U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty In 2012 Afghan Shooting Rampage
The United States soldier charged with the murder of 16 Afghan villagers entered a guilty plea on Wednesday during a court hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.Staff Sgt.
View ArticleAmerican Soldier Pleads Guilty In Afghan Massacre
Army Sgt. Robert Bales pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime massacre. Audie Cornish talks with NPR's Martin Kaste, who listened to Sgt. Bales recount the killings at a...
View ArticleSoldier Who Admitted To Massacre Hears From Afghan Survivors
Details of the massacre of 16 Afghans by a U.S. soldier last spring are emerging in a courtroom near Tacoma, Wash., where survivors of that attack traveled to confront Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
View ArticleU.S. Soldier Sentenced To Life In Afghan Village Attacks
A military jury has sentenced Robert Bales, the U.S. Army staff sergeant who admitted to killing 16 Afghan civilians in 2012, to life in prison without parole.
View ArticleThought Of 'Flames Of Hell' For Sgt. Bales Comforts Afghans
It was jarring for survivors and witnesses of the 2012 attack by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales on two villages in Afghanistan to come to the U.S. to testify at his trial this month, translator...
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