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Topic: Army prosecutors seek death penalty for Sgt. Bales |
Army prosecutors seek death penalty for Sgt. Bales
CBS News/Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/13/2012 5:02:28 PM
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| JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage, saying that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales committed "heinous and despicable crimes."Prosecutors made their closing arguments after a week of testimony in the preliminary hearing. Prosecutors say Bales, 39, slipped away from his remote base at Camp Belambay in southern Afghanistan to attack two villages early on March 11. Among the dead were nine children.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
FunOne, 11/13/2012 5:15:40 PM (No. 9012107)
Eight months after the event, the Army prosecutors seek the death penalty for Sgt. Bales.
I recall that in 2009 (Three years ago) we had a Major Nidal Malik Hasan kill a bunch of US soldiers at Fort Hood. How is that prosecuting coming along?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Coy860, 11/13/2012 5:19:35 PM (No. 9012119)
Our soldiers are suffering from multiple deployments, stinking rules of engagement, offered a medal for NOT firing their weapon.(it´s called some kind of retraint) medal. PTSD is being ignored because we need boots on the ground. Let the man off on the grounds of temporary insanity. Our troops are not getting the medical/counseling services they need.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
nimby, 11/13/2012 5:19:48 PM (No. 9012120)
Fort Hood shooter FIRST!!Why hasn´t he been sent to the gallows yet?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 11/13/2012 5:32:45 PM (No. 9012145)
Kikk Amerucans and get a fine and a reprimand...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
broken01, 11/13/2012 6:14:52 PM (No. 9012237)
Gee whiz this was quick. I have a quuestion for the brain dead upper chain of command of the US Army. What is taking the frying of Nidal Hasan the butcher of Fort Hood so long? Oh I see it is the briar patch on his face. Well according to military regs soliders must be clean shaven at all times. So pin the mutt down and shave him if you have to. Until his sorry tail is made to pay for his terrorist act I don´t want to hear about Bales.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
john56, 11/13/2012 6:35:02 PM (No. 9012271)
#1 and others ...the stinkin Army lawyers are still arguing about what brand of shaving cream to use with Hasan.
Lord knows when they might get around to the death penalty.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 11/13/2012 6:54:38 PM (No. 9012308)
What happened to that black-muslim sgt who fragged a bunch of officers in Kuwait in the buildup to the war?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/13/2012 7:30:42 PM (No. 9012373)
Major Hasan, Please, pretty please, shave your beard.......
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
hamrman, 11/13/2012 7:32:33 PM (No. 9012376)
Are we asking the same for Major Hussan???
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bobn.t, 11/13/2012 7:34:53 PM (No. 9012384)
Maj Hasan is a musbro to 0bama (butt-hole buddies). He´s never be subjected to a death penalty.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
gracepmc, 11/13/2012 8:18:37 PM (No. 9012449)
Obama´s army.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Aindyin, 11/13/2012 8:25:40 PM (No. 9012456)
So this guy gets death but the muslim major doesnt, wow just wow.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Libertygal, 11/14/2012 2:12:02 AM (No. 9012862)
Fort Hood shooter will never get the death penalty because Obama has to sign the death warrant. Think about it, and you very smart people will figure it out. Muslims cannot kill each other...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 11/14/2012 4:12:29 AM (No. 9012916)
Now you know why the military ranks are being purged.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 11/14/2012 5:00:50 AM (No. 9012939)
This is the problem with the all volunteer army. After a tour of duty these guys come home with PTS and after six months they are reactivated and sent back. This continues until they are half crazy.
My son in law was a medic in Vietnam. It was only a year but after he married my daughter PTS showed up big time. For awhile he was an alcoholic. The trauma has never really gone away and all these years later still bothers him. He has to keep a tight hold on himself because any little thing can throw him into a rage. He is never a little bit angry or "put out". A small slight is met with the same rage as a major sin. Thank God, he is not violent. But it´s tough on him and on us.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 11/14/2012 5:04:55 AM (No. 9012940)
Forgive second post. I have to add that my husband had the same thing, from another war of course. It was a major problem in our marriage. He also was subject to unreasonable rages. Once he lifted his hand to me and I went into such a cold controlled rage of my own he later told me, "I thought you might kill me." He never did it again.
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