Sgt. Asan Akbar
In yesterday’s Best of The Web (the blog of James Taranto from the Wall Street Journal Online) there was a story about Sgt. Asan Akbar, the guy who lobbed grenades into the tent of his comrades in Iraq. Apparently he was upset about the war in Iraq. Here is a Mr. Taranto’s description of the letter the Wall Street Journal received and Mr. Taranto’s Reaction:
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, we received a curious e-mail from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, sent at 2:29 a.m. EST, which reads as follows:
–The troubling report of a U.S. soldier launching grenades into tents of his own brigade in Kuwait has disturbed all Americans.
A suspect has been apprehended and according to preliminary reports acted alone. This soldier should be subjected to a military court of justice and must now bear the consequences of his seditious act if he is found guilty of committing this crime.
We warn against exploiting this incident and making sweeping generalizations about others of the same race, ethnicity, or religion of the suspect.
We find no excuses, or acceptable motives, that can justify such a reprehensible act.–
We shall follow the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s warning and not mention Akbar’s religion. (If you must know, it’s in the Reuters story.) Suffice it to say that it seems unlikely the guys at the Muslim Public Affairs Council would be up at all hours fretting about the incident if the culprit were, say, a Mormon.
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fdsa,
You’re a weiner.
JM
Comment by Jeremy — May 6, 2004 @ 4:58 pm