to a crime that was committed, we look at who the victims are. 

In the story on Eddie Routh who murdered Chris Kyle, there are signs of concern, especially the facial hair, it does match the profile of a convert. Also, Routh was a prison guard over Muslim terrorists at Bilad Airbase in Baghdad in 2007. 

He never served in battle, but spent most of his time looking and talking to Muslims in jail. 

He could have likely interacted with the inmates and got converted; prison has a higher conversion rate than any mosque. 

Also, why would he kill a Navy seal who was known to have killed so many terrorists? 

Although there needs to be more investigations to prove that Routh converted to Islam, the possibilities are there. After all, there could be a motive to kill Kyle who became a wanted man for the Sunni insurgents he was targeting, had a price put on his head and was dubbed the Shaitan – devil – of Ramadi. 

That plus Kyle was an ‘Islamophobe’ who was open about his rightful hatred for Islam and the Quran. This makes him wanted. Examining his killer gives also clues. 

“During a phone call with his father, Routh expressed sympathy for the detainees and discontent over how the US was conducting the war as well as his reluctance to engage in combat” and “While working as a guard at Balad Air Base, Routh laments his [Muslim] prisoners’ poor living conditions”. 

What the media says that Routh had Post Traumatic Disorder is simply untrue. 

According to The Warfighter Foundation: 

“Eddie Routh served one tour in Iraq in 2007, at Balad Air Base (the 2nd largest U.S. installation in Iraq), with no significant events. No combat experience. Let me say that again, he NEVER SAW COMBAT or any aspect of traumatic events associated with a combat deployment (i.e. incoming mortar or rocket fire). He never left the base, EVER.” 

The Warfighter Foundation, a nonprofit veterans group, filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain information about Routh’s service record. It was through the information they received that the group discovered Routh had not experienced any type of combat. 

“[Routh] held a non-combat arms occupation of 2111 (Small Arms Repairer/ Technician or more commonly referred to as an Armorer),” the group reported. 

“Balad Air Base had a Pizza Hut, 24 hour Burger King, Subway, Popeye’s, Baskin Robbins, movie theater, and even a miniature golf course. It even had a strictly enforced 10 mile per hour speed limit!” 

So what is all this hoopla about him having PTSD?

From Ask the Imam:

Question

I want to know the following Masaail;
(1) Is it obligatory to keep the beard n what is its length?

(2) I heard that a person must grow his beard up to one fist. is it so?
(3) I heard that it is haraam to trim it unless it is more than a fist. is it so?

(4) what is the rule of praying swalaah behind the Imaam who trim his beard and does no let it grow up to a fist after knowing that a fist is waajib to keep.is it permissible to pray behind him while their are others having beard according to the sunnah and they can lead the swalaah ( i mean they can read Quraan properly n they know the masaail of swalah etc)?

(5) Is it permissible to keep such a person as Imaam? 
 

Bayyinou mudallalan wa mufasswlan bit tahqeeq wal yaqeen toujarou. please forward me all details with proof Allah will reward you Mufty saahab in both worlds?

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

1.)    It is not permissible for one to trim the hair along the jawbone unless it exceeds a fistful.Ulama have mentioned that it is wajib (obligatory) to grow the beard at least at fists’ length. The Ulama have deduced this from the following Hadith of the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) mentioned in Bukhari:

   عن ابن عمر: عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال خالفوا المشركين وفروا اللحى وأحفوا الشوارب.

(صحيح البخاري، 7/ 73، الفكر)

The Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) has mentioned: “Oppose the Polytheists; lengthen the beards and trim the mustaches.”(Bukhari)

Was Chris Kyle's Killer a Converted Muslim --- He Claimed to Have PTSD, But Never Saw Combat, Never Even Left The Base ... EVER?

Hmm ...

From Young Conservatives:

New information is surfacing about the man who killed former SEAL Chris Kyle. As the story goes, Chris Kyle took Marine Eddie Ray Routh, who was allegedly suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, to a Texas gun range where he turned the gun on Kyle. 

But according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Routh was never in combat, so it’s unlikely he was suffering from PTSD. 

On their Facebook page, The Warfighter Foundation, wrote that “he NEVER SAW COMBAT or any aspect of traumatic events associated with a combat deployment (i.e. incoming mortar or rocket fire). He never left the base, EVER.” 

Now people are taking a closer look at Routh, and it’s speculated that he might have been an Islamic sympathizer. 

From Truth Revolt: 

What is known. however, is that Routh, while never serving in combat, did work at the Bilad Airbase prison, guarding Muslim terrorists. 

Walid Shoebat, a former radicalized Muslim terrorist and member of the PLO who has since converted to Christianity, believes that because of his past and credentials, he is confident in his deduction that Eddie Routh was in fact becoming a radical Muslim, although there is no proof yet of the conversion.  

Shoebat brings as one proof a phone call Routh had with his father where he expressed sympathy for the detainees he was guarding. 

“During a phone call with his father, Routh expressed sympathy for the detainees and discontent over how the US was conducting the war as well as his reluctance to engage in combat” and “While working as a guard at Balad Air Base, Routh laments his [Muslim] prisoners’ poor living conditions.” 

He continues, “It is a known fact that Routh’s family contacted Kyle about their son’s diminishing mental health. Routh was admitted to inpatient psychiatric treatment prior to the events at Rough Creek Ranch, according to a report from the Daily Mail. 

Routh had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past five months and told authorities that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, police records show.”

From Allen West:

The Warfighter Foundation is a non-profit organization that used the Freedom of Information act to learn more about Routh’s history. “[Routh] held a non-combat arms occupation of 2111 (Small Arms Repairer/ Technician or more commonly referred to as an Armorer),” the group reported. 

“Balad Air Base had a Pizza Hut, 24 hour Burger King, Subway, Popeye’s, Baskin Robbins, movie theater, and even a miniature golf course. It even had a strictly enforced 10 mile per hour speed limit!” 

Shoebat says, “Routh had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past five months and told authorities that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, police records show.” 

However, just saying you have PTSD is also different than actually being diagnosed. 

While Routh may indeed suffered mental problems, PTSD may not have been one of them. 

Nonetheless, the media will continue to focus on PTSD, which further casts doubt on our veterans and weakens our resolve for battle. 

But the last thing the media would ever consider is that Routh could have been a convert to Islam. It’s an interesting and discomfiting theory. 

And then there’s the matter of his beard with trimmed moustache. Of course we can’t engage in profiling, but…