Hearing in military slayings today -- Soldier is accused in grenade attack at outpost in Kuwait

By JAMES MALONEand MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER
The Courier-Journal

Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, accused in a fatal grenade attack in Kuwait, is scheduled to go before a military hearing today at Fort Knox to face charges that could lead to his execution. Akbar, 32, is one of the few enlisted men ever accused of the premeditated murder of an officer in a combat area, and the case has drawn considerable interest in the armed forces.