Sergeant's Lawyers Seek to Relocate Trial

[Champ]

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Lawyers for an Army sergeant accused in a fatal grenade attack on his fellow soldiers in the opening days of the Iraq war asked Monday that the trial be moved or that jurors be chosen from another branch of the military.

"This offense received worldwide coverage," said Capt. David Coombs, one of the lawyers for Sgt. Hasan Akbar. "Any Army member who heard this had a visceral response."

Defense lawyers also complained that everyone in the pool of potential Army jurors outranks Akbar, whose court-martial is set to begin July 12.

Akbar, 32, is charged with two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder for the March 23, 2003, attack in Kuwait on a group of fellow 101st Airborne Division soldiers and others. Two people were killed and 14 were wounded.
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[zbdent]

1. Hmm, if we could dig up a few old messages from freepers

we would see the mentality of the people who decided to play "The 10,000 Anus Pyramid" at Abu Grhaib (sp?) prison.

Remember, according to the patriotic draft dodgers, there are no liberals in the military, so all of these heinous acts surely are being done by dittoheads and freepers.