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How Ottawa abandoned an Afghan activist who received death threats for working with Canadian 'infidels'

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:19:52 GMT

Source: www.newsxs.com --- Saturday, June 08, 2013
National Post : CA : Fifteen months after her superior at a Canadian government-funded rights institute in Afghanistan told her to flee to India, Adela Mohseni still fears for her life ...

U.S. Soldier Guilty Of Afghan Killing Spree To Be Spared Death

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:15:17 GMT

Source: www.geostrategicforecasting.com --- Thursday, June 06, 2013
June 06, 2013 by RFE/RL A U.S. military judge has accepted the guilty plea of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales for the premeditated murders of 16 unarmed Afghan civilians last year, including many women and children. Approval of the deal means Bales no longer faces the threat of being sentenced to death over the March Read More ...

World › Afghan fury as U.S. 'massacre' soldier escapes death penalty

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:00:36 GMT

Source: www.japantoday.com --- Thursday, June 06, 2013
Survivors and victims' relatives on Thursday voiced fury that the U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan villagers last year would escape the death penalty after pleading guilty. Sergeant Robert Bales admitted 16 counts of murder in a packed courtroom in Washington state on Wednesday over the killings in March 2012… ...

Afghan fury as US ‘massacre’ soldier escapes death

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:33:21 GMT

Source: www.dailynewsegypt.com --- Thursday, June 06, 2013
US soldier Sergeant Robert Bales massacred 16 Afghan villagers last year The post Afghan fury as US ‘massacre’ soldier escapes death appeared first on Daily News Egypt. This is a content summary only. Visit Daily News Egypt portal for more! ...

Sgt. Bales Avoids Death Penalty By Pleading Guilty To Afghan Attack

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:16:31 GMT

Source: www.npr.org --- Thursday, June 06, 2013
Sgt. Robert Bales told a military court on Wednesday that he killed 16 Afghan villagers during a late-night rampage last year. His admission is part of a plea deal that will likely allow Bales to escape the death penalty. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us ...

Sgt. Bale Avoids Death Penalty By Pleading Guilty To Afghan Attack

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Afghan massacre soldier escapes death

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:20:20 GMT

Source: blog.occupol.org --- Wednesday, June 05, 2013
“In accordance with your plea of guilty this court martial finds you… guilty of all remaining charges,” judge Colonel Jeffery Nance said on Wednesday. The judge ordered that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who admitted 16 counts of premeditated murder over the massacre in southern Afghanistan in March 2012, should spend the rest of his life behind bars without eligibility for parole. Bales pleaded guilty to “horrible” massacre in return for escaping the death penalty. “I formed the intent to kill and then did kill by shooting with a firearm and burning her,” he read from a statement, which detailed each murder in the Article source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/05/307395/Afghan-massacre-soldier-escapes-death/>PTV ...

US soldier who murdered 16 Afghan civilians to escape death penalty

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:58:06 GMT

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk --- Wednesday, June 05, 2013
An America soldier who murdered 16 Afghan villagers during nighttime raids will escape the death penalty after a US military judge accepted his guilty plea. ...

Lewis-McChord soldier to avoid death penalty in Afghan massacre

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:19:53 GMT

Source: www.komonews.com --- Wednesday, June 05, 2013
An American soldier will avoid the death penalty for killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year, after a military judge accepted his guilty pleas in the case Wednesday. ...

SSgt Bales will plead guilty to Afghan killings, hope to avoid death penalty

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:13:55 GMT

Source: www.coachisright.com --- Saturday, June 01, 2013
by Jim Emerson, staff writer In a plea agreement revealed on Thursday, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has agreed to plead guilty to the killing of 16 Afghan Civilians last year. Bales hopes to avoid the death penalty with the deal. The plea hearing is set for June 5 th and the deal has yet to be accepted by the presiding judge. Army prosecutors are seeking the death penalty and from the beginning, Afghan citizens have demanded that Bales be executed. They see the plea deal as breaking a promise. (1) The deal requires SSgt Bales to present a full account of the murders he committed and prove to the presiding judge that he clearly understands the consequences of the charges against him and of the plea deal. (2) There is no guarantee that the deal will be accepted by the court-martial justice, though at the time of this writing it has been accepted by the Joint Base Lewis-McChord commanding general. The deal is simple, the Army forgoes the death penalty and Bales will plead guilty. Sentencing-phase Trial If the plea deal is accepted the sentencing hearing will be scheduled for September. According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice the mandatory minimum punishment is a life sentence. SSgt Bales would be eligible for parole if he receives that sentence, however, due to the nature of the crime it is likely that the Sargent will receive life without the possibility of parole. Currently there are five service members on death row and the ...

Soldier Accused Of Massacring Afghan Village Pleads Guilty To Avoid Death Penalty

Thu, 30 May 2013 10:04:16 GMT

Source: deadlinelive.info --- Thursday, May 30, 2013
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U.S. soldier charged in Afghan massacre to plead guilty to avoid death

Thu, 30 May 2013 07:09:28 GMT

Source: boards.620wdae.com --- Thursday, May 30, 2013
The U.S. Army staff sergeant charged with killing 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first time, his attorney told The Associated Press. Robert Bales was âcrazedâ and âbrokenâ when he slipped away from his southern Afghanistan outpost in March 2012 and attacked mud-walled compounds in two sleeping villages nearby, lawyer John Henry Browne said Wednesday. But his clientâs mental state didnât rise to the level of a legal insanity defence, Browne said. The Army had been trying to have Bales executed, and Afghan villagers have demanded it. In interviews with the AP last month, relatives of the victims became outraged at the notion Bales might escape the death penalty. âFor this one thing, we would kill 100 American soldiers,â vowed Mohammed Wazir, who had 11 family members killed that night, including his mother and 2-year-old daughter. Most of the victims were women and children, and some of the bodies were piled and burned. The killings drew such angry protests that the U.S. temporarily halted combat operations in Afghanistan. It was three weeks before U.S. investigators could reach the crime scenes. Any plea deal must be approved by the judge as well as the commanding general at the U.S. base where Bales is being held. A plea hearing is set for June 5, said Lt. Col. Gary Da ...

AP Exclusive: Lawyer says soldier charged in Afghan massacre will plead guilty to avoid death

Thu, 30 May 2013 06:02:15 GMT

Source: www.startribune.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers to issue guilty plea to avoid death penalty

Thu, 30 May 2013 04:04:54 GMT

Source: www.radioaustralia.net.au --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last year will plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, his lawyers have said. ...

Bales may avoid death penalty for Afghan massacre

Thu, 30 May 2013 03:22:18 GMT

Source: www.allvoices.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reportedly will avoid the death penalty for the massacre of 16 Afghans and the wounding of seven others. Bales' lawyer told The Associated Press his client will plead guilty to murder to avoid the death... ...

US soldier to admit Afghan killings to escape death

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:09:00 GMT

Source: en.starafrica.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last year will plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, his lawyers said. Sergeant Robert Bales faces charges including 16 counts of murder, six of attempted murder and seven of assault over the massacre in southern Afghanistan in March last year. Seventeen of the [...] The post US soldier to admit Afghan killings to escape death appeared first on News - StarAfrica.com . ...

U.S. soldier to confess to Afghan civilian massacre to avoid death penalty

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:00:52 GMT

Source: www.rawstory.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last year will plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, his lawyer said. Sergeant Robert Bales is due to face a court-martial in September on charges including 16 counts of murder, six of attempted murder and seven of assault over... ...

Report: Army sergeant agrees to plead guilty to avoid death penalty in killing of Afghan villagers

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:23:00 GMT

Source: fayobserver.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers during one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty, his lawyer said Wednesday. ...

Soldier Accused of Slaughtering Afghan Villagers Will Not Face Death Penalty

Wed, 29 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Source: reason.com --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages from his Army post last year has reached a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday. Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq andAfghanistan, is accused of gunning down villagers, mostly women and children, in attacks on their family compounds in Kandahar province in March 2012. ...

US soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians to plead guilty to avoid death penalty

Wed, 29 May 2013 22:29:55 GMT

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk --- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The US Army staff sergeant charged with killing 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty. ...