Soldier Shooting Puts Focus On Combat Stress -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — A 44-year-old Army sergeant was charged with murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of five fellow soldiers at a combat stress clinic at a Baghdad army base, an American military official said Tuesday.
The suspected gunman, Sgt. John M. Russell of the 54th Engineering Battalion based in Bamberg, Germany, was charged with five counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault in Monday’s shooting, the official, Maj. Gen. David Perkins, told reporters.
Later in the day, his father detailed the pressures on him and the problems he was having with his superior officers. “I think they broke him,” Wilburn Russell said.
The killings appeared to be the single deadliest episode of soldier-on-soldier violence among American forces since the United States-led invasion of Iraq six years ago.
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US Soldier Charged with Killing Colleagues in Iraq -- Voice of America
Suspect in Iraq shootings is on 3rd tour there -- McClatchy News
Soldier Who Killed 5 Was In Counseling -- CBS
Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress -- AP
Soldier rampage hints at stress of repeated deployments -- Christian Science Monitor
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The killings appeared to be the single deadliest episode of soldier-on-soldier violence among American forces since the United States-led invasion of Iraq six years ago.
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More News On The Killing Of 5 American Soldiers By A Fellow Soldier
US soldier charged with murders -- BBC
US Soldier Charged with Killing Colleagues in Iraq -- Voice of America
Suspect in Iraq shootings is on 3rd tour there -- McClatchy News
Soldier Who Killed 5 Was In Counseling -- CBS
Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress -- AP
Soldier rampage hints at stress of repeated deployments -- Christian Science Monitor
Suspect in Iraq attack rece
US soldier charged with murders -- BBC
US Soldier Charged with Killing Colleagues in Iraq -- Voice of America
Suspect in Iraq shootings is on 3rd tour there -- McClatchy News
Soldier Who Killed 5 Was In Counseling -- CBS
Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress -- AP
Soldier rampage hints at stress of repeated deployments -- Christian Science Monitor
Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away -- L.A. Times
U.S. Military Identifies Sergeant Charged in Baghdad Shooting -- Washington Post
Why Soldiers (Don’t) Frag -- Danger Room
US Soldier Charged with Killing Colleagues in Iraq -- Voice of America
Suspect in Iraq shootings is on 3rd tour there -- McClatchy News
Soldier Who Killed 5 Was In Counseling -- CBS
Soldier charged in comrades' deaths showed stress -- AP
Soldier rampage hints at stress of repeated deployments -- Christian Science Monitor
Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away -- L.A. Times
U.S. Military Identifies Sergeant Charged in Baghdad Shooting -- Washington Post
Why Soldiers (Don’t) Frag -- Danger Room