Friday, April 29, 2005

Jury Returns Death Sentence in GI Killings

Jury Returns Death Sentence Against 101st Airborne Soldier Who Attacked Own Troops
A military jury sentenced a soldier to death Thursday for a grenade and rifle attack on his own comrades during the opening days of the Iraq invasion, a barrage that killed two officers and that prosecutors said was driven by religious extremism.Sgt. Hasan Akbar, who gave a brief, barely audible apology hours earlier, stood at attention between his lawyers as the verdict was delivered. He showed no emotion.

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