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| US soldier (Staff Sgt Robert Bales) exchanging pleasantries |
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| Corpse of Afghanistan civilians Staff Sgt Robert Bales killed indiscriminately |
The name of the U.S. soldier accused in last weekend's killing of Afghan civilians is Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
Bales, 38, was deployed to Afghanistan in December with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Tacoma, Wash., the officials said.
"It's a tragedy,” Gen. David Rodriguez, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, said at the base, home to about 37,000 Army and 6,000 Air Force personnel. “Everyone knows this doesn't reflect our standards or values, nor does it reflect the soldiers that perform here and overseas. They are shocked, just as we are.”
He decided to make his career the military, after 911" said his civilian attorney, John Henry Browne, who spoke to Bales on Thursday night.
He decided to make his career the military, after 911" said his civilian attorney, John Henry Browne, who spoke to Bales on Thursday night.
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