So much for the "beheading" theory.
Mar 16, 8:30 AM EDT
Lawyer: Afghan suspect's friend had leg blown off
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) -- The soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is expected to be flown to a U.S. military prison as early as Friday, a senior defense official said, as the soldier's attorney spoke of the impact the fighting had on his client.
The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security surrounding the move, said the soldier would go the facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the military's only maximum-security prison.
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The soldier's attorney, Seattle attorney John Henry Browne, told reporters Thursday that the day before the rampage, he saw his friend's leg blown off.
Browne told The Associated Press that his client's family provided him with details of the injury to another U.S. soldier. The details have not been independently verified.
"His leg was blown off, and my client was standing next to him," he said Thursday.
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The soldier, a 38-year-old father of two who is originally from the Midwest, deployed last December with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, and on Feb. 1 was attached to a "village stability operation." Browne described him as highly decorated and said he had once been nominated for a Bronze Star, which he did not receive.
He said the soldier and his family had thought he was done fighting. During tours in Iraq, the soldier suffered a concussive head injury in a car accident caused by a roadside bomb, Browne said, and he suffered a battle-related injury that resulted in surgery to remove part of his foot.
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