Grenade Suspect's Home Searched [Army: U.S. Soldier Acted Out of Resentment in Grenade Attack]

Fox News ^ | Monday, March 24, 2003 | AP

[kallisti]

he paid a visit to the old man of the mountains?

[aristeides]

That's right, just the name is enough to let people know what the real deal is here. They're obviously trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people, but this time they're not going to succeed.

[fivecatsandadog]

Sounds like he and/or his mother have an over-inflated ego, in addition to being incredibly stupid. Did the dumb a. think he wouldn't be noticed?

[SuziQ]

thought the 101st was an elite unit. How did this lowlife troublemaker manage to stay in the unit?

I thought he wasn't a member of the 101st, but was with an Army engineering unit attached to the 101st. His educational background and his going into the Army as an enlisted man whispers "sleeper" to me.

Anyone else know what the deal is with that?

[ravingnutter]

I thought the 101st was an elite unit. How did this lowlife troublemaker manage to stay in the unit?

That was my first reaction when I heard about it, but after checking I found out that he was not in a "Major Unit". According to their website, this guy was under one of the "Separate Division Units" (326th Engineering Battalion) that provides engineering support for the 101st. It is possible, given the double degree, that those degrees may have given him a big edge on getting into the 101st when he enlisted. But being in the Govt. contracting business myself, I do have to ask the same question others have on here about why this guy enlisted when he could have made big bucks in the contracting arena.

[aristeides]

Just heard on WMAL radio in D.C.: Akbar to be court-martialed at Fort Campbell, KY.

[aristeides]

Hopefully the military has now learned the MO, and will look for other such sleepers in its ranks.

[hattend]

Thanks for the clarification....BTTT!

[Salamander]

The ACLU published a paperback specifically designed to "work around" the UCMJ.
I have read it, and if the ACLU chooses to represent him, they *could* get this traitor off the hook via a slew of "emotional stress" technicalities.
Will they do it?
The odds are in his favor, considering the kinds of "cases" they like.
Given that his "emotional state"/race/religion is already being bandied about as an excuse, I don't hold much hope of true military justice being meted out.

There are few "groups" I loathe more than the ACLU.

[Oberon]

The ACLU published a paperback specifically designed to "work around" the UCMJ.

Well, perhaps. I'm guessing it wouldn't amount to much if they kept this guy under the control of the field command, and out of the country. As others have said, however, that's not likely to happen.

I suppose it'll be life in Leavenworth for him, making little rocks out of big ones.

[browardchad]

Wasn't the DC sniper from Baton Rouge?

Yes. According to one of his former Army superiors, John Muhammad also tried a similar stunt with a grenade that didn't explode during Gulf War I. It's not reflected on his Army service record, though, so I guess it was just a little joke. (/sarcasm)

[brydic1]

"A woman who said she is Akbar's mother, Quran Bilal, told The Tennessean of Nashville that she was concerned her son might have been accused because he is a Muslim, adding he was not allowed to participate in the first Gulf War because of his religion."



I have heard many times that he recently converted to
Islam. Now his mother is saying that he was not allowed to participate in the 1st Gulf War because of his muslim religion. Something wrong here. Also I would like to know whether his religion is the Black Muslim religion (all bad) or Islam (mostly bad) and the rationale for giving this baby the middle name, "Fidel".

[hattend]

As Micheal Savage said on his show today...This is potentially the biggest story of the war ("sleepers" in the US military) yet it has dropped off the media airwaves.

Would this story be just as insignificant to the media if the sleeper had been blond hair/blue eyed like Timothy McVeigh?

Good question.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Mark Fidel Kools came to the University of California, Davis, in 1988, school spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said. He was a double major in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, and graduated with a bachelor's degree as Hasan Karim Akbar nine years later, apparently because "he stopped and started several times" with his classes, Lapin said.

WRONG. He had a single major, and in nine years, earned only a single degree from the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department at UC Davis

[newgeezer]

That's interesting. How do you know that's the case?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Click the link. It is the name of a single department that offers a single degree.