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Report: Hasan urged conscientious objector status for Muslims

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood attack once suggested that Muslim soldiers be allowed to opt out of fighting in wars against other Muslims.

He reportedly told his medical colleagues that allowing them to be released as conscientious objectors would be a way to "decrease adverse events."

The Washington Post says Maj. Nidal Hasan made the recommendation a year and a-half ago in a presentation to senior Army doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center.

The Post obtained a copy of the presentation, in which Hasan said, "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims."

The report comes as the FBI begins an internal review to see whether it mishandled early information about the man accused in last week's rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 29.