Casualties of War, Part II: Warning signs

gazette.com, The Gazette by Dave Philipps | Jul. 28, 2009 (Investigative Report)

After coming home from Iraq, 21-year-old medic Bruce Bastien was driving with his Army buddy Louis Bressler, 24, when they spotted a woman walking to work on a Colorado Springs street.

Bressler swerved and hit the woman with the car, according to police, then Bastien jumped out and stabbed her over and over. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: War, Afghanistan, U.S. Military, War in Iraq
Member Tags: mental health, Winter Soldier
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 30, 2009 - 12:27 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Dwight Rousu
4.6
 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 31, 2009

The story is unflinching in looking at the effects of this war upon domestic crime and mental health. Diligent and powerful investigative reporting by Philipps.

This seemed in many ways a redux of the trauma related at the NW Winter Soldier testimony.

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