SOLDIER ALLEGEDLY SPOKE OF FRIENDLY FIRE FRIENDS SAY `RELIGIOUS WAR' UPSET MUSLIM ASAN AKBAR

From: The Boston Globe | Date: March 31, 2003| Author: Glen Johnson, Globe Staff | Copyright information

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - When Ihsan Bagby, who advised Islamic soldiers stationed here, heard that a Muslim soldier, Asan Akbar, was accused of rolling grenades and spraying gunfire into his superiors' tents, killing two and wounding 14, he was more saddened than shocked.

Bagby knew what it took to practice the Islamic faith in the US Army. With their prayer regimen, special diet, and strictures against alcohol, Muslim soldiers can become isolated in an institution that relies on conformit...

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