File photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (L) in Fort Irwin, California, the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan. The 39-year-old allegedly left his base in the Panjwayi

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File photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (L) in Fort Irwin, California, the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan. The 39-year-old allegedly left his base in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province on the night of March 11 to commit the killings, which included nine children. He allegedly set several of their bodies on fire.

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