62_Kiwi
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This is one of the most disturbing reports I've seen for a while;<br /><br />UPDATE - An American soldier is being held after a grenade attack which injured 13 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait, military officials say. US Central Command, which is running the war on Iraq, said today the attack took place at around 1.30 am (Kuwait time) at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait. <br /><br />Eleven of the wounded were evacuated by helicopters to field hospitals in the area and two were treated at the scene, a US Army statement said. It said the attack was under investigation by the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. <br /><br />"A suspect was taken into custody following the attack on elements of the 101st Airborne Division. The suspect is a soldier assigned to the division," the statement said. <br /><br />Central Command gave no details of the wounded. It did not name the suspect or comment on a possible motive. US broadcaster Fox News said he was a Muslim American and that he had been described as "acting strange" before the attack. <br /><br />A spokesman for the 101st said two grenades had been thrown into a command tent at Camp Pennsylvania, one of the desert bases from where US forces have launched an invasion to try to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. <br /><br />Col Chris Holden, head of a battalion of the 101st Airborne Division at nearby Camp New York, said he had stepped up patrols around his unit after the attack. <br /><br />"When you have someone inside your camp who is dedicated to throwing a grenade inside a tent, there isn't much you can do," Holden told Reuters. <br /><br /> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3251448&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
