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Survivors recall horror of night Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales allegedly shot up Afghan village

By Jon Stephenson | McClatchy Newspapers

The story that Rafiullah and Haji Mohammad Naim told McClatchy is the first public account by survivors in their village of the March night when a man shot and killed 17 people in two Afghan villages. U.S. officials have accused Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of the massacre. » read more

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