2012年3月16日星期五

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Alleged US shooter in Afghan massacre identified

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A mourner cries over the bodies of Afghan civilians, allegedly shot by a rogue US soldier on March 11The US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan was identified Friday by a US official, and a picture emerged of a battle-hardened veteran who saw tough battles in Iraq.


Afghan massacre suspect identified, due at Kansas base

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Handout photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales at Fort IrwinTACOMA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan this week, an incident that sent American-Afghan relations into a tailspin, is U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official declined to provide additional details about Bales, who is suspected of walking off his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and gunning down the 16 villagers, including nine children and three women. ...


New details on US suspect ID'd in Afghan massacre

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John Henry Browne, the attorney representing the U.S. soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, talks to reporters, Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has finally been identified, adding a critical detail to the still-sketchy portrait just beginning to emerge.


Police knew CA war vet had guns

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An Iraq veteran who is believed to have killed his 11-year-old sister and himself in their apartment this week had been upsetting his family with his talk of suicide and brandishing of guns. When they called police to their apartment two weeks ago, they told the officer the war had left their loved one a changed man.

Experts: Soldier might have post-traumatic stress

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FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers are seen in a guard tower at their base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, following the alleged killing of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier. U.S. investigators have determined that the suspect had been drinking alcohol prior to leaving the base the night of the attack, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. How much of a role alcohol played in the attack is still under investigation, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because charges have not yet been filed. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)They are questions already being debated: Did the soldier suspected of killing Afghan villagers have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD? And did the people who sent him back to war after he was injured properly determine he was mentally fit to return?


Afghan massacre suspect identified, due at Kansas base

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TACOMA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan this week - an incident that sent American-Afghan relations into a tailspin - is U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official declined to provide additional details about Bales, who is suspected of walking off his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and gunning down 16 villagers. Earlier, the soldier's attorney said the staff sergeant was scheduled to arrive on Friday at the Fort Leavenworth army base in Kansas, where he will be held in maximum security. ...

War effort hits new low; Karzai at "end of rope"

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens to speeches of a family member,unseen, of Afghan civilians who were killed Sunday by a US soldier in Panjwai in Kandahar province at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States on Friday, saying he is at the Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he's at "the end of the rope," and a majority of Americans feel the same way.


Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Identified as Suspect in Afghan Massacre

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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Identified as Suspect in Afghan MassacreSoldier Accused of Killing 16 Civilians, Mostly Women and Children


Transcript: Suspect killed to become 'real Marine'

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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2012 file photo, Iztcoatl Ocampo appears at his arraignment in Santa Ana, Calif. Court documents show that Ocampo, an ex-Marine accused of stabbing six people to death in California, told investigators he targeted homeless people in part because they were vulnerable, and that he believes he has a When his desire to kill at war was dashed by a tour of duty as a truck driver in Iraq, the young Marine returned home to wage combat in affluent Orange County.


General: Wash. base deals with PTSD sufficiently

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A top military commander speaking at the base of the soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the Army is adequately dealing with mental health and other issues related to multiple deployments.

US official: Afghan shooting suspect headed back to US; lawyer says war had impact on client

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SEATTLE - The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was on his way to a U.S. military prison, a senior defence official said Friday, as the soldier's attorney spoke of the impact the fighting had on his client.

Karzai blasts US, says it hasn't co-operated with Afghan investigators in probe of US shootings

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KABUL - Warning he's at the "end of the rope" over civilian casualties, Afghanistan's president angrily accused the U.S. on Friday of not sharing information about how an American soldier allegedly shot and killed 16 Afghans in two villages.

Details emerge about US suspect in Afghan massacre

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John Henry Browne, the attorney representing the U.S. soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, talks to reporters, Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)His identity is as shadowed now as the night the Army says he crept into a pair of slumbering Afghan villages and slaughtered 16 civilians whose safety he was charged to protect.


Lawyer Says Casualty Pushed U.S. Soldier Over the Edge

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COMMENTARY | A lawyer representing a U.S. soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan civilians said his client snapped after seeing a member of his unit gravely injured the day before the attack took place. Among the victims of his massacre were nine children and three women. The soldier in question, a 38 year-old staff sergeant, was flown to Kuwait and he is expected to be transferred again to the United States as outrage continues to build in Afghanistan over the massacre.

Oil prices rebound amid Mideast tensions

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New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, gained $1.95 to close at $107.06 a barrelWorld crude oil prices surged Friday as traders worried about Middle East supply amid the West's rising frictions with Iran and Syria.


Syrian revolt simmers outside capital

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Newly arrived Syrian refugees, who fled the violence in their country, join friends and demonstrate at the border in Reyhanli, Turkey, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Several hundreds of Syrian refugees stage a demonstration in Reyhanli to protest aganist the regime in their country on the first anniversary of uprising as news reports say about 1,000 Syrian refugees arrived in Turkey on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Syrian rebels ignited a new front Friday outside the capital, Damascus, in the first significant fighting there since regime forces swept over the suburbs weeks ago. The clashes highlight the shifting nature of Syria's conflict, with rebels lying in wait to rise up when the regime turns its guns elsewhere.


In Afghan killings case, questions over alcohol

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FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers are seen in a guard tower at their base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, following the alleged killing of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier. U.S. investigators have determined that the suspect had been drinking alcohol prior to leaving the base the night of the attack, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. How much of a role alcohol played in the attack is still under investigation, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because charges have not yet been filed. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear — a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a killing spree that left 16 Afghans dead.


Suspect in Afghan Shootings Identified

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The Pentagon successfully kept the name of the alleged Kandahar shooter bottled up for nearly a week, but the floodgates are finally opening.

Sarkozy closes gap as France vote candidacy deadline passes

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A man looks at campaign posters of France's incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy BordeauxWith just over a month to go Friday before the first round of France's presidential vote, right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is closing the gap with Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande.


US wants Iraq to stop arms reaching Syrian gov't

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In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, anti-Syrian regime protesters hold an Arabic banner which reads: The Obama administration expressed concern Friday that Iranian planes may be ferrying weapons over Iraq to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, and asked Baghdad to cut off its airspace to any such flights.


Afghan massacre suspect to arrive Friday at Kansas base: lawyer

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TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The U.S. staff sergeant suspected in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians was scheduled to arrive on Friday at the Fort Leavenworth army base in Kansas, where he will be held in maximum security, his attorney said. The Pentagon confirmed that the still-unidentified suspect was en route to a U.S. base. Fort Leavenworth has the U.S. Defense Department's only maximum-security facility. "I would assume he'll be charged pretty fast," said Jeffrey Lustick, a defense attorney and former Air Force military prosecutor and defense attorney in Bellingham, Washington. ...

Police find signs of violence in CA war vet's car

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Police searching for the missing mother of an Iraq War veteran suspected in a murder-suicide said Friday they found signs of violence inside his car.

Turkey considers Syria buffer zone; Annan seeks unity

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Syrian refugees stroll at Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian borderANKARA, BOYNU YOGUN, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday it might set up a "buffer zone" inside Syria to protect refugees fleeing President Bashar al-Assad's forces, raising the prospect of foreign intervention in the year-long revolt. With the uprising entering its second year, U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged the Security Council to end its divisions over Syria and work to help a peace mission mired in difficulty. On the ground in Syria, the violence continued. Syrian forces battled protesters in at least three suburbs of the capital Damascus, opposition activists said. ...


Factbox: Syrian refugee numbers pass 34,000

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Syrian refugees play at the Reyhanli refugee camp in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian borderGENEVA (Reuters) - The number of refugees fleeing Syria has risen by several thousand in the past few days and now tops 34,000, according to U.N. estimates and data, while hundreds of thousands are thought to be displaced within Syria. The number of refugees was up by about 4,000 from figures given by the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR on March 13. Turkey is considering setting up a "security" or "buffer" zone along its border with Syria, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Ankara has urged all Turkish citizens inside Syria to return to Turkey as soon as possible. ...


Military Officials Dole Out Selective Details About Suspected Shooter, but Stay Mum on ID

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An array of details have leaked out about the sole suspect in last weekend's mass shooting in Afghanistan, from the brain injury he reportedly suffered in Iraq to the wife and two children he left behind in Washington state. But the Pentagon is steadfastly refusing to release his name, a stance seemingly at odds with its handling of other similarly high-profile cases.

Details emerge about still-unidentified US soldier suspected in Afghanistan village killings

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He is the suspect without a name, his identity as shadowed now as the night the Army says he slipped into a pair of slumbering Afghan villages and slaughtered 16 civilians whose safety was his assigned mission.

Understanding "habit loop" key to changing them, author says

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Understanding habits can help people radically transform their lives and companies boost their profits, Charles Duhigg, an award-winning investigative reporter with The New York Times, argues in his new book. "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" examines daily life within a matrix of oft-overlooked habits which account for more than 40 percent of the actions people performed daily, according to one study he cites. ...

Puerto Rico Statehood Hangs Over Republican Primary

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Puerto Rico Statehood Hangs Over Republican PrimaryPuerto Ricans will vote Sunday in the Republican presidential primary, but that may not be the most important one they cast this year — in November, the thorny issue of statehood will come to a referendum. The island commonwealth has long debated the question, a...


Crazy Soldier? The Military Wants to Know About His Wife

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Of the explanations offered for why a staff sergeant went on a shooting spree that killed 16 Afghan civilians, one is especially unsatisfying because it is trotted out so often: marital problems. An Army official told The New York Times that the sergeant, who has still not been identified by the military, "snapped" in part because of marital problems during his deployments. ...

6 months later, what has Occupy protest achieved?

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2011 file photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters join a labor union rally in Foley Square before marching on Zuccotti Park in New York's Financial District. The Occupy movement has lain largely dormant over the winter. But as the weather warms and it marks six months since the first camp was set up in New York City, protesters are thinking big for spring and reflecting on achievements they credit themselves with, from rescuing homeowners from foreclosure to the spirit of Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)As spring approaches, Occupy Wall Street protesters who mostly hibernated all winter are beginning to stir with plans for renewed demonstrations six months after the movement was born.


US puts best face on Afghan policy under question

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Afghan policewomen march during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Guzara, Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Around 270 policemen including 27 policewomen graduated after receiving ten weeks of training in Herat. The process of a complete handover to Afghan forces will only be completed in 2014 with the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the wee hours Friday, seeking clarity on the Afghan leader's demand that U.S. forces pull out of Afghan villages, a key tenet of the current military strategy.


Afghan leader blasts US over probe into shootings

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens to speeches of a family member,unseen, of Afghan civilians who were killed Sunday by a US soldier in Panjwai in Kandahar province at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States on Friday, saying he is at the Warning he's at the "end of the rope" over civilian casualties, Afghanistan's president angrily accused the U.S. on Friday of not sharing information about how an American soldier allegedly shot and killed 16 Afghans in two villages.


Navy Adds Muscle in Middle East to Counter Iran

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Adm. Jonathan Greenert could see for miles from the bridge of the USS Stenis on a rare clear day as it exited the Strait of Hormuz. And the Navy's top admiral wasn't satisfied with the view.

What to Expect from Osama's Secret Writings

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The U.S. government is finally going to spill the beans on the secret writings of Osama bin Laden, according to The Washington Post's David Ignatius. The national security columnist says that a chunk of documents taken from the al Qaeda leader's hideout in Pakistan have been "declassified and will be available soon to the public in their original Arabic texts and translations." That's a titillating prospect considering that the vast majority of what we know about bin Laden's Abbottabad writings stem from guarded statements by anonymous officials. ...

Iraq must investigate 'emo' killings: rights groups

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Iraqi security forces man a checkpoint on March 12Three major international human rights groups called on Iraqi authorities on Friday to immediately investigate a spate of brutal killings of teenagers widely perceived to be gay.


Air Force disciplining 2 mortuary supervisors

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The Air Force is disciplining the former commander of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary and a former key civilian aide after an investigation into retaliation against workers who blew the whistle on the mishandling of human remains, officials said Friday.

Advocates demand protection for Iraqi Emos

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2012 file photo Iraqis who identify themselves as so-called Emos smoke a traditional Advocates demanded a government investigation Friday into the recent "Emo" killings of young Iraqis, many of whom are suspected of being gay, in what one lawmaker called a backlash by Islamic extremists against Western culture creeping into the country.


Police: War veteran killed sister, 11, then self

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Police are searching for the mother of an Iraq War veteran who is missing after her son shot and killed his 11-year-old sister, then took his own life, authorities said.

Official: Afghanistan slaying suspect headed to US

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John Henry Browne, the attorney representing the U.S. soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, talks to reporters, Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was on his way to a U.S. military prison, a senior defense official said Friday, as the soldier's attorney spoke of the impact the fighting had on his client.


Insight: Few options for Afghan, U.S. leaders after Kandahar massacre

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Obama meets Karzai in New YorkKABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai exploded in anger when he learned last week that an American soldier had massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children. When Karzai discovered that an aide had kept the news from him until after he had addressed the nation on television, the anger turned to rage. "I would have condemned this openly to my people," Karzai shouted at the aide in the Kabul television studio, officials told Reuters. Turning to another official, Karzai made himself even more clear: After a decade of war against al Qaeda and the Taliban, it was time for ...


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