ASSOCIATED PRESS / AUGUST 2011
Testimony: U.S. soldier knew he killed Afghans
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. Bales made a mid-massacre confession, asked for help bleaching his blood-stained clothing and deliberately destroyed his laptop computer, fellow soldiers have testified.