A female Afghan prosecutor overcame a crippling disease and discrimination to pursue an education and get her dream job. But since the Taliban takeover, she has been unemployed as the militants have barred many women from returning to work.
according to two leaders in al sadr s movement there. they say he was held for the past nine months and that he was, quote, captured in battles. u.s. officials have not confirmed this information. pentagon officials say there have been no active duty military personnel missing in iraq. it s an interesting story with lots of twists here. we are going to continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest information as it comes in to cnn. stay tuned. new details paint a very clear, much clearer picture of the soldier accused of a brutal massacre in afghanistan. the portrait of staff sergeant robert bales seems incomplete. it doesn t explain how or why a decorated combat veteran could carry out such a grisly rampage. dan simon is standing by for us outside lewis-mcchord where bales is stationed. we are starting to learn more about bales. what are you hearing? reporter: the focus is whether or not there were any clues or warning signs that may have caused bales to go o
president to try to end the bloodshed. the open possession says the victims include women and children slaughtered in cold blood. at least 45 civilians were massa occurred in the city of homs. the details, they are shocking. children were stabbed to death in front of their mothers. women and girls were asexually assaulted before being killed. jerry sandusky s lawyers want prosecutors to turn over more information before the pennsylvania state coach faces trial sampbd s trial is set for may and he denies molesting young boys. bobbi kristina talks about her grief. i can hear her voice and spirit talking to me tealg telling me, keep moving, baby, i got you. hear more of oprah s interview at 1:35 eastern. what could make an american soldier kill 16 innocent people, the people that he s supposed to be protecting? chris lawrence is joining us from the pentagon. first of all, what do we know about this american soldier? well, suzanne, he s a combat veteran. he s about 38 y
army staff sergeant accused of the unthinkable. walking off base and executing 16 civilians, nine of them children. the sergeant is a qualified sniper trained to hit and kill people at a distance of eight football fields. let s go to chris lawrence. what else do we know about this accused gunman? he s a combat veteran that did three tours in iraq. on the last tour in 2010, his vehicle rolled over. he suffered a traumatic brain injury. the army treated him for that. he was diagnosed and declared fit for duty. he s a married man, a father of two. over the weekend, the military moved his family, his wife and kids on to the military base in the state of washington for their own protection. now, as to what happened here, he left the base, his combat outpost at 3:00 in the morning. the afghan guards noticed he was gone. noticed him leaving. they called their american counter parts. it raised alarms. the americans put a search party together to search for the soldier. at the same