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US official: Suspect in killings had head injury
By News on Mar 12, 2012
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and burning their bodies was trained as a sniper and recently suffered a head injury in Iraq, U.S. officials said Monday....Obama: Killings show need to turn over security
By News on Mar 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama: Afghan killings underscore need to turn over security and bring US forces home on time...
Afghan youth recounts US soldier's shooting spree
By News on Mar 12, 2012
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan man recounted Monday the harrowing tale of how an American soldier on a killing spree burst into his home in the middle of the night, searched the rooms, then dropped to a knee and shot his father in the thigh as he emerged from a bedroom....White House: No change in Afghan strategy
By News on Mar 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....
Romney, rivals court Southern support on vote eve
By News on Mar 12, 2012
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BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- Republican presidential contenders and their super PAC supporters campaigned aggressively on land, through the mail and over the airwaves Monday on the eve of primaries in Alabama and Mississippi with the potential to solidify or shake Mitt Romney's standing as front-runner....