1、原文标题：US Soldier Charged in Connection to Afghan Massa.内容简介：美杀害阿富汗17平民士兵为自己申辩，阿方态度坚定要求严惩。Hints：KandaharBalesAfghanQuranIslamicHamid KarzaiState of KansasThe case stems from the killing of 17 villagers in Kandahar province on March 11th, near a U.S. military outpost where Bales was stationed.Afghan wi
2、tnesses say Bales stabbed and shot the villagers, and set some of them on fire. A number of children were among the victims.Bales attorney spoke to reporters this week after meeting with his client for several hours.He has some memories of what happened that evening before the alleged incident and t
3、hen he has some memories after that alleged incident, but he has no memories of what happened in between.Like many other U.S. service members in this decade of war, Bales had multiple deployments. He was on his fourth combat tour and suffered a brain injury in an earlier deployment. That has fueled
4、questions about combat stress, frequent deployments and head injuries.None of those questions or possibilities are quelling the anger of some Afghans who were already upset by another recent incident - the inadvertent destruction of the Quran by U.S. service members. The March 11th massacre has spar
5、ked calls for revenge and harsh justice.We demand from the court in the United States to give the death penalty to the U.S soldier who massacred the civilians, because he deserves hanging, because he committed the biggest crime. We want a punishment based on Islamic sharia law.The case has raised te
6、nsions between the U.S. and Afghan governments.Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that U.S. troops - scheduled to be in his country for two more years - stay out of Afghan villages.For now, Bales is at this military prison in the U.S. State of Kansas, awaiting word on his fate.这个事件是这样发生的，驻扎在
7、美军前哨地点附近的士兵贝尔斯于3月11日杀死了坎大哈省17名平民。阿富汗目击者说贝尔斯戳击并枪杀了村民，并焚烧了部分死者的尸体。受害者中还包括了多名儿童。这周贝尔斯的律师同他进行数小时会面之后，他向记者做出了回应。“那晚他在这起嫌疑事故发生之前有些许记忆，之后也有些许记忆，但是这其中发生了什么他全都不记得了。”正如许多其他参与这场十年之战的美国士兵一样，贝尔斯已参加了很多的部署计划。这已是他的第四场战役，在早前的部署中他还遭受了脑部创伤。这引起了有关于作战压力，频繁作战部署和脑部受伤的疑问。这些疑问和可能性都不能平息阿富汗人的愤怒，他们已经被最近的另一起事件美军非故意焚烧古兰经的事件惹得恼怒不堪。3月11日大屠杀激起了强烈谴责和严厉制裁的呼吁。“我们要求美国法院判处屠杀平民的美国士兵死刑，绞刑是他因受的，因为他犯了最严重的罪。我们希望用伊斯兰教教法处置他。”这起事件使得美国和阿富汗政府的关系愈加紧张。阿富汗总统哈米德卡尔扎伊已经要求本计划在其国土再多待两年的美国士兵撤出阿富汗村庄。眼下，贝尔斯在美国肯萨斯州的军事监狱内，等候他命运的审判。
