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Soldier accused in deadly Kuwait attack tried to overpower guards, authorities say
AP ^ | 3/30/05

Posted on 03/30/2005 11:48:11 AM PST by TexKat

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A soldier charged in a fatal grenade attack on two officers in Kuwait tried to overpower one of his military guards Wednesday, causing the postponement of a planned pretrial hearing.

Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar turned against one of his military police escorts at Fort Bragg's courts building around 7 a.m., two hours before the scheduled start of the hearing, the Army said in a statement.

"The MPs quickly regained control of Akbar," the statement said. "During the incident both Akbar and one of the MPs suffered injuries and received medical attention."

Further details on the incident were not immediately available.

Akbar, 33, is accused of stealing grenades from a Humvee and using them and a firearm in a March 2003 attack on fellow members of the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, days after the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Army Capt. Christopher Seifert, 27, and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, were killed; 14 other soldiers were injured.

If convicted of two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder, Akbar could get the death penalty.

Akbar's lawyers plan to use an insanity or diminished capacity defense in his trial. They also have said Akbar has sleep apnea and has had problems staying awake at previous pretrial hearings.

The case marks the first time since the Vietnam War that a soldier has been prosecuted for the murder or attempted murder of another soldier during wartime.

The hearing scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled for Friday, post officials said. Jury selection will go on as scheduled April 6. Testimony in the court-martial, which is expected to last four weeks, is due to start April 11.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 101st; akbar; black; camppennsylvania; hasan; hasanakbar; kuwait; religionofpieces; traitor; treason; trop
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To: verity

We could starve him...the courts have found that to be acceptable.

I think this guy just complicated his defense a tad bit.


21 posted on 03/30/2005 12:08:46 PM PST by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: freebilly
Rocket scientist, isn't he....

If you ask me, I think he done went and messed with the wrong group of people. Just mho.

22 posted on 03/30/2005 12:10:01 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: TexKat

Why is this accursed POS still using valuable oxygen? He should have been hanged the night they caught his putrid ass.


23 posted on 03/30/2005 12:11:01 PM PST by Spruce
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To: All

He overpowered his guards. Were any of them 50 year old grandmas from Atlanta?


24 posted on 03/30/2005 12:11:03 PM PST by Deb8
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To: Adder
"I think this guy just complicated his defense a tad bit."

In that Johnnie Cochran is deceased, the accused will not not be arguing that it was his duty as a POW to escape.

25 posted on 03/30/2005 12:11:55 PM PST by verity (A mindset is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: TexKat
My son's bird flew the rescue on this one. Statements by one of the victims is heartbreaking. The whole fragging incident really upset those involved.
26 posted on 03/30/2005 12:14:19 PM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
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To: TexKat; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
PING...
27 posted on 03/30/2005 12:15:42 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: TexKat
Jury selection starts the first week of April.

Jury selection for a court-martial? I'm assuming the reporter doesn't know what he's talking about, because it is really hard to believe that the Army would pass this off to a civilian court even if it were possible.

28 posted on 03/30/2005 12:20:58 PM PST by aBootes
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To: TexKat

29 posted on 03/30/2005 12:21:43 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: TexKat

Akbar - is that a converted or contrived Muslim? He looks to me like he would know what to do with a Sonny's pork sandwich.


30 posted on 03/30/2005 12:26:09 PM PST by sandydipper (Less government is best government!)
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To: TexKat
They also have said Akbar has sleep apnea and has had problems staying awake at previous pretrial hearings

Hang him and he'll never have sleep problems again....

31 posted on 03/30/2005 12:27:04 PM PST by freebilly (Go SC Basketball!)
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To: TexKat

Just hand him off the the Navy and have him thrown overboard in the South Atlantic.


32 posted on 03/30/2005 12:30:59 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Nations do not survive by setting examples for others. Nations survive by making examples of others)
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To: Adder
**We could starve him...the courts have found that to be acceptable. **

Yes...and it would be a peaceful death. /sarcasm

33 posted on 03/30/2005 12:35:28 PM PST by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: sandydipper
He looks to me like he would know what to do with a Sonny's pork sandwich.

I can't speak for everyone here, but I damn sure know what to do with a Sonny's Pork Sammich!

Beans and slaw (no fries)...

Large Sweet-Tea...

sorry, started day-dreaming...

34 posted on 03/30/2005 12:37:54 PM PST by Triggerhippie
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To: TexKat

This is my old unit. Just leave him in the barracks and justice will be done.


35 posted on 03/30/2005 12:42:24 PM PST by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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To: sandydipper

He's upset because the war liberated the Iraqis, instead of the raping and murdering that waste of earth predicted.


36 posted on 03/30/2005 12:43:50 PM PST by Redgirl
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To: TexKat

The English used to know what to do and how to do it. See Kipling, "Danny Deever". It should be the example.


37 posted on 03/30/2005 12:44:06 PM PST by Shisan (The sins ye do by two and two , ye pay for one by one.)
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To: Deb8
Read the story.

He attempted to overpower his guards.

I suspect he got his ass thumped soundly for his efforts.

The United States Army does not use 50 year old grandmas for prisoner escort.

38 posted on 03/30/2005 12:44:16 PM PST by OldSmaj (Jihad this, Islam! Your religion is false and your god is non-existent! Come get me.)
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To: TexKat

I wonder if Akbar, "Fell" while being re-apprehended, possibly severely hurting himself in the process.

God I hope so


39 posted on 03/30/2005 12:45:06 PM PST by Leatherneck_MT (3-7-77 (No that's not a Date))
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To: OldSmaj
The United States Army does not use 50 year old grandmas for prisoner escort.

If they do have 50 year old grandmothers guarding prisoners, it's because Granny beat the living crap out of all the other guards!

Sergeant Major, please accept this (ex) Captain's salute for your service!

40 posted on 03/30/2005 12:51:06 PM PST by MortMan (CON is the opposite of PRO. Is Congress therefore the opposite of progress?)
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