WEBVTT - Introducing: THE WAR WITHIN: THE ROBERT BALES STORY

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<v Speaker 1>Afghanistan. Twenty twelve, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was leading a

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<v Speaker 1>squad of American infantryman in a region known as the

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<v Speaker 1>birthplace of the Taliban. He was on his fourth poor

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<v Speaker 1>Beauty and considered to be an elite soldier until one night,

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason, Bales left his combat outpost, walked to

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<v Speaker 1>two nearby villages and opened fire. All told, sixteen Afghan

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<v Speaker 1>civilians were killed that night, many of them were children.

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Bales is a murder.

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<v Speaker 2>It's straight up a war crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Hearing the name Robert Bales sends chills down my spine.

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<v Speaker 1>The reaction from the US government was swift and severe,

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<v Speaker 1>provoking universal condemnation and the life sentence Fort Leavenworth Correctional

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<v Speaker 1>Barracks military prison. Since then, the story of Robert Bales

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<v Speaker 1>has faded from the public eye until now.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I made a mistake, maybe I am wrong, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to understand the way it went down.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the years, We've conducted a series of exclusive interviews

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<v Speaker 1>with one of America's most notorious war criminals. They paint

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<v Speaker 1>a complex portrait of a man changed by the global

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<v Speaker 1>War on Terror.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody joins the Army after September eleventh, to be the

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<v Speaker 2>bad guy, you know, the idea of hurting it kid,

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<v Speaker 2>of killing a kid come on.

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<v Speaker 1>Questions remain around Baal's mindset and motivations that fateful night,

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<v Speaker 1>questions he seeks to answer.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes into question, how could anyone do that? How

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<v Speaker 2>could I go that far off track? And then I

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<v Speaker 2>relived those days and I'm like, oh my god, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't believe I was still alive too to.

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<v Speaker 1>That The war within the Robert Bayles Story. It's an

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<v Speaker 1>investigative podcast that unpacks one of the most controversial events

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<v Speaker 1>in American military history. You'll hear from soldiers have served

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<v Speaker 1>on that deployment.

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<v Speaker 2>I get woken up very early in the morning and

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, everybody, get up, go to your battle station.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone is missing. Robert Bales's fiercest defenders. He saw he

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<v Speaker 1>saw the Taliband get ready to attack. My goal is

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<v Speaker 1>to get him home right so that we can be

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<v Speaker 1>a family. His biggest detractors. He committed brutal atrocities on us.

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<v Speaker 1>He took my whole family away from me. And experts

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<v Speaker 1>who uncover explosive information on this polarizing.

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<v Speaker 3>Case, Bail's deployment is merely a symptom of a broken army,

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<v Speaker 3>scraping the bottom of the barrel and sending injured and

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<v Speaker 3>ill service members overseas.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all here in twelve episodes that will be both

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<v Speaker 1>gripping and revealing.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand why I'm here.

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<v Speaker 1>I know because my nightmares.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell me every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to the War within the Robert Bailes Story starting

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<v Speaker 1>on June twenty ninth, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts.