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Home Front: WoT
Lawyers: Soldier Charged In Grenade Attack Because He Is Muslim
2004-08-03
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)

#9  Under military law, couldn't they have just shot him on the spot if they knew he did it? And if so, why the hell didn't they?

That would have sent a bigger message to anybody with similar ideas than a trail a year plus later.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2004-08-03 4:15:53 PM  

#8  of course a muslim did it. any other soldier who held strong anti-war beliefs would have used the system to object, even to the point of serving jail time because of conscientious objection. A muslim, instead, throws a grenade.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-08-03 3:32:44 PM  

#7  They should set him free on base and announce it on loud speakers. I call this 'Natural Selection.'
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)   2004-08-03 2:10:47 PM  

#6  Slight clarification: He threw the grenade because he's Muslim. He's going to be executed because he's a murdering asshole.
Posted by: .com   2004-08-03 2:09:23 PM  

#5  Well, yes, in a sense. He's charged because he fragged US troops. He fragged US troops because he's an a$$hole moonbat. Therefore, he is charged because he is a moonbat.
Posted by: BH   2004-08-03 2:07:00 PM  

#4  I say that we release Sgt. Akbar so he can team up with O.J. and form an elite crime-fighting duo. They'll specialize in solving murders where it looks really *&#$% obvious who did it.
Posted by: dreadnought   2004-08-03 2:02:29 PM  

#3  Don't forget the anti-malaria medicine angle, counselor. You're gonna need all the excuses you can dredge up.
Posted by: GK   2004-08-03 1:24:41 PM  

#2  Because he's muslim? Well yes, but try murderous muslim son-of-a-b!tch.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-08-03 1:24:01 PM  

#1  Damn! Couldn't see that one coming! Like a bolt from the blue!
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-03 1:07:15 PM  

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