An Army Sergeant's Ties to Saudi Arabia

(National Review) Joel Mowbray - Asan Akbar is the black Muslim Army sergeant who killed two and wounded 14 of his fellow soldiers when he hurled a grenade into a tent in Kuwait. Akbar spent a lot of time during his formative years at the Saudi-funded Bilal Islamic Center in south central Los Angeles, according to the center's imam, Abdul Karim Hasan. In college in 1989 at the University of California at Davis, Akbar spent much time at the Islamic Center of Davis, home to the UC-Davis chapter of the Muslim Students Association, a Saudi-created and -funded national organization with branches on campuses across the country.


2003-04-04 00:00:00

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