Posted on 05/26/2004 5:51:12 AM PDT by JesseHousman
FORT BRAGG, N.C.-An Army seargeant accused in a deadly grenade attack on fellow members of the 101st Airborne Division is being sent to Kentucky for a sleep study to address his inability to stay awake during court hearings.
A military prosecutor said Monday that Sgt. Hasan Akbar will be scheduled for the study of his sleep problems, which have been an issue in pretrial hearings.
"He's going to be transferred back to tyhe (Fort) Knox confinement facility," Capt. Rob McGovern said. "So the sleep study will be conducted there."
Col. Patrick Parrish the military mjudge overseeing the case, had to awaken Akbar during a hearing earlier this month.
Akbar,32, is charged with killing two soldiers and wounding 14 others last year in Kuwait during the opeining days of the Iraq war. His court-martial was set to begin July 12.
Civilian defense attorney Wazir Ali Muhammad Al-Haqq said Akbar told him that medication he was given to treat his sleep apnea had been ineffective. The defense has said Akbar's sleep problem will be part of its case at trial.
Apnea is a condition that causes sufferers to periodically stop breathing while asleep and can often make people drowsy in a quiet or monotonous environment.
Defense lawyers also asked the judge to quash a statement by an officer who said Akbar confessed to him the night of the attack. No ruling was made.
Maj. Kyle Warren, intelligence officer for the lst Brigade of the 101st, testified that after the attack, he was told Akbar was missing and that he found him at the edge of the camp with other soldiers, who had taken defensive positions after grenade explosions.
Warren said he didn't read Akbar his rights because a legal officer would have to do that. But he said he restrained the soldier and asked: "Did you bomb a tent? He said: "yes"
Hasan Akbar (convert to Islam) being defended by Wazir Ali Muhammad Al-Haqq! What an insane mockery of military justice!
While he is sleeping, toss him a live grenade!
Looks like the Army is still afraid to open this can of worms! There are more Akbars within the ranks!
My thinking exactly!
Unless they both managed to get The Big Sleep...wouldn't that be a tragedy...sniff, sniff
A flight attendant asked them to move back away from the front of the cabin. Atta screamed, “Allahu Akbar!”
Mohammed had always started every jihad battle with the cry of “Allahu Akbar.” God is great. It had struck fear into the hearts of the unbelievers for 1400 years.
This is from a writer who describes what happened during Mohammed Atta's takeover of the Boeing 767 (taken from the flight recorder) that he flew into one of the World Trade Center towers. The scream, “Allahu Akbar!” , is also what was screamed by the terrorist who removed Berg's head from his body. Isn't it interesting that when the seargent converted to Islam he chose a portion of the chant for his name?
Pleeeeze, tell me this isn't true. This is such hogwash, I can't believe it. I hope my tax dollars aren't going to pay for it.
It's true, Kitty.
In this particular situation, I think the Chinese approach is best.
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