The fate of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the American soldier who allegedly murdered nine children and seven adults in March 2012 in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan, may be up to President Obama.
Afghan officials say that one of Robert Bales's 16 victims was a pregnant woman, possibly explaining why the military has charged Bales with 17 murders. Meanwhile, Bales's wife Kari, in an interview with the Today show this morning, said she isn't convinced Bales was even involved.
Victims of the Afghanistan shooting spree were each presented with compensation yesterday, and told it "comes from President Obama."
The man charged with killing 17 Afghan civilians made two trips in the early morning hours, according to a U.S. government investigation. He spent the hour in between at the army base.
An unnamed U.S. official says that Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will be formally charged on Friday with 17 counts of murder for his late night attack on an Afghanistan village on March 11.
The aftermath of last week's killing of 16 Afghans has prompted a flurry of speculation into the mind of 38-year old U.S. combat staff sergeant Robert Bales. In particular, the injuries to it.
The notion that Afghan shooting suspect Staff Sgt. Robert Bales had troubles at home has been vaguely espoused since last week, but on Tuesday the exact nature of at least some of his domestic woes became clearer: Bales owes millions for a fraud settlement and two underwater homes.
The media is struggling to understand who Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is, and why he allegedly shot 16 Afghan civilians. However, the details being held up as insights into a troubled mind are just descriptions of Army life.
From everyday Afghans to the Taliban insurgency to the highest elected officials, accusations that the U.S. covered-up the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians have gone mainstream in Afghanistan.
As the military prepares its case against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, a picture continues to emerge of the man as a model soldier and loving husband pushed to the brink by a fourth tour of duty.
A picture is emerging of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 38, as a decorated soldier and family man reluctantly on his fourth deployment to a war zone in the Middle East.
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