U.S. Army sergeant pleads guilty to murdering 16 Afghan civilians <http://www.reuters.com/> Description: ReutersReuters 4 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan
civilians in cold blood last year pleaded guilty on Wednesday to
premeditated murder and other charges under a deal with military prosecutors
to avoid the death penalty.
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in
Iraq and Afghanistan, is accused of roaming off his Army post in the Afghan
province of Kandahar last March and gunning down unarmed villagers, mostly
women and children, in attacks on their family compounds.
The shootings marked the worst case of civilian slaughter blamed on a rogue
U.S. soldier since the Vietnam War and further eroded strained U.S.-Afghan
relations after more than a decade of conflict in that country.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Paul
Thomasch)
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