Possible Motives
Military officials attributed Akbar's motive to resentment. In a diary entry dated 4 February 2003, Akbar referred to mistreatment by his fellow soldiers:
- "I suppose they want to punk me or just humiliate me. Perhaps they feel that I will not do anything about that. They are right about that. I am not going to do anything about it as long as I stay here. But as soon as I am in Iraq, I am going to try and kill as many of them as possible."
Akbar wrote prior to the attack in a diary for which excerpts were released: "I may not have killed any Muslims, but being in the army is the same thing. I may have to make a choice very soon on who to kill."
Prosecutors alleged that his diary entries and his actions (stealing hand grenades and turning off the generator that lit the camp) showed that the attack was premeditated.
Akbar reportedly said moments after his arrest, "You guys are coming into our countries, and you're going to rape our women and kill our children."
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