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godai

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Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:02 PM Mar 2012

Child witnesses to Afghan massacre say Robert Bales was not alone [View all]

Source: MSNBC

Noorbinak, 8, told Hakim that the shooter first shot her father’s dog. Then, Noorbinak said in the video, he shot her father in the foot and dragged her mother by the hair. When her father started screaming, he shot her father, the child says. Then he turned the gun on Noorbinak and shot her in the leg.
“One man entered the room and the others were standing in the yard, holding lights,” Noorbinak said in the video.
A brother of one victim told Hakim that his brother’s children mentioned more than one soldier wearing a headlamp. They also had lights at the end of their guns, he said.
“They don’t know whether there were 15 or 20, however many there were,” he said in the video.
Army officials have repeatedly denied that others were involved in the massacre, emphasizing that Bales acted alone.

Read more: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/29/10927844-child-witnesses-to-afghan-massacre-say-robert-bales-was-not-alone

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I wondered about that. Oh my Goodness, HORRIFIC!! I wondered how one man could sneak offbase, Ecumenist Mar 2012 #1
now they will need to discredit Noorbinak Enrique Mar 2012 #2
Oh dear, or maybe have her meet an unfortunate accident. Cleita Mar 2012 #12
Did you know she is a Muslim!?!?!?!??!!??!?!? Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #60
Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2012 #3
Paging Arlen Specter and Colin Powell. /NT jakeXT Mar 2012 #4
I feel sick. But wait ........... Afghani children must lie. polly7 Mar 2012 #5
Yep, I thought this might be coming NCcoast Mar 2012 #6
More easily than one might think. Doc Holliday Mar 2012 #8
Bingo! And isn't it amazing that they can run the same scam, over and over, truth2power Apr 2012 #51
Also, why is this guy willing to take the fall for all of them? Cleita Mar 2012 #13
Why? atreides1 Mar 2012 #15
If the man has TBI and PTSD, then the dig is well deserved. EFerrari Mar 2012 #26
Larium -read more on this folks lunasun Mar 2012 #31
Well, do those who are labeled "lone gunman" ever really have a choice? Jamastiene Apr 2012 #59
K&R Eyerish Mar 2012 #7
I never believe any US military story. Proletariatprincess Mar 2012 #9
I completely agree. CrispyQ Mar 2012 #38
Sadly, I agree. nt mother earth Mar 2012 #44
15 or 20? That just about makes it an official American act, doesn't it? robinlynne Mar 2012 #10
There were about that many involved in Haditha and they all got off... Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #61
Australian reporter: American investigators tried to prevent her from interviewing the children... godai Mar 2012 #11
As though they weren't already traumatized. lumpy Mar 2012 #22
Coverup Marley01 Mar 2012 #14
and Lt. Calley was pardoned by Nixon! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #23
These. God. DAMNED. Wars!!! patrice Mar 2012 #16
Oh, God I hope this is not true - this makes this even worse if anything can be worse. But it looks jwirr Mar 2012 #17
I suspected all along we had another My Lai joanbarnes Mar 2012 #18
As did I WheelWalker Mar 2012 #33
Reminiscent of the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam. eom tawadi Mar 2012 #19
Good ol' USA - cops of the world Plucketeer Mar 2012 #20
sounds like death squads so not surprising azurnoir Mar 2012 #21
Kids just don't make this stuff up. How was the soldier able to kill so many people in different southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #24
But the American public is not educated enough d_legendary1 Mar 2012 #28
I only have a high school education and I can figure it out surely I'm not the only one. I guess southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #29
How can people follow the truth? d_legendary1 Apr 2012 #49
You have a good point. I stopped trusting my government after the assination of JFK. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #50
I like that! "If you repeat a lie often enough..." n/t truth2power Apr 2012 #52
A child is like any other witness though and witness testimony isnt always accurate cstanleytech Mar 2012 #34
There is plenty of evidence to support the child's testimony. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #36
I agree but how could he kill all those people at a time. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #40
If he was alive you could start by asking Seung-Hui Cho. cstanleytech Mar 2012 #47
Yep southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #48
What supportive evidence would be sufficient? Photos? Video? Oh, wait.... truth2power Apr 2012 #53
If you wanna take the word of an 8 year old child by all means go for it. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #55
Why not take the word of an 8 year old? Especially since she seems truth2power Apr 2012 #56
I'd rather take the word of an 8 year old child who was there ... Nihil Apr 2012 #58
And I would rather wait to see if there is any evidence but cstanleytech Apr 2012 #62
These wars started by Bush&Co felix_numinous Mar 2012 #25
Greenwald is right about the collapse of the rule of law in this country. EFerrari Mar 2012 #27
Right the f- on! . . . Whose soldiers? *O*U*R* soldiers!!! patrice Mar 2012 #30
amen!!!! newspeak Mar 2012 #42
Helicopters were overhead from the very beginning chatnoir Mar 2012 #32
Bring them home and end this... midnight Mar 2012 #35
Here is the remarkable video report with the child's first-hand testimony. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #37
March 17:Afghan parliamentary team says many Americans were involved in massacre Turborama Mar 2012 #39
Multiple references to a group of assailants in Wikipedia's article on the massacre, too Turborama Mar 2012 #41
Seeing as how the Pentagon brass lied through their teeth about the Pat Tillman incident...` JohnyCanuck Mar 2012 #43
"Pentagon lies through their teeth". Why, yes! I don't think anyone under age 40 or so truth2power Apr 2012 #54
The military lies are what brought us into war(s), pre-emptive war based on lies, WMD's they knew mother earth Mar 2012 #45
From day 1 witnesses have been saying that Justice4allofus Mar 2012 #46
Yes, they have. What a surprise so many disbelieved them. polly7 Apr 2012 #57
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