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Agent recounts livid reaction to Afghan massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 7th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - A U.S. agent who investigated the massacre of 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan earlier this year recounted the livid reaction from local villagers and said Wednesday that it was weeks before American forces could visit

Testimony: US soldier knew he killed Afghans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn't his own. He asked where it came from and where he'd been. Bales shrugged, the medic, Sgt. 1st Class James

Aide: General in sex case threatened to kill her

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An Army captain testified Tuesday that her commanding general initiated a sexual affair during a combat tour in Iraq and threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone. The woman said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair was

Defense set to begin in Afghan massacre case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 6th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Day two of a preliminary hearing in the case of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is under way, and the first witnesses for the defense are scheduled to take the stand. A total of eight witnesses had been scheduled to testify Tuesday

UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce militant group considered a major threat to U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, and its "

US sanctions on Haqqani 'suicide operations' chief

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has declared the Haqqani network's "chief of suicide operations" a global terrorist and imposed U.S. financial sanctions against him. The State Department says Qari Zakir is responsible for the Pakistan-based

Hearing for Army general accused of sex crimes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - U.S. Army prosecutors offered the first details of a rare criminal case against a general, alleging in a military hearing Monday that he committed sex-related crimes involving four female officers and a civilian. A hearing on evidence

10 Things to Know for Today

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today: 1. OHIO IS FOCUS OF CAMPAIGN IN FINAL LAP At the end of a tight race, Obama and Romney narrow the field to the Buckeye state and a few others. 2. SENATE CONTROL COULD COME

Missing from presidential race: roads, bridges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Here are a few items that largely have been missing from the presidential campaign: planes, trains, roads and bridges. But as Superstorm Sandy reminded the world so vividly, we can't afford to do without them. So why isn't the nation's

Prosecutor: US soldier had blood of victims on him

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 5th

By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The caped figure on the surveillance video came running out of the darkness to the edge of a remote Army outpost in southern Afghanistan. Blood was smeared on his face, prosecutors said, and soaked into his clothes. Less