Afghanistan massacre suspect named as Sgt Robert Bales

BBC ^ | 16MAR12 | N/A

[Future Snake Eater]

Senior US officials told the BBC the name of the suspect as he was heading back to the US to face charges. He is being flown to Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas, from Kuwait. His lawyer, John Henry Browne, said on Thursday that the suspect was a 38-year-old man who had been injured twice while serving in Iraq. He also said the accused had witnessed his friend's leg blown off the day before the killings. That incident has not been confirmed by the US Army. The Taliban called off peace talks in the wake of Sunday's deadly rampage - in which men, women and children were shot and killed at close range. The US has stressed it remained committed to Afghan reconciliation. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has also reacted angrily to the killings. He told the US it must pull back its troops from village areas and allow Afghan security forces to take the lead in an effort to reduce civilian deaths. On Friday he said the US was not fully co-operating with a probe into the killings.

[bigheadfred]

Thanks for the ping, girlene. Normally you know me as the shy, quiet type...

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Now maybe I’ll read this article.

[Steve Newton]

DONE

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[Selene]

NBC just reported where the wife and children are located some information on where she works! This was the lead story.

[Randy Larsen]

Thanks for the ping!

Now I’m pssd of all over!

[davetex]

All I can think of is to pray for Sgt Bales and his family.

I have a cousin that did 2 tours in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan as an EOD team leader. The stories are chilling to say the least. Four tours after getting blown up several times is just too dam much to ask of any human.

The current administration is to blame for this. You just can’t keep sending soldiers in to that kind of situation.

My heart goes out to Sgt Bales and his family. I will try to do everything in my control to support him and his family.

Please keep us posted on anything he needs.

God Bless him and his family.

[Steve Newton]

AARRRGHGHGHGH

[quickquiver]

We are there to make sure the heroin supply isn’t interrupted, and to keep the rare earth metals there out of the hands of the rest of the world. China effectively has cornered the market. When we withdraw and lose there, it will be the disaster from hell. The Afhgans will have defeated the Great Satan and 0bomber will receive his payment from the Chinese The stone age will return and China will be tempted to annihilate the remnants and/or will use cash to secure that monopoly they have.

[Finatic]

Sgt Bales and his family will certainly be in my prayers.

[SaraJohnson]

I get the impression from the few communications we have received that indeed our troops are fighting with their hands tied behind their backs compliments of the socialist turncoat in the Oval Office.

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My older brother, who fought in VN, told me this happened to them. The elite were overly in love with the enemy (rino “bipartisan” was the deal of his day) and did not give a rat’s patooie about the Americans. The elite were treasonous in his eyes. He told me not to ever trust them in a war. He came home from VN when I was in grade school and did not tell me about what happened until I was in high school. :(

He has passed away. I am glad he’s not here to see the “progress” they have made in betraying the constitution while they betray the soldiers in a different war with a communist Muslim in the White House! That is the blessing of him dying young, I guess. There is one less airport agent with his nose bone connected to his throat bone.

[Drew68]

The first words out of my mouth when I heard about this incident were,”He snapped,he just plain snapped”.

Same here. And the details that are now slowly trickling out are only confirming this. He should've never been sent to Afghanistan. He had already performed his duty and paid for it. It was time to send someone else.

The Army dropped the ball.

[AppyPappy]

I’m confused. Did he kill children or is that a media fabrication?

[Lancey Howard]

Anyone hearing anything else about this incident?

Not yet, but this one has a long, long way to go. How could nobody at that Afghanistan base have seen this coming? The answer is that it's not possible. Some people let this guy down.

[Steve Newton]

God bless your brother

A PATRIOT!

[quickquiver]

How about SeeBS broadcasting a picture around the world of the Navy Seal that helped the Missouri basketball team condition this preseason. That can’t be right.

[TwoSwords]

Thanks so much for your service. The descriptions of his actions aren’t passing the smell test with me. Children, half-assed attempts to burn the bodies?
Your description shows someone who would’ve done damage in much more effective ways if even if he lost positive control.
Anything’s possible but this seems like a set-up to make leaving Afghanistan a priority and engender support to leave. Just mho.

[jveritas]

Oh please and the stupid conspiracy theories. Yeah China a nation of slaves and slave laborers controlled by evil communists is going to take over the world... stop the insanity and all the doom and gloom we are finished crap...

[xzins]

From the article: He also said the accused had witnessed his friend's leg blown off the day before the killings

The plot thickens, Lancey. Remember the little girl from Haditha who said they were waiting for the IED to blow?

It will be interesting to find out if the village attacked is also the same area in which the friend's leg allegedly was blown off.

Who was the lieutenant who had to catch and release an insurgent he was certain was the killer of some of his troops? As I recall the Lt ended up charged, but the killer ended up dead.

As always, you were right. These things bear watching and interpreting.

[Velveeta]

Is Tim effing McGirk the “journalist” on this “massacre” as well?

Something’s rotten in Denmark....

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Thank you for your service and for this most important post.

I work with veterans of these wars at the VA. When I first heard the story my first thought was of PTSD and the multiple deployments. The American people have NO-NO-NO clue what these brave men are and have gone through. Most people have no idea of TBI, PTSD and what the effects/problems are.

Heck, most Americans have NO clue what war is.

I am heartbroken for this man and he and his family need our prayers...and when the time comes our loud and strong support of him. ..our loud and strong denunciation of the anti-military Liberals that created this monstorous multiple deployments, lack of care for our veterans and then, maligning the good and strong.

Where the hell are all the anti-war protestors when the military gets cut, when there are these tragedies? F...g phonies they are!

I also hope there is a fund started for a “dream team” of attorneys and support for his family.

I am just so angry and so sad.

[sport]

My heart goes out for him. I will close with that. If I said one tenth of what I felt about the bastards that inflicted the imposter that currently occupies the White House on him and me I would probably get banned.