The Hasan Akbar attack in Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait has important commonality with this Major Hasan tragedy in that both have proximity to deployment to the war theatre.

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Also awaiting execution is Hasan Akbar, for a hand grenade attack in Kuwait near the beginning of the Iraq war that killed two officers and injured 14 soldiers.

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Robert Foster, who was wounded in the hip during the attack, reported Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" -- Arabic for "God is great" -- which Islamic terrorists have used as a battle cry.

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