It's 'Unbelievable To Me,' Says Wife Of Army Sgt. Accused In Afghan Killings
Saying that her husband "loves children, he's like a big kid himself," the wife of the U.S. Army soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians on March 11 has told NBC News that the accusations...
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View ArticleStaff Sgt. Bales Case Shows Stigma, Paradox Of PTSD
The case of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier charged with killing 17 Afghan villagers, has led the Army to review how troops are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder. The Pentagon and...
View ArticleAfghan Operation Update
It's been nearly two months since Sgt. Robert Bales was accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians. After that, U.S. forces essentially stopped carrying out operations in the area of the massacre. As a...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Possible In Court Martial Of Army Sgt. Accused Of Afghan Killings
The Army staff sergeant accused in the March 11 murders of 16 Afghan civilians and shooting of six others could be given the death penalty if he's convicted of all the charges officially filed against...
View ArticleSoldier Accused Of Killing Afghan Civilians To Plead Guilty
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The American soldier accused of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan last year plans to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. Lawyers say Staff Sergeant...
View ArticleU.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty In 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...
View ArticleU.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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