Child witnesses to Afghan massacre say Robert Bales was not alone

[awakejupiter]

Here are two versions of what happened the night of March 11, when 17 Afghan villagers were shot to death.

First, the Army version: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, troubled by marriage woes, drunkenly left Camp Belambai, 12 miles from Kandahar, with a pistol and an automatic rifle and killed six people as they slept. Bales then returned to the base and

Comments

[sassalicious]

I don't find it hard to believe. Things like this have happened before in war...My Lai comes to mind.

[luminescnece]

10 points to your house for knowledge of military atrocity.

[sassalicious]

Why thank you. One of my majors in college was southeast Asian studies and I lived in the region/Vietnam for just over 2 years. The Vietnamese Wars are quite fascinating to me.

[laja_89]

Have you read Rumors of War???

[sassalicious]

No, but I think I've heard of it. Refresh me.

[laja_89]

Written by Philip Caputo. He was a Marine Corps lieutenant in Vietnam. He talks about the marine corps mentality, what war does to people, it's all about his experience in vietnam and his court martial.

[sassalicious]

Adding it to my list! Thanks!

[blackflamerose]

Or the antics of Tiger Force...::hometown newspaper won a Pulitzer exposing them::