charges carry the death penalty

[sfc_darrel]

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - A soldier faces murder charges in a grenade attack at a U.S. camp in Kuwait that killed two officers, the military announced Friday.

The charges against Sgt. Hasan K. Akbar, 32, were filed two days after the March 23 incident at a 101st Airborne Division camp in Kuwait. They were disclosed in a statement from Fort Campbell, home of the 101st.

Akbar is the only person charged in the attack at the command center of the 101st Division's 1st Brigade at Camp Pennsylvania. Fourteen soldiers were wounded. Days later, the 1st Brigade began moving into Iraq.

Akbar is being held at an undisclosed U.S. military facility. Military lawyers assigned to represent Akbar had no comment, the military's statement said.

Dennis Olgin, a retired judge advocate general's corps officer, said the charges carry the death penalty.

Akbar, an American Muslim, told family members he was wary of going to war in Iraq. His mother, Quran Bilal, told The Tennessean of Nashville that she was concerned he might have been accused because he is a Muslim.

Akbar was charged under military law with two counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Akbar was also charged with aggravated arson of an inhabited dwelling and misbehavior as a sentinel while receiving special pay.

[SuperScout]

I think we ought to give the guilty bastard a fair trial, then take him outside and hang him. He is the lowest form of human life, totally bereft of any reason for breathing.