US soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan villagers agrees to plead guilty

Seattle: The U.S. Army staff sergeant charged with killing 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Robert Bales is scheduled to enter guilty pleas to charges of premeditated murder [...] US soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan villagers agrees to plead guilty | www.limit.ws