The wife of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales spoke out publicly for the first time yesterday, albeit in a written statement released through her attorney. Karilyn Bales called the murder of 16 Afghan civilians- most of whom were women and children - a "terrible and heartbreaking tragedy." Her husband is accused of the massacre.
While the tone of Bales' statement is deeply empathetic for the victims, it also speaks of continuing love ...
The U.S. military plans to charge Staff Sgt. Robert Bales today with 17 counts of murder, and six counts of attempted murder, according to the Associated Press. Bales is accused of leaving his base in Afghanistan on March 11, killing Afghan civilians (nine of whom were children) as they slept in their villages, then burning some of their bodies.
Bales is currently imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The U.S. Army has confirmed reports that the American soldier accused of massacring 16 Afghan civilians is Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. Bales, 38, is now in an isolated prison cell at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, where he is expected to have his first in-person meeting today with attorney John Henry Browne, according to the Associated Press.
Browne is not a military lawyer, but is a well-known criminal defense attorney ...
The Associated Press is reporting the U.S. Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who's accused of murdering 16 Afghan villagers in a bloody massacre.
The military gave Bales, 39, a pretrial hearing last month which resulted into today's announcement that Bales would face court-martial.
According to the A.P.:
Prosecutors said Bales left his remote base in southern Afghanistan early on March ...
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who now stands accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians, was under investigation for fraud when he joined the Army, according to ABC News. The network reports Bales was a stockbroker before he joined the Army, when an elderly couple claimed he bilked them out of their life savings.
The National Association of Securities Dealers ordered Bales to pay $1.4 million in damages in a 2003 ...
The wife of accused murderer Staff Sgt. Robert Bales appeared on the NBC television show "Today" this morning. It is Karilyn Bales' only television appearance since her husband was accused of murdering nine children and eight adults as they slept in their Afghan villages on March 11. Bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder.
Karilyn Bales said on "Today" of her husband ...
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales spent the evening on his remote outpost in southern Afghanistan with fellow soldiers, watching a movie about revenge killings, sharing whiskey from a plastic bottle and discussing an attack that cost one of their friends his leg.
Within hours, a prosecutor said Monday, a cape-wearing Bales embarked on a killing spree of his own, slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians before returning to the base in predawn darkness ...
The U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in March was transferred Monday to an Army base in Washington state, where he faces a pretrial hearing Nov. 5.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales arrived late Monday afternoon at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and was being held in pretrial confinement, Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield confirmed. Bales was transferred from a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Bales faces 16 counts of ...
Several news outlets, including Fox News and NBC News, have identified the U.S. soldier accused of killed 16 Afghan civilians as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
Fox News reports three unnamed military sources confirmed Bales as the alleged shooter. Bales is now headed to the military's only maximum security prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Bales, 38, is originally from Ohio but has been stationed at Washington state's Joint ...
Soldier accused of murdering 17 Afghan villagers will face 'sanity board' - The Seattle Times "Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be examined in spring by an Army panel of doctors to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial on charges of murdering 17 Afghan villagers, according to an Army official briefed on the case."
Soldiers at war in fog of psychotropic drugs - Los Angeles Times "In a small but ...
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, is testifying today before the House Armed Services Committee about the future of our military's mission in Afghanistan and the recent massacre of 16 Afghan civilians allegedly perpetrated by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.
Acting Under Secretary of Defense/Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Miller testified earlier this morning. Click ...
An Army brigadier general will face charges of sodomy and sex crimes next month in a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for him to be put on trial, Fort Bragg officials said Thursday.
The Article 32 hearing for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair will be Nov. 5 at the sprawling post that is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, a statement said. Sinclair was deputy commander ...
11 suicide vests found at Afghan military HQ - CBS News "A major terrorist plot targeting Afghan soldiers was uncovered Monday at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Kabul, an official at the Ministry has confirmed to CBS News."
US sheds light on 17th Afghan victim in shooting rampage - Tribune Washington Bureau "The 17th victim of a shooting rampage in Afghanistan was identified after investigators arrived at the scene, the top ...
