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.
We could starve him...the courts have found that to be acceptable.
I think this guy just complicated his defense a tad bit.
If you ask me, I think he done went and messed with the wrong group of people. Just mho.
Why is this accursed POS still using valuable oxygen? He should have been hanged the night they caught his putrid ass.
He overpowered his guards. Were any of them 50 year old grandmas from Atlanta?
In that Johnnie Cochran is deceased, the accused will not not be arguing that it was his duty as a POW to escape.
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.
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.
Hang him and he'll never have sleep problems again....
Just hand him off the the Navy and have him thrown overboard in the South Atlantic.
Yes...and it would be a peaceful death. /sarcasm
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...
This is my old unit. Just leave him in the barracks and justice will be done.
He's upset because the war liberated the Iraqis, instead of the raping and murdering that waste of earth predicted.
The English used to know what to do and how to do it. See Kipling, "Danny Deever". It should be the example.
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.
I wonder if Akbar, "Fell" while being re-apprehended, possibly severely hurting himself in the process.
God I hope so
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!
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