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Lawyers: Soldier Charged In Grenade Attack Because He Is Muslim
| That could be true, I suppose. But his victims are dead because they weren't Muslims... |
A military judge will reconsider 42 defense motions in the case of a soldier charged in a grenade attack on fellow troops in Kuwait. The March 2003 attack killed an Air Force major and an Army captain -- and injured 14 members of the 101st Airborne Division. A new judge today said he would review the rulings by a previous judge who has been transferred to duty in Korea. That first judge refused defense requests to move the trial, rule out a death sentence and to sequester the military jury when the trial starts. Defense lawyers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have said there were no witnesses to the attack and Sergeant Hasan Akbar was accused because he is Muslim. Akbar's trial is scheduled to start in October. He faces two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-08-03 |
