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| June 22, 2003 | Ford, Glen | COPYRIGHT 2003 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"Mama, when I get over there I have the feeling they are going to arrest me just because of the name that I have carried." That's how Quran Bilal remembers a parting conversation with her son, 31-year-old Sgt. Hasan Karim Akbar, now facing double murder charges in the "fragging" of three 101st Airborne (Assault) Division command tents in Kuwait in the early days of the Iraq invasion.

To date, we are told only that Sgt. Akbar had exhibited "attitude problems" and been "acting insubordinate" after the division's deployment to Kuwait from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in February, leading superiors to hold him in the rear while elements of his unit set out for Baghdad. ...

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