[Vaquero]

execute the scum.

[nevergore]

Kill'em...

NeverGore :^)

[68skylark]

Premeditation is the central issue in the court-martial of Akbar, 33, who confessed several times....

I've read this several times and I don't understand why premeditation is the central issue.

Yes, the prosecutors are required to show premeditation in order to get a death sentence for murder.

But they aren't required to prove premeditation in order to get a death sentence for assaulting a superior officer. And they aren't required to prove premeditation in order to get a death sentence for "misbehavior of a sentinel or lookout." (For that matter, they also aren't required to prove premeditation in order to get a death sentence for the charge of trying to aid the enemy.)

Since all these other charges seem to fit, why are we arguing about premeditation?

[armymarinemom]

"He was basically a failure as a soldier," Brookhart said. He noted that as the 101st Airborne Division awaited orders to invade Iraq in spring 2003, Akbar was panicked by talk among his colleagues about their plans to kill Iraqis and rape women.

This defense attorney keeps throwing this line out there. I do wish that if he fails to prove statements such as this that he himself would be brought up on charges of slander. Is he only taking the word of a person that he states is unstable while stating that our troops planned on raping women? Enough is enough. If guilty his client deserves a HANO jump.

The 101st was the assigned unit of one of my sons when he changed his MOS to blackhawk mechanic. I know a lot of our troops with the 101st. They are a fine group of soldiers who just wouldn't even think about doing such a thing. Boy did this make my blood boil!

[Airborne1986]

"He also developed a sleep disorder and sometimes fell asleep while standing up."

That is a defense? It actually sounds like a useful skill. There have been many formations, ceremonies and parent/teacher conferences that I have had to attend where I would have really liked to have been able to grab a few winks on the sly.

[Terabitten]

I expect this guy to get Danny Deever.

[Spruce]

Why was this POS not shot the second they caught him?

[68skylark]

Here's a look at the perp:

[68skylark]

"He was basically a failure as a soldier," Brookhart said.

Then how did he make it to E-5?

[SittinYonder]

Fourteen soldiers were wounded by the grenades or when Akbar opened fire with a rifle in the ensuing chaos.

Light him up.

[LongElegantLegs]

He noted that as the 101st Airborne Division awaited orders to invade Iraq in spring 2003, Akbar was panicked by talk among his colleagues about their plans to kill Iraqis and rape women.

Hang on...I just rolled my eyes so far, I'm going to have to go find them.

Frikkin' IDIOT. /Napoleon

[sgtbono2002]

They wont have any trouble finding volunteers for this guys firing squad.

[La Enchiladita]

Two years and one month after the murders, the trial begins...

"Akbar" is the worst lowlife that ever blighted the earth. Anything less than the death penalty would be another nail in the coffin of America. I'm outraged that he wears the uniform to the trial, to reminisce (to the renewed pain of fallen heroes' family members and surviving soldiers) how he plotted and lay in wait to turn traitor and blow up two of the finest human beings to ever grace the earth.

[JDoutrider]

"with his lawyer trying to stave off a possible death sentence by arguing that his client was mentally ill."

That's a given...Any fool who believes in the death cult of islam is mentally ill...