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Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) -- The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage is sitting in a military courtroom for the next week or more, hearing the evidence against him. 

The Article 32 hearing began Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state to determine if a trial is warranted for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who could get the death penalty if convicted. 

The deadly shooting spree near a small U.S. base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province last March strained already tense U.S.-Afghan relations and intensified a debate about whether to pull out American troops ahead of their planned 2014 withdrawal. 

"He committed a mass killing crime, and we would like the court in the United States to implement justice and punish him according to the crime," Ahmad Zia Syamak, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, told CNN on Monday. 

Bales acted with "chilling premeditation" and was "lucid, coherent and responsive" when he left the remote outpost and went from house to house, gunning down villagers, Lt. Col. Joseph Morse, the Army's prosecutor, told the court. Women and children were among the 16 dead and six wounded, authorities said. 

"Nothing really justifies killing women and children in a noncombat situation," Bales' attorney, John Henry Browne, told CNN earlier. "But there may be explanations if that's true." 

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The first soldier to testify Monday was Cpl. David Godwin, who said he watched a movie and drank Jack Daniels whiskey with Bales and another soldier, Sgt. Jason McLaughlin, just hours before the alleged attack.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What court does Ahmad want to implement justice?
Guess: the court in the United States to implement justice

Question: Who does Ahmad speak for?
Guess: Hamid Karzai,

Question: Who's that?
Guess: The Afghan President

Question: What news organization did Ahmad express his opinion to?
Guess: CNN

Question: When?
Guess: "Monday

Question: Is Ahmad hoping someone will be punished?
Guess: Yes

Question: Who?
Guess: Robert Bales

Question: Did he do something bad?
Guess: Yes allegedly

Question: What is he accused of doing?
Guess: killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage

Question: Does anything justify killing women and children in a noncombat situation?
Guess: no

Question: Who made that statement?
Guess: Bales' attorney

Question: What's his name?
Guess: John Henry Browne

Question: Does he think there's a valid explanation if it's true?
Guess: there may be

Question: Are Bales' friends stunned by his actions?
Guess: yes

Question: When did the first soldier testify?
Guess: monday

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Who was it?

David Godwin