Posted on 04/14/2005 1:39:11 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
(FORT BRAGG) - A sergeant on trial for a grenade attack at an Army camp in the Kuwait desert days before the Iraq invasion wrote in his diary before he was deployed about killing fellow soldiers.
An FBI agent read four passages from Sergeant Hasan Akbar's computer diary Thursday.
Akbar wrote about making the choice to kill Iraqis, whom he called his Muslim brothers, or "my battle buddies."
He said in one passage that if the Army left him at Fort Campbell and didn't try to humiliate him, he wouldn't do anything.
But the passage ended by saying that if he was sent to Iraq, he would "try to kill as many of them as possible."
Akbar is charged with two counts of first degree murder and is eligible for a death sentence.
Prosecutors said the diary entries show he planned to kill soldiers and that his actions warrant a death sentence.
BTW, I use the term frag as based on other articles. It does not appear in the dictionary so I asked beloved (No longer free State) and he said it was " I believe it originally was used in reference to troops trying to kill their own commanders with fragmentation grenades". So you decide if it fits.
PINGing those that wanted my updates.
> " I believe it originally was used in reference to troops trying to kill their own commanders with fragmentation grenades".
Yup. Via Viet Nam.
Akbar deserves death. His own writings show he had enemy sympathies, and his actions were meant to harm the effectiveness of his division. In short, he's a traitor and should die a traitor's death.
Sounds like Akbar is going down. Good.
Here's a general question for anyone: Is the incidence of "fragging" in Vietnam something that is genuinely well-documented, of is this possibly another case of anti-war myth-making?
Thanks for posting. Had forgotten about him recently. Sounds like the court martial is ongoing. Any idea what the context of the FBI agent is? Why would the FBI have any involvement? Any idea what stage the trial is in? Thanks
UPDATE PING on those following this most important military trial.
Oh he deserves the stiffist sentence there is. I suppose I might be the only one feels that this trial should have been covered with cameras but I do understand why.
It is open to the public though.
He should have been tried at Cambpell. As someone who has be stationed there for several years, they deserved to be the ones sitting in judgement of this POS.
Forgive my colorful terms.
Sounds like he would have simply found another reason to kill Americans even if he hadn't been sent to Iraq.
So will he be stood against a wall or face a noose?
I would call them appropriate.
How he even made it into the Army is a mystery to me. I heard somewhere there was a call from some congressmoron to recruit more muslimes into the military....can anyone confirm that or not?
BTTT....IMHO the POS is quite fitting!
> Is the incidence of "fragging" in Vietnam something that is genuinely well-documented
No idea. However, growing up with Vietnam vets, you get the impression that it was a real concern for officers smart enough to recognize it and bad enough to deserve it.
Viet Nam *was* a bad war that did bad things to people. For many soldiers and Marines. it was virtually nonstop combat for a year or more... that'll mess with ya. And then you dump a Lt. on 'em who doesn't know which end the bullets come out, and has too much ego to ask the Sarge's advice when nobody else is listening... it's a recipe for disaster.
I was with the 298th Sig in Quang Tri in 1971.Eating mess at lunch time we heard a loud explosion. Everyone ran outside to find a hooch with the door(a piece of plywood)with about 200 holes in it.That wasn`t really a fragging though,the bros got themselves when they set off the trap themselves.
Darwin award winners
New thread Ping from Former Military Chick
I pulled the first two to the top, because I found these articles most riveting and sad. It reminds you of the great loss to the military, to the families, to the friends to our country this POS created when he murdered his fellow military members.
I say members, because one was Air Force and one was Army.
Thanks as always to those who comment, it is a real joy to have wonderful discussion as this trial creeps along.
6/19/03 - VIDEO TESTIMONY VS. 'FRAGGING' SARGE Posted by kattracks
6.17.03 - Officers Describe Kuwait Grenade Attack (Akbar on trial) Posted by mhking
04/12/2005 Witnesses Describe Kuwait Grenade Attack (Day Two of Trial) Posted by 68skylark
04/12/2005 - Army sergeant goes on trial in grenade attack Posted by Dubya
April 12, 2005 - Lawyers: Army Attacker Mentally Ill Posted by stm
04/11/2005 - Trial Begins for G.I. Blamed for Killing Officers [SGT Hasan Akbar -- new details about his defense] Posted by 68skylark
March 30, 2005 Accused fragger [Sgt. Hasan Akbar] scuffles with MP escort Posted by 68skylark
3/30/05 - Soldier accused in deadly Kuwait attack tried to overpower guards, authorities say Posted by TexKat
Dec. 03, 2004 - POST-ATTACK CONFESSION OK'D IN COURT-MARTIAL (MUSLIM SERGEANT KILLS OUR TROOPS AND IS STILL ALIVE!) Posted by JesseHousman
August 25, 2004 - Court-Martial Of Sgt. Hasan Akbar Delayed Posted by Former Military Chick
August 24, 2004 - Muslim fragger's trial near: Political hearing promised for Hasan Akbar Posted by JohnHuang2
March 1, 2004 - Wheels of justice are delayed by war (Accused soldier, families wait for decision on court-martial) Posted by SLB
One final comment. I have pulled the names from previous threads on this topic, in the event folks have missed articles on this horrific event. If you wish not to be updated, kindly send a note, I shall do all in my power to remove your name from future threads.
I hit my post tab to hard, it posted twice, I am terribly sorry.
First thank you. I am very angry about this man who killed our fellow military folks.
His background is well unstable at best. Frankly does he even know who he is. When I read comments from his mother, well how the hell do I know she is in fact his mother.
I know you marry and add a name. It just all sit's with a bitter pill to me.
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