Robert Bales
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Robert Bales pleads guilty to Afghan massacre, avoids death penalty
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Robert Bales, the American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last March, pleaded guilty Wednesday to avoid the death penalty.
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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces death penalty in 16 slayings
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Prosecutors said Robert Bales left his remote base in southern Afghanistan early on March 11, attacked one village, returned to the base, and then slipped away again to attack another nearby compound.
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Afghan shooting rampage costs U.S. $50,000 per person
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The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Karilyn Bales says charges against husband 'unbelievable'
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Karilyn Bales says she finds the charges that her husband killed 17 Afghan villagers "unbelievable."
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Robert Bales shooting: Afghan families paid for deaths injuries
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American military officials held a ceremony in Kandahar on Sunday, during which the U.S. paid relatives several thousand dollars for each person killed or injured during the March 11 shooting spree, the Wall Street Journal says.
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Sgt. Robert Bales charged in Afghan massacre, could face death penalty
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Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been formally charged with the murder of 17 Afghan civilians, including nine children, during a shooting rampage near a U.S. military base earlier this month.
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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales: Afghan shooter to face murder charges
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Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused in the massacre of several Afghan civilians, is expected to be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages.
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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales: Lawyer meets Afghan killings suspect
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The lawyer for Robert Bales says his client remembers very little or nothing from the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.
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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales: Lawyer prepares to meet Afghan killings suspect
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As a clearer image of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, emerges, the lead attorney for his case will hold a face-to-face meeting with him Monday.
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