The Kandahar Massacre - Robert Bales

True Crimecast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This episode of True Crimecast unpacks the horrifying events of the Kandahar Massacre, a grim chapter in the history of the Afghanistan War. On March 11, 2012, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales embarked on a violent rampage, killing 16 Afghan civilians, including women and children, and leaving behind devastation in two small villages. Jamie and John examine Bales' troubled past, the psychological toll of war, and the systemic failures that may have contributed to his actions. They also explore the legal proceedings, international law implications, and the lasting impact on US-Afghan relations.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation. This is True Crimecast.
0:27.2	Jamie, as always, joined by John.
0:30.6	What is up?
0:31.3	Not much, man.
0:32.3	Living the life over here.
0:33.3	How are you?
0:33.7	Are you?
0:34.4	I'm living a cold life is what I'm doing.
0:36.4	It is like sickeningly cold outside.
0:39.6	I don't even though that's a word.
0:40.7	That's how cold it is.
0:41.7	I'm making up words.
0:42.7	I love the cold and I'm cold.
0:45.5	I love the cold when it's like summertime and it's 70.
0:49.3	And people think that's cold.
0:50.7	That's the kind of cold I like.
0:52.2	So you like fake cold.
0:53.6	Yeah.
0:56.0	I feel like you've given me a real cold.
0:59.0	Like you've been like under the weather. Are you sick?
1:00.1	I think I can feel it coming like a bad storm, you know?
1:04.9	I think you just, I don't know, there's a word for people who catch all the illnesses
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