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Charges expected this week in Afghan killings
March 22, 2012
March 22, 2012
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Last Updated 1:31 p.m. ET[/i]
(CBS/AP) Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage that has frayed ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan, is meeting for the first time with his attorney Monday at the Fort Leavenworth, Kan., military prison where he is being held in solitary confinement.
CBS News has learned that Sgt. Bales is to be charged in those killings this week.
Observers expect a long legal process and a court-martial is likely, reports CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker.
New revelations about Sgt. Robert Bales' past
Sgt. Bales' past put under
(CBS/AP) Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage that has frayed ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan, is meeting for the first time with his attorney Monday at the Fort Leavenworth, Kan., military prison where he is being held in solitary confinement.
CBS News has learned that Sgt. Bales is to be charged in those killings this week.
Observers expect a long legal process and a court-martial is likely, reports CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker.
New revelations about Sgt. Robert Bales' past
Sgt. Bales' past put under
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