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On 23 March 2003, the US military suffered its first wartime \u201cfragging\u201d incident since Vietnam.\u00a0 On that date <\/span>Hasan Karim Akbar \u2013 then a soldier assigned to A Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Infantry Division \u2013 conducted a grenade and firearms attack on fellows soldiers at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n To execute his attack, Akbar first disabled a generator to disrupt lighting during the early morning hours while most troops were asleep. He then threw four grenades stolen from supply into three sleeping tents. In the resulting confusion,\u00a0 he fired at other US troops with his assigned weapon.<\/p>\n Akbar’s attack killed two US personnel \u2013 CPT Christopher S. Seifert, 101st Airborne, and Maj. Gregory L. Stone, 124th Air Operations Squadron, who was attached to the 101st Airborne at the time.\u00a0 <\/span>Fourteen other US personnel were wounded.<\/p>\n Akbar was apprehended after the attack.\u00a0 <\/span>He was tried by court-martial and found guilty of premeditated murder in April 2005.\u00a0 During his court-martial, he attacked and injured an MP escorting him to the latrine with a smuggled sharp object.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Akbar was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death.\u00a0 <\/span>His case was automatically appealed to the Court of Military Appeals, which heard his appeal in 2012.\u00a0 <\/span>A decision on his appeal is still pending.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Rest in peace, Maj. Stone and CPT Seifert.\u00a0 <\/span>You\u2019re not forgotten<\/a>.<\/p>\n And as for you, Akbar: it may take a while, but I\u2019m guessing that your days are indeed numbered.\u00a0 I’m also guessing that you won\u2019t<\/em> die of old age.<\/p>\n I recommend you start making your preparations to meet Shaytan.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"