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  • Family: Army's grenade attacker 'driven to it'

    03/25/2003 1:36:34 PM PST · by bolobaby · 111 replies · 368+ views
    ABC News ^ | 03/25/03 | ABC News
    Attitude Problem? Family: Soldier Accused in Grenade Attack Troubled Over Race & Religion Issues March 25 — U.S. Army Sgt. Asan Akbar, the soldier being detained in connection with a grenade attack on his fellow soldiers, told his family members that he encountered racism as an African-American and a Muslim in the armed services. His stepfather, William Bilal, who was once married to Akbar's mother, Quran Bilal, said that his stepson was resentful toward the military and had complained several years ago that it was difficult for a black man "to make rank" in the military. "Asan was pushed to...