Brother speaks warmly in court of American soldier in Afghan rampage

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Courtroom sketch of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales and attorney John Henry Browne during a pre-sentencing hearing in Tacoma WashingtonBy Jonathan Kaminsky TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier who gunned down 16 Afghan civilians last year was an attentive father of two children and a duty-bound Army man before the attacks, his brother testified at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday. William Bales spoke warmly of his youngest brother, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, saying the former high school football player left a carefree bachelor life behind to enlist in the military in the aftermath of al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. …

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