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One man's defiance inspires a region to stand up to the Taliban
ZANGABAD, Afghanistan — The uprising began in early February with a Taliban commander's knock on the door of Hajji Abdul Wudood. The militant leader demanded that Wudood, a stout, weathered man of 60, surrender one of his eight sons, who was...
Tags: Afghanistan, Corruption, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts
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Army staff sergeant to plead guilty to killing Afghan civilians
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians last year plans to plead guilty to the killings next week, his attorney said Wednesday. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales hopes to avoid the...Tags: Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Army staff sergeant to plead guilty in Afghanistan massacre
SEATTLE — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has agreed to plead guilty to the killing of 16 Afghan civilians who were shot to death in their homes outside a U.S. Army outpost in a violent rampage his lawyers have said was brought on by stress fueled with...Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Army, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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10 Things to know for today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. U.S. TRACKING TELEPHONE RECORDS OF MILLIONS A top secret court order required one of the nation's largest telecommunications companies to give...Tags: National Security Agency, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Major League Baseball, Michael Jackson
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Soldier accused Afghan massacre describes killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty Wednesday then described shooting each victim, telling a military judge he has asked...
Tags: Afghanistan, Death Penalty, Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Prosecution
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Bales on Afghan village massacre: 'Sir, I intended to kill them'
The U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in two villages pleaded guilty Wednesday in a move expected to spare him from the death penalty. And when a military judge asked Robert Bales, 39, why he slaughtered the men, women...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, Prosecution, U.S. Army
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US soldier confesses to Afghan massacre
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. One by one, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales named each of the 16 Afghan civilians he slaughtered last year. But the Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier could not explain why he turned his weapon on sleeping women and children. "I'...Tags: Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Prosecution
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AP: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre
SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first...
Tags: Afghanistan, Death Penalty, Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Soldado EEUU acusado matar afganos llega a acuerdo para evitar pena muerte: abogada
ReutersPor Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE, EEUU, 29 mayo (Reuters) - Un soldado estadounidense acusado de matar a 16 civiles afganos el año pasado durante dos tiroteos ocurridos tras dejar su puesto de seguridad, alcanzó un acuerdo con la fiscalía para evitar la...Tags: Dwayne Johnson
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Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Afghan corpses
A Marine who urinated on the corpses of Taliban fighters in a video seen worldwide pleaded guilty Wednesday to several charges at a court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola admitted desecrating the remains and posing with the...Tags: Afghanistan, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Camp Lejeune (military base), Armed Conflicts
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Bales defers entering plea in Afghan massacre case
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers in Afghanistan, deferred entering a plea when he appeared Thursday morning for his arraignment at a hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle. A veteran of three tours in Iraq before...Tags: Afghanistan, Justice System, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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