PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />U.S. Army sergeant Robert Bales has pleaded guilty to the killing of 16 Afghan civilians.<br/> <br />His admission of guilt is the result of a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.<br/> <br />Bales walked off his base in Kandahar province last March, and gunned down unarmed villagers.<br/> <br />It was the worst case of civilian slaughter blamed on a rogue U.S. soldier since the Vietnam war.<br/> <br />Bales' guilty plea and his deal with the prosecutors has outraged many in Afghanistan<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) KANDAHAR RESIDENT, NANAI KHAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Robert Bales should not reach a plea deal with prosecutors in order to avoid a death penalty. He must be punished with the death penalty in order for it to be a lesson for other criminals. In fact we wanted him to be on trial in Afghanistan."<br/> <br />Afghan human rights activist Nadir Nadiri says true justice is in everyone's interest.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) AFGHAN HUMAN R
