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05-11-2009, 11:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United Kingdom
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| US soldier kills 4 troops, then himself A bit confusing it seems to suggest the dead were US soldiers themselves but then goes on to say their nationalities haven't been released yet Officials: U.S. soldier in Baghdad kills 4 troops, self - CNN.com |
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05-11-2009, 11:53 AM
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| Older Than Dirt   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| War does strange things to some people. Some just can't handle the mental anguish.... Charles
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05-11-2009, 12:00 PM
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| Hard to tell what caused him to commit that act at this point. Perhaps the stress of combat got to him?
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05-11-2009, 04:46 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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| D@@@, this is sad. Nobody ever wants something like this to happen. Although, I bet that this will give more ammo to people who want out of Iraq faster than when Obama said that we will pull out.
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05-11-2009, 04:57 PM
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| That is sad to hear.
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05-11-2009, 05:42 PM
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| Happens in all walks of life. We've recently heard of people killing their families and then themselves allegedly because of financial problems. Go figure. Stress is a dangerous thing. Who knows what demons are in people's heads. Sad. TO
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05-12-2009, 10:15 AM
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| Older Than Dirt Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| According to this morning's paper, he killed five. Three G.I.'s awaiting treatment and two medical personnel. He was taken into custody. They also said he was asked to leave earlier, and they took his weapon. He returned, later, with another weapon, and started shooting. Charles
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05-12-2009, 10:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
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| The same happened to our company during basic training, and it is usually the last person on earth you would suspect of doing something like this My condolences to the families edd
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05-12-2009, 04:40 PM
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| Saddning to read this Recently an ex-police officer(and ex-territorial army) here in NZ killed a policer officer also wounding 3 others-few days later killed himself Gunman named - news - the-press | Stuff.co.nz Crazy really what people are capable of
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