ASSOCIATED PRESS / AUGUST 2011
Prosecutor: U.S. soldier had blood of victims on him
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division participated in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. The preliminary hearing for Bales, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in March, started today, with villagers expected to testify by video from Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan.