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I go this from the Skynews website.
As a former US serviceman, I can almost guarantee you that he will be executed.
The US military takes a dim view of this sort of thing during peace time, but in wartime it is the death penalty just for insubordination. They will make a fast example of this guy.
US: ATTACK FROM WITHIN
An American soldier has died in a grenade attack carried out by another US serviceman at a military camp in Kuwait.
Sixteen troops were also injured when the soldier, thought to be a Muslim, lobbed three grenades into tents housing commanding officers from the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Pennsylvania.
Sky correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who is in the camp, said the first grenade was rolled into the first tent, where the commanding officer Colonel Ben Hodges was based, but not did not go off.
But two other grenades thrown into tents where the unit's majors and captains sleep did explode, injuring Col Hodges as he ran out of the first tent.
Ramsay watched as the suspect, an engineer from the 327th infantry assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, was held.
"It appears he was hiding in a bunker near where the attacks happened," Ramsay said.
"As the man who carried out the attack moved away there was some shooting. He was shot in the leg.
The grenades were rolled into three tents
He was held on the ground less than 100 yards from where the attack happened."
Ramsay said the soldier had been guarding a grenades depot at the time.
He said fears about the soldier's behaviour had been raised by colleagues.
"In recent days they were concerned about his behaviour and were not going to send him up to the front when the soldiers were going to be deployed."
It is not clear whether the soldier, who Ramsay said would have been in the Gulf for some weeks, had planned the attack before being deployed.
"To be honest we just do not know," Ramsay said.
"Talking to other soldiers, it could be that he was disgruntled. They said he had been acting 'weird' for days."
Eleven soldiers who were seriously hurt were flown out of the camp by helicopter.
It was initially thought two Kuwaiti nationals were involved but it quickly became clear it was just one American soldier.
Ramsay said a criminal investigation is now being carried out.
Iraqi soldiers launched a Scud missile attack during the incident, but it is not known whether they are linked. The Scud was shot down by Patriot missile.
Last Updated: 05:36 UK, Sunday March 23, 2003
As a former US serviceman, I can almost guarantee you that he will be executed.
The US military takes a dim view of this sort of thing during peace time, but in wartime it is the death penalty just for insubordination. They will make a fast example of this guy.
US: ATTACK FROM WITHIN
An American soldier has died in a grenade attack carried out by another US serviceman at a military camp in Kuwait.
Sixteen troops were also injured when the soldier, thought to be a Muslim, lobbed three grenades into tents housing commanding officers from the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Pennsylvania.
Sky correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who is in the camp, said the first grenade was rolled into the first tent, where the commanding officer Colonel Ben Hodges was based, but not did not go off.
But two other grenades thrown into tents where the unit's majors and captains sleep did explode, injuring Col Hodges as he ran out of the first tent.
Ramsay watched as the suspect, an engineer from the 327th infantry assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, was held.
"It appears he was hiding in a bunker near where the attacks happened," Ramsay said.
"As the man who carried out the attack moved away there was some shooting. He was shot in the leg.
The grenades were rolled into three tents
He was held on the ground less than 100 yards from where the attack happened."
Ramsay said the soldier had been guarding a grenades depot at the time.
He said fears about the soldier's behaviour had been raised by colleagues.
"In recent days they were concerned about his behaviour and were not going to send him up to the front when the soldiers were going to be deployed."
It is not clear whether the soldier, who Ramsay said would have been in the Gulf for some weeks, had planned the attack before being deployed.
"To be honest we just do not know," Ramsay said.
"Talking to other soldiers, it could be that he was disgruntled. They said he had been acting 'weird' for days."
Eleven soldiers who were seriously hurt were flown out of the camp by helicopter.
It was initially thought two Kuwaiti nationals were involved but it quickly became clear it was just one American soldier.
Ramsay said a criminal investigation is now being carried out.
Iraqi soldiers launched a Scud missile attack during the incident, but it is not known whether they are linked. The Scud was shot down by Patriot missile.
Last Updated: 05:36 UK, Sunday March 23, 2003
