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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Believes Accused Soldier Split Killing Spree
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-believes-accused-soldier-split-killing-spree-15994471#.T24uMlzKu30American officials say U.S. investigators now believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again.
This scenario seems to support the U.S. government's assertion contested by some Afghans that the killings were done by one person, since they would have been perpetrated over a longer period of time than assumed when Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was detained March 11.
But it also raises questions about how Bales, who was formally charged with premeditated murder, could have carried out the slaughter without drawing attention from others on the American base in Kandahar province.
The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe is ongoing.
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US Believes Accused Soldier Split Killing Spree (Original Post)
steve2470
Mar 2012
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KG
(28,753 posts)1. i think this sociopath did this to keep from having to go home and face his financial fuck up
Kennah
(14,348 posts)2. It certainly seems to have been a major factor
Given his past financial dealings, he does indeed appear to be a sociopath.
CanonRay
(14,123 posts)3. Aren't the bases guarded by rent-a-soldiers now? Is this one?
You know, Dick Cheney's army of contractors.