KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? No decision has been made yet about whether to hold the trial of the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.
Afghan lawmakers have demanded that the U.S. staff sergeant face a public trial inside Afghanistan and have called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to suspend any negotiations with the U.S. on a long-term military pact until this happens.
"No final decision has been made yet" on the location of the trial, said Col. Gary Kolb, a U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan.
"We have done court martials in Afghanistan before, so we have the capability," Kolb said. "They'll take a look at all the circumstances and determine if they do it here or if it goes back to the States."
The U.S. is holding the soldier that military officials say slipped off a U.S. base before dawn Sunday, walked to the villages, barged into their homes and opened fire. Some of the corpses were burned. Eleven were from one family. Five other people were wounded.
The military said Tuesday there was probable cause to continue holding the soldier, who has not been named, in custody. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said he could face capital punishment.
Villagers ? angry at foreign troops, frustrated with their government and tired of war ? recounted the tragedy to a delegation sent to the scene by President Hamid Karzai. Two who lost relatives insisted that not one ? but at least two ? soldiers took part in the shootings.
President Barack Obama pledged a thorough investigation, saying the U.S. was taking the case "as seriously as if it was our own citizens, and our children, who were murdered."
On Tuesday, protesters in the east burned an effigy of Obama as well as a cross, which they used as a symbol of people who ? like many Americans ? are Christians. They also called for the death of the soldier who has been accused.
It was the first significant protest since the killings, which many had worried would spark another wave of deadly riots like those that followed the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base last month. Nearly a week of violent demonstrations and attacks left more than 30 dead, including six U.S. soldiers.
There were no signs of further demonstrations over the shootings by midmorning Thursday.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-considers-afghan-trial-accused-shooter-053608995.html
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