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  • IMPORTANT UPDATE: Commander: 101st Attack Altered Iraq Plans (convicted murderer Hasan Akbar)

    04/25/2005 10:04:52 AM PDT · by Former Military Chick · 47 replies · 1,448+ views
    Associated Press ^ | April 25, 2005 | ESTES THOMPSON
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A sergeant's attack on his own colleagues in the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait made key planners unavailable just before the invasion of Iraq, a commander testified Monday. ``Everybody knew this would be a big fight,'' Col. Ben Hodges testified Monday at a sentencing hearing for Sgt. Hasan Akbar, convicted in a grenade and rifle attack that killed two soldiers and wounded 14. ``I never dreamed my first casualties would occur inside Camp Pennsylvania and they would be caused by one of my own soldiers.'' Hodges commanded the 101st's 1st Brigade Combat Team and was...