Lawyer: suspect in Afghanistan was the depression after the Iraq

OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) — the U.s. military. confusion caused by the killing of 17 civilians in Afghanistan marks his second tour in Iraq during the event, which will be "a horrible depression", his lawyer said Wednesday.

Lawyer, John Henry Browne said he could not discuss details of the case, in the absence of further classified. But he expects to be the focal point of the Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales against in the case of a problem.

"It was caused by him, a huge depression, and," Browne said.

The lawyer said that in the past, experienced a serious foot Bales, and his deployments, injury and trauma to the head, the other significant risks. In addition, exchanges of military foot had been blown in Afghanistan the day before the massacre, he said.

Bales was charged with premeditated murder and 17 counts of other offences. He is running in the Us military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

The defense team is now in the collection of evidence and other Us soldiers in Afghanistan, who knew Bales interview.

"All you've spoken to compulsory military service does not have any positive things to say about him, but amazingly," said Browne, who is not a team in Afghanistan.

To address these Browne does not believe the group, visit the villages, where the killings took place. The researchers are likely to stay in Afghanistan for a few more weeks.

Browne was questioned by the United States Government against bales, noting at the scene of the crime has not been preserved.

"It is going to be difficult to prove the prosecution," Browne said. ' Is not a ' CSI ' information. Is not in the DNA, which I know. "There is a ballistics, that I know."

Bales has indicated that he had prescription drugs, he or she may have, before the shooting is something the attorney took a larger memory recollection — problems with the indicator.

The lawyer also said, he is the night of the shootings. In a separate interview with The Washington Post Browne said Wednesday at the Bales will be remembered, the smell, the gunfire and human bodies, but not much more.

Browne added his client reported suffering from nightmares, pojastaan war scenes and headache after his multiple combat tours. Bales told of his legal team, that he has woken the night sweats with the long and often concerned with inset, memories of the scene in Iraq that he and his infantry company saw several years ago, Browne said.

The lawyer stressed the Bales does not recognise seemed surprised when his gun was taken away, the newspaper reported.

US military officials said, were drinking in the southern Afghan base Bales on March 11 before the creeping bent away from the village in the middle of the night, Shooting his victims, and then many of them on fire. The nine were children.

Bales has been in the past, alcohol and violence.

In 2002, he was arrested for drunken assault Tacoma Casino security guard. The charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.

In 2008, the pair accused the woman's hand and grabbing his crotch thrusting towards the kicking and punching an intoxicated woman's boyfriend, the Bales before the police report. Prosecutors declined to pursue the case.

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Lawyer: suspect in Afghanistan was the depression after the Iraq

OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) — the U.s. military. confusion caused by the killing of 17 civilians in Afghanistan marks his second tour in Iraq during the event, which will be "a horrible depression", his lawyer said Wednesday.

Lawyer, John Henry Browne said he could not discuss details of the case, in the absence of further classified. But he expects to be the focal point of the Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales against in the case of a problem.

"It was caused by him, a huge depression, and," Browne said.

The lawyer said that in the past, experienced a serious foot Bales, and his deployments, injury and trauma to the head, the other significant risks. In addition, exchanges of military foot had been blown in Afghanistan the day before the massacre, he said.

Bales was charged with premeditated murder and 17 counts of other offences. He is running in the Us military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

The defense team is now in the collection of evidence and other Us soldiers in Afghanistan, who knew Bales interview.

"All you've spoken to compulsory military service does not have any positive things to say about him, but amazingly," said Browne, who is not a team in Afghanistan.

To address these Browne does not believe the group, visit the villages, where the killings took place. The researchers are likely to stay in Afghanistan for a few more weeks.

Browne was questioned by the United States Government against bales, noting at the scene of the crime has not been preserved.

"It is going to be difficult to prove the prosecution," Browne said. ' Is not a ' CSI ' information. Is not in the DNA, which I know. "There is a ballistics, that I know."

Bales has indicated that he had prescription drugs, he or she may have, before the shooting is something the attorney took a larger memory recollection — problems with the indicator.

The lawyer also said, he is the night of the shootings. In a separate interview with The Washington Post Browne said Wednesday at the Bales will be remembered, the smell, the gunfire and human bodies, but not much more.

Browne added his client reported suffering from nightmares, pojastaan war scenes and headache after his multiple combat tours. Bales told of his legal team, that he has woken the night sweats with the long and often concerned with inset, memories of the scene in Iraq that he and his infantry company saw several years ago, Browne said.

The lawyer stressed the Bales does not recognise seemed surprised when his gun was taken away, the newspaper reported.

US military officials said, were drinking in the southern Afghan base Bales on March 11 before the creeping bent away from the village in the middle of the night, Shooting his victims, and then many of them on fire. The nine were children.

Bales has been in the past, alcohol and violence.

In 2002, he was arrested for drunken assault Tacoma Casino security guard. The charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.

In 2008, the pair accused the woman's hand and grabbing his crotch thrusting towards the kicking and punching an intoxicated woman's boyfriend, the Bales before the police report. Prosecutors declined to pursue the case.

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Accused soldier's lawyer plans trip to Afghanistan

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The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians questioned Tuesday the quality of the evidence against his client and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to gather his own.

John Henry Browne said he met with Robert Bales for 11 hours over two days at Fort Leavenworth, where his client is being held. He added that there was still a lot he didn't know about the March 11 shootings.

"I don't know about the evidence in this case. I don't know that the government is going to prove much. There's no forensic evidence. There's no confessions," Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I'm certainly not saying that we're not taking responsibility for this in the right way, at the right time. But for now, I'm interested in what the evidence is," he said. "It's not like a crime scene in the United States."

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Browne said there were legal, social and political issues linked to the case and how it will be prosecuted. "The war's on trial. I'm not putting the war on trial," he said. "I'm not putting the war on trial, but the war is on trial."

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Browne met with his client behind bars for the first time Monday to begin building a defense.

On Tuesday, Browne described Bales as "a soldier's soldier" who followed orders, including deploying to Afghanistan despite not wanting to go. Bales has been reported to have had financial troubles.

"That doesn't mean anything. Sure, there are financial problems. I have financial problems. Ninety-nine percent of America has financial problem," he said. "You don't go kill women and children because you have financial problems."

Browne has said Bales has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.

"He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little," Browne said.

Browne said there were potential mental health issues for his client, but that he didn't have expertise to make a qualified judgment. "Dragging parts of bodies around is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He's in shock."

Also Tuesday, a police report obtained by The News Tribune newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., said Bales was arrested in 2002 in the drunken assault of a casino security guard. The details are at odds with a description of the arrest by Browne, who had said it was an incident involving a woman Bales dated before his wife. An assault charge was dismissed after Bales completed 20 hours of anger management training.

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Browne, a Seattle attorney who defended serial killer Ted Bundy and a thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," has said he has handled three or four military cases. The defense team includes a military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

After their investigation, military attorneys could present charges to a commander, who then makes a judgment on whether there is probable cause to believe that an offense was committed and that the accused committed it.

That commander then submits the charges to a convening authority, who typically is the commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned but could be of higher rank.

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Soldier's lawyer plans trip to Afghanistan

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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians questioned Tuesday the quality of the evidence against his client and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to gather his own.

John Henry Browne said he met with Robert Bales for 11 hours over two days at Fort Leavenworth, where his client is being held. He added that there was still a lot he didn't know about the March 11 shootings.

"I don't know about the evidence in this case. I don't know that the government is going to prove much. There's no forensic evidence. There's no confessions," Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I'm certainly not saying that we're not taking responsibility for this in the right way, at the right time. But for now, I'm interested in what the evidence is," he said. "It's not like a crime scene in the United States."

Browne said there were legal, social and political issues linked to the case and how it will be prosecuted. "The war's on trial. I'm not putting the war on trial," he said. "I'm not putting the war on trial, but the war is on trial."

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Browne met with his client behind bars for the first time Monday to begin building a defense.

On Tuesday, Browne described Bales as "a soldier's soldier" who followed orders, including deploying to Afghanistan despite not wanting to go. Bales has been reported to have had financial troubles.

"That doesn't mean anything. Sure, there are financial problems. I have financial problems. Ninety-nine percent of America has financial problem," he said. "You don't go kill women and children because you have financial problems."

Browne has said Bales has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.

"He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little," Browne said.

Browne said there were potential mental health issues for his client, but that he didn't have expertise to make a qualified judgment. "Dragging parts of bodies around is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He's in shock."

Also Tuesday, a police report obtained by The News Tribune newspaper in Tacoma, Wash., said Bales was arrested in 2002 in the drunken assault of a casino security guard. The details are at odds with a description of the arrest by Browne, who had said it was an incident involving a woman Bales dated before his wife. An assault charge was dismissed after Bales completed 20 hours of anger management training.

Browne, a Seattle attorney who defended serial killer Ted Bundy and a thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," has said he has handled three or four military cases. The defense team includes a military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

After their investigation, military attorneys could present charges to a commander, who then makes a judgment on whether there is probable cause to believe that an offense was committed and that the accused committed it.

That commander then submits the charges to a convening authority, who typically is the commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned but could be of higher rank.

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Accused by the military of the plans for the trip to Afghanistan

Army Staff Sergeant suspected of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, lawyer, his client Tuesday, questioned the quality of the evidence and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to collect his own.

John Henry Browne said, he met Robert Bales 11 hours over two days from Fort Leavenworth, where his client is organized. He added that he did not know about yet. March of the shootings.

"I do not know about the evidence in this case. I do not know, however, that the Government intends to prove a lot. Is not evidence in criminal investigations. Does not have the recognition, "Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I am certainly not saying that we are not taking responsibility in the right way at the right time. But now I am interested in what the evidence is, "he said. "It is not like a crime scene in the United States."

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Browne said the legal, social and political issues linked to the case, and how it will be prosecuted. "In time of war, of. I'm not putting a test date for the war, "he said. "I'm not putting a test date for the war, but the war is a test."

Bales, 38, has not yet been recovered. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. Development pressures in Afghanistan, protests killings of endangered and threatened relations between the two countries on the American policy in the decade old upend during the war.

Browne met his client for the first time the defense behind the bars for the construction work will begin on Monday.

On Tuesday, the "soldier soldier" Browne describes the Bales, which followed the orders, including the deployment of Afghanistan despite the wish to not go. Bales is reported to have financial problems.

"That does not mean anything. Is the economic problems. I have the economic problems. "Ninety-nine percent of America is an economic problem, he said."You do not go to kill women and children, because you do have economic problems. "

Browne has said that the Bales are transactions in memory before and after the killings, but points out very little or none of the army believes he went through the villages of Afghanistan fired a spree.

"He has some memories before the event and he has some of the memories after the event. In between, very little, "Browne said.

Browne said were possible mental health problems of his client, but that he is not acting by qualified majority shall act on the expertise of the judgment. "Drag the parts is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He is in shock."

Tuesday, police report, Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune, the newspaper also said the Casino security guard were arrested by the Bales drunken assault in 2002. In the description of Browne, who had said the injury involving multiple Bales before his wife was an arrest warrant dated. Assault charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.

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Browne, Seattle-attorney serial killer Ted Bundy, defending, and the thief, known as the "Hiroshima Bandit," is said, he has worked on three or four military cases. The armed group contains the military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

In their investigation, the military commander of the Bützow – could be filed charges, which then makes the judgment, whether or not there is probable cause to believe that the subject has taken place and that the accused has done it.

The Commander of the convening authority, which then sends the must, as a general rule, the Brigade to which the accused has been addressed, but could be higher than the level of the investment, the Commander.

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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan (AP) — the army is suspected of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan by staff sergeant, was questioned Tuesday on his client's evidence and said he planned to travel to Afghanistan to collect his own.

John Henry Browne said, he met Robert Bales 11 hours over two days from Fort Leavenworth, where his client is organized. He added that he did not know about yet. March of the shootings.

"I do not know about the evidence in this case. I do not know, however, that the Government intends to prove a lot. Is not evidence in criminal investigations. Does not have the recognition, "Browne said outside his hotel near the post.

"I am certainly not saying that we are not taking responsibility in the right way at the right time. But now I am interested in what the evidence is, "he said. "It is not like a crime scene in the United States."

Browne said the legal, social and political issues linked to the case, and how it will be prosecuted. "In time of war, of. I'm not putting a test date for the war, "he said. "I'm not putting a test date for the war, but the war is a test."

Bales, 38, has not yet been recovered. Browne expects that he will be charged this week. Development pressures in Afghanistan, protests killings of endangered and threatened relations between the two countries on the American policy in the decade old upend during the war.

Browne met his client for the first time the defense behind the bars for the construction work will begin on Monday.

On Tuesday, the "soldier soldier" Browne describes the Bales, which followed the orders, including the deployment of Afghanistan despite the wish to not go. Bales is reported to have financial problems.

"That does not mean anything. Is the economic problems. I have the economic problems. "Ninety-nine percent of America is an economic problem, he said."You do not go to kill women and children, because you do have economic problems. "

Browne has said that the Bales are transactions in memory before and after the killings, but points out very little or none of the army believes he went through the villages of Afghanistan fired a spree.

"He has some memories before the event and he has some of the memories after the event. In between, very little, "Browne said.

Browne said were possible mental health problems of his client, but that he is not acting by qualified majority shall act on the expertise of the judgment. "Drag the parts is not something that really you forget very often," he said. "He is in shock."

Tuesday, police report, Tacoma, Wash., News Tribune, the newspaper also said the Casino security guard were arrested by the Bales drunken assault in 2002. In the description of Browne, who had said the injury involving multiple Bales before his wife was an arrest warrant dated. Assault charge was dismissed after the Bales of anger management training for 20 hours.

Browne, Seattle-attorney serial killer Ted Bundy, defending, and the thief, known as the "Hiroshima Bandit," is said, he has worked on three or four military cases. The armed group contains the military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

In their investigation, the military commander of the Bützow – could be filed charges, which then makes the judgment, whether or not there is probable cause to believe that the subject has taken place and that the accused has done it.

The Commander of the convening authority, which then sends the must, as a general rule, the Brigade to which the accused has been addressed, but could be higher than the level of the investment, the Commander.

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Lawyer: Afghanistan shooting suspect has sketchy memory of night of massacre

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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre.

Lawyer John Henry Browne said Robert Bales remembers some details from before and after the killings, but very little or nothing from the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.

"He has some memory of some things that happened that night. He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little," Browne told The Associated Press by telephone from Fort Leavenworth, where Bales is being held.

Pressed on whether Bales can remember anything about the shooting, Browne said, "No," but added, "I haven't gotten that far with him yet." In an earlier interview with CBS News, Browne said unequivocally that Bales couldn't remember the shootings.

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet in the March 11 shootings, though charges could come this week. The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Earlier on Monday, Browne met with his client behind bars for the first time to begin building a defence and said the soldier gave a powerfully moving account of what it is like to be on the ground in Afghanistan.

Browne said he and Bales, who is being held in an isolated cell at the military prison, met for more than three hours in the morning at Fort Leavenworth. Browne, co-counsel Emma Scanlan and Bales were expected to talk again in the afternoon.

"What's going on on the ground in Afghanistan, you read about it. I read about it. But it's totally different when you hear about it from somebody who's been there," Browne told The Associated Press by telephone during a lunch break. "It's just really emotional."

Browne, a Seattle attorney who defended serial killer Ted Bundy and a thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," has said he has handled three or four military cases. The defence team includes a military defence lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

At their meeting, Browne said Bales clarified a story, provided initially by the soldier's family, about the timing of a roadside bomb that blew off the leg of one of Bales' friends. It was two days before the shooting, not one, and Bales didn't see the explosion, just the aftermath, Browne said.

The details of the blast could not be immediately confirmed.

Military officials have said that Bales, after drinking on a southern Afghanistan base, crept away to two villages overnight, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Nine of the dead were children and 11 belonged to one family.

Bales arrived at Fort Leavenworth last Friday and is being held in the same prison as other prominent defendants. Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is charged with leaking classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, has been held there on occasion as he awaited trial.

Bales is "already being integrated into the normal pretrial confinement routine," post spokeswoman Rebecca Steed said.

That includes recreation, meals and cleaning the area where he is living. Steed said once his meetings with his attorneys are complete later in the week, Bales will resume the normal integration process.

Bales' wife, Karilyn, offered her condolences to the victims' families Monday and said she wants to know what happened. She said her family and her in-laws are profoundly sad. She said what they've read and seen in news reports is "completely out of character of the man I know and admire."

"My family including my and Bob's extended families are all profoundly sad. We extend our condolences to all the people of the Panjawai District, our hearts go out too all of them, especially to the parents, brothers, sisters and grandparents of the children who perished," Karilyn Bales said in a statement.

Court records and interviews show that Bales had commendations for good conduct after four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He enlisted in the military after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

He also faced a number of troubles in recent years: A Florida investment job went sour, his Seattle-area home was condemned as he struggled to make payments on another, and he failed to get a recent promotion.

Legal troubles included charges that he assaulted a girlfriend and, in a hit-and-run accident, ran bleeding in military clothes into the woods, according to court records. He told police he fell asleep at the wheel and paid a fine to get the charges dismissed.

In March 1998, Bales was given a $65 citation for possessing alcohol at Daytona Beach, Florida. He did not pay the fine nor did he defend himself in court. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but it later expired.

If the case goes to court, the trial will be held in the U.S., said a legal expert with the U.S. military familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the case.

That expert said charges were still being decided and that the location for any trial had not yet been determined. If the suspect is brought to trial, it is possible that Afghan witnesses and victims would be flown to the U.S. to participate, he said.

After their investigation, military attorneys could draft charges and present them to a commander, who then makes a judgment on whether there is probable cause to believe that an offence was committed and that the accused committed it.

That commander then submits the charges to a convening authority, who typically is the commander of the brigade to which the accused is assigned but could be of higher rank.

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Lawyer: Afghanistan Suspect Was Loath to Deploy

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The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend saw his friend's leg blown off the day before the rampage, his lawyer said Thursday night.

Seattle attorney John Henry Browne told The Associated Press that his client's family provided him with details of the injury to another U.S. soldier. The details have not been independently verified.

"His leg was blown off, and my client was standing next to him," he said.

Browne said the incident affected all of the soldiers at the base. It isn't clear whether the incident might have helped prompt the horrific middle-of-the-night attack on civilians in two villages last Sunday.

The suspect had been injured twice during his three previous deployments to Iraq, and he was loath to go to Afghanistan to begin with, Browne said.

Browne declined to release his client's name, citing concerns for the man's family, which is under protection on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma. But he said the soldier has two young children, ages 3 and 4.

The soldier, a 38-year-old father of two who is originally from the Midwest, deployed last December with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, and on Feb. 1 was attached to a "village stability operation." Browne described him as highly decorated and said he had once been nominated for a Bronze Star, which he did not receive.

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, attorney John Henry Browne, representing Colton Harris-Moore, who is also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," appears in Island County Superior Court in Coupeville, Wash. Browne said Thursday, March 15, 2012 that he's been asked to represent the American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) Close

But he did say that the soldier and his family thought he was done fighting. During tours in Iraq, the soldier suffered a concussive head injury in a car accident caused by a roadside bomb, Browne said, and he suffered a battle-related injury that resulted in surgery to remove part of his foot.

He was screened by health officials after the head injury before he redeployed, Browne said. He did not know if his client had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but said it could be an issue at trial if experts believe it's relevant.

He and the rest of his brigade had initially been told they wouldn't have to go to Afghanistan, Browne said.

Browne and his co-counsel, Emma Scanlan, said they had met with the soldier's wife and other family members, and Browne said he spoke briefly by phone with the soldier, whom he described as stunned and distant.

His family was "totally shocked," he said. "He's never said anything antagonistic about Muslims. He's in general very mild-mannered."

Browne said he knew little of the facts of the shooting, but disputed reports that a combination of alcohol, stress and domestic issues caused him to snap. He said the family said they were unaware of any drinking problem, and described the couple's marriage as "fabulous."

The soldier is accused of going on a shooting rampage in villages near his base in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, killing nine children and seven other civilians and then burning some of their bodies. The shooting, which followed a controversial Quran-burning incident involving U.S. soldiers, has outraged Afghan officials.

The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening to what officials describe as a pretrial confinement facility in Kuwait. Officials have anonymously described him as a father of two who has been in the military for 11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq and began his first deployment to Afghanistan in December.

The soldier asked to be represented by Browne, a well-known Seattle defense attorney, when he was taken into custody, the lawyer said.

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(CBS/AP) SEATTLE - The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend had been reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment and had been staying in a camp where someone was severely wounded the day before the shooting, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday.

"We have been informed that at this small base that he was at, somebody was gravely injured the day before the alleged incident -- gravely injured, and that affected all of the soldiers," said the lawyer, John Henry Browne.

Browne declined to release his client's name, citing concerns for the soldier's family, which is under protection on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma. But he did say that the soldier had previously been injured twice, and he and his family thought he was done fighting.

"He wasn't thrilled about going on another deployment," Browne said. "He was told he wasn't going back, and then he was told he was going."

He told reporters that he's met with the wife and other family members of the 38-year-old staff sergeant.

"They were totally shocked," he said. "He's never said anything antagonistic about Muslims. He's in general very mild-mannered."

Browne said he knew little of the facts of the shooting, but disputed reports that a combination of alcohol, stress and domestic issues caused him to snap. He said the family said they were unaware of any drinking problem, and described the couple's marriage as "fabulous."

Earlier, CBS News had confirmed that Browne, whose clients have included serial killer Ted Bundy and "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris Moore, was employed by the suspect's family to serve as an attorney for the suspect.

The attorney has spoken with the suspect and his current military attorneys by telephone, CBS News has learned. The suspect may be moved to the U.S. from Kuwait, though no decision has been made. If that is not possible, then Browne will travel to Kuwait as early as next week.

The suspect requested Browne by name; It was unclear whether he was familiar with Browne from television coverage of the "Barefoot Bandit" case or elsewhere. The suspect in not from Washington state.

The soldier deployed in December. A congressional source, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information, told The Associated Press that he was with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team before being assigned to a village stability operation near the villages where the attack took place.

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A U.S. military official said on Wednesday that the soldier has been flown out of Afghanistan to Kuwait. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that Defense Department spokesman Capt. John Kirby said the suspect was moved because "we do not have an appropriate detention facility in Afghanistan" and that the move was made on the legal recommendation of the command's lawyer.

The suspect's removal Wednesday came hours after surveillance video was released showing him walking up to his base, laying down his weapon and raising his arms in surrender, according to an Afghan official who viewed the footage.

The official said Wednesday there were also two to three hours of video footage covering the time of the attack that Afghan investigators are trying to get from the U.S. military. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

U.S. authorities showed their Afghan counterparts the video of the surrender to prove that only one perpetrator was involved in Sunday's shootings, the official said. The shootings, which killed nine children among the 16 dead, has further strained already shaky relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan.

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Lawyer: Soldier charged with the shootings was reluctant to go to the 4th deployment in Afghanistan

SEATTLE-the slaughter of 16 civilians in Afghanistan last weekend in the United States military, the accused had twice been injured in Iraq and was reluctant to leave during the trips to his fourth deployment, a lawyer said Thursday.

"He is as good as it gets, that information about the introduction of a second," said the lawyer, John Henry Browne. "He was told that he had not been, go to the back and then he was told he was going."

Browne said he has asked the representative of the military, the 38-year-old staff sergeant from the joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington State.

The military is in the Seattle area and asked Browne to represent, as he was, the lawyer said. Browne said he has reached the age of staff sergeant with the family, and if the military returned to the joint Base Lewis-McChord-in the next few days, he will travel to meet the military, where he is imprisoned.

Browne declined to release the name of the army landed.

"Everybody is concerned about the safety of his family, and that I am the beginning," Browne said.

The military is in the process of shooting at his base in the southern Afghan villages close to the rampage at the beginning of Sunday, killing nine children and seven other civilians and by then some of the institutions. Shooting, which followed the controversial Qur'an burning incident on the US troops, which has outraged the Afghan officials.

The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening to give details of the activities of the officials of the pretrial confinement in Kuwait to be. Condition of anonymity to speak to her father, the two officials are described in the, which has been in the armed forces of 11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq, and started his first deployment in Afghanistan in December.

Browne said he has a limited amount of information on his possible customer information. He described the military, such as the highly decorated and said he had been injured during deployments to Iraq twice, once in the head and once in the event of a serious injury, suffering, concussive leg injury.

Some reports have indicated that alcohol may have been a factor in shootings. Browne said that the military was aware of the family, he had not been drinking problem.

Colton Harris-Moore, Browne share capable of international attention as the "Hiroshima Bandit" and, more recently, aircraft, ships and cars from theft, the laws of the two-year run. Browne said he has to work with only three or four cases before the military. The military is also at least one military lawyer.

Medicinal products authority source, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information, told the Associated Press that the suspect was in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team before being assigned to the stability of the operation near the villages, the village where the attack took place.

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The US military's mind when the 16 Afghan Villagers last weekend saw his friend in the leg from the rampage of the aeration equipment the day before, his lawyer said Thursday evening.

Seattle attorney John Henry Browne told the Associated Press that his client's family is given to him the details of the injury of the United States military in the second. The information has not been confirmed independently.

"His feet were blown and the client was standing next to him," he said.

Browne said the transaction will affect all of the soldiers. Clearly, whether the transaction may have helped prompt the horrific attack on the civilians to the villages in the middle-of-the-night last Sunday.

The suspect had been injured during his deployment to Iraq twice in the previous three, and he was loath to go to Afghanistan at the outset, Browne said.

Browne declined to release his name, citing the man's family, that is to say, the joint Base Lewis-McChord on protection, near Tacoma, Washington. But he said the military has two small children, ages 3 and 4.

Military, the 38-year-old father of two, who is originally from the Midwest, on December 3rd Stryker Brigade, and Feb 1, was annexed to the "village on the stability of the operation." Browne described him as a highly decorated and said he was once appointed a Bronze Star, which he has not received.

FILE-16. Dec 2011, file photo, John Henry Browne, the attorney representing the Colton Harris-Moore, who is also known as the "Hiroshima Bandit", shows the County Superior Court, Island Coupevilless?, Wash., Thursday, 15 March 2012, Browne said that he has been asked to represent the American soldier charged with killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted s. Warren, file) Close The

But, he said, the military, and his family thought he had done the fighting. Iraq's military suffered a head injury during the trips to the concussive car accident, caused by a road bomb Browne said, and he suffered the injury in the battle to surgery on his foot, which led to the part from.

He was a member of the security check for the health of the officials after the damage of the head before he again, Browne said. He did not know if his client was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but said it could be a trial version is the problem, if the experts believe, is important.

He and his Brigade for the rest of the was originally told they do not go to Afghanistan, Browne said.

Browne and his co-counsel, Emma Scanlan, said they had completed a military wife and other family members, and Browne said, he spoke briefly by telephone from the military, which he described in the stunned and far away.

His family was "quite shocked," he said. "He has never said anything about Muslims mentor. He is usually very ill-mannered sensitising. "

Browne said he knew little of substance the facts of the case, but denied reports that the alcohol, stress and problems in the combination of the home country resulted in him. He said the family was unaware of the problem, said the drinking and the consequences for the couple's marriage is described as the "fabulous."

The military has been accused of being shot near his base in the southern Afghan villages rampage at the beginning of Sunday, killing nine children and seven other civilians and by then some of the institutions. Shooting, which followed the controversial Quran burning incident on the US troops, which has outraged the Afghan officials.

The suspect was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday night, officials described the action as a condition of pretrial confinement in Kuwait. Officials have described him as the father of two anonymous users, which has been in the armed forces of 11 years. He has served three tours in Iraq, and started his first deployment in Afghanistan in December.

The military asked to represent Browne, known as the Seattle defense attorney, when he was introduced, the lawyer said.

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