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Prosecutors: Sergeant aware of Afghanistan attack

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In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, seated at front-right, listens Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar province in Afghanistan in March, 2012. At upper-right is Investigating Officer Col. Lee Deneke, and seated at front-left is Bales' civilian attorney, Emma Scanlan.

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In this courtroom sketch, Capt. Daniel Fields, right, a prosecution witness in the military preliminary hearing of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, testifies in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. At upper left is Investigating Officer Col. Lee Deneke.

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The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn't his own. He asked where it came from and where he'd been.Bales shrugged, the medic, Sgt. 1st Class James Stillwell, testified Tuesday. "If I tell you, you guys will have to testify against me," Stillwell quoted him as saying.