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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 early Wednesday, causing the postponement of a pretrial hearing. Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar turned against one of his military police escorts at Fort Bragg's courts building about 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 were not immediately available. Akbar,...

A judge ruled that a sergeant's admission that he rolled grenades into his colleagues' tent will be allowed in his court-martial, which has been delayed until April. FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Sgt. Hasan Akbar's statement acknowledging he rolled grenades into the tents of sleeping U.S. soldiers will be admissible when he goes on trial in the attack that killed two officers, a judge ruled Thursday. But the judge excluded statements Akbar made to two sergeants who guarded him after the attack, saying Akbar had not yet been informed of his legal rights. Defense attorneys also succeeded in getting a nearly...