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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. Defense official said.

The charges are expected to be announced on Friday. Bales was flown out of Afghanistan last week and is being held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The civilian deaths, which included women and children, strained already-tense U.S.-Afghan relations and intensified a debate about whether to pull American troops ahead of their planned 2014 withdrawal. Ref. CNN

Bales Robert Sgt Staff

Well this Staff Sgt. Robert Bales really messed things up for our soldiers in Afghanistan, they'll be even more hated and attacked than ever before.

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U.S. Soldier faces hearing in Afghanistan massacre

The U.S. Soldier accused of carrying out one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war is appearing in a courtroom. Ref. Source 1

Bales Robert Sgt Staff

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of Lake Tapps, Wash., charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder in an attack during his fourth deployment on the villages of Balandi and Alkozai, which counted nine children among its victims. Ref. USAToday

Bales Robert Sgt Staff

The Army staff sergeant charged with murdering 16 Afghan villagers during pre-dawn raids last year has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty. An attorney for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales tells the Associated Press that Bales will enter the plea June 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle. Ref. USAToday

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

Sounds like this soldier will be spending a lot of time at the military disciplinary barracks in Ft Leavenworth, Kansas. I think that what he did was bad but also have to wonder if he suffered from PTSD or something else like that that caused him to snap.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales

Soldier to enter plea in Afghanistan massacre

Sgt. Robert Bales to appear at a hearing in 2012 slayings of 16 Afghanistan civilians. Ref. Source 3

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U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Bales, who admitted gunning down 16 civilians in a 2012 rampage in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield with Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Bales pleaded guilty in June to more than 30 criminal charges, including 16 premeditated murder counts. Ref. USAToday