to be charged with actions related to attacks on fellow US soldiers. He was charged for a bomb plot, not terrorism, as he acted alone and was not part of a terrorist organization. In 2003 at the start of the Iraq War, Sgt. Hasan Karim Akbar killed two officers and wounded 14 soldiers of the 101st Airborne in a fragging: a grenade and shooting attack at their base in Kuwait. Such incidents were rare in the Iraq War but frequent by aggrieved troops during the Vietnam War. The November 2009 shooting incident at Fort Hood, by the US Army psychiatrist, Nidal Malik Hasan, has been characterized by the Department of Defense as "workplace violence" pending the major's court-martial. The U.S. Attorney in the Abdo case, Robert Pitman, compared the AWOL soldier's plot to mass murders in 2012 by two other American men: shootings "at a movie theatre near Denver and a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee. 'In the wake of the tragic events in Colorado and Wisconsin, this is yet another reminder that there are those among us who would use or plan to use violence to advance their twisted agenda,' Pitman said." References External links Spaetzel, Nicole. "Case 45: Abdo." In: Mueller, John (editor, from Ohio State University). The American Cases. March 14, 2014. 1990 births Living people American Muslims American conscientious objectors Fort Hood United States Army soldiers American people of Jordanian descent American people convicted of attempted murder American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment People from Garland, Texas Child pornography Inmates of ADX Florence Criminals from Texas 21st-century American criminals Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States federal government