"Rogue Soldier"

The plot further sickens.

Residents [near the villages where Staff Sergeant Robert Bales allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians in their homes in the middle of the night] have given similar accounts to both The Associated Press and to Afghan government officials about an alleged bombing in the vicinity, which they said occurred March 7 or 8, and left U.S. troops injured. The residents also said they are convinced that the slayings of the [...] villagers just days later was in retaliation for that bomb.

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[They] say U.S. troops lined them up against a wall after a roadside bombing and told them that they, and even their children, would pay a price for the attack.

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"It looked like they were going to shoot us, and I was very afraid," Khan said. "Then a NATO soldier said through his translator that even our children will pay for this. Now they have done it and taken their revenge, " [reported Mokhoyan resident, Ahmad Shah Khan.]

Neighbors of Khan gave similar accounts to the AP, and several Afghan officials, including Kandahar lawmaker Abdul Rahim Ayubi, said people in the two villages that were attacked told them the same story.

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Naek Mohammad, who lives in Mokhoyan, told the AP that he heard an explosion March 8 and went outside. As he and a neighbor talked about what happened, he said, two Afghan soldiers ordered them to join other men from the village who had been told to stand against a wall.

"One of the villagers asked what was happening," he said. "The Afghan army soldier told him, 'Shut up and stand there.'"

Mohammad said a U.S. soldier, speaking through a translator, then said: "I know you are all involved and you support the insurgents. So now, you will pay for it — you and your children will pay for this.'"

  Christian Science Monitor

P.S. What a guy.

In 2002 he was ordered to complete an anger management course after drunkenly assaulting a casino security guard.

A second incident involving alcohol and violence emerged on Thursday. AP reported that Bales was accused in 2008 of shaking hands with a woman, pulling her hand into his crotch and then punching and kicking her boyfriend. No charges were filed but a Washington state sheriff department's report describes Bales as "extremely intoxicated" at the time.

  UK Guardian

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.