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Louis Bressler Speaks: Fort Carson Soldier Charged With Two Murders

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:35 PM ET

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In the six years since combat operations began in Iraq, Fort Carson -- the country's third-largest Army base, with 22,000 active soldiers on duty -- has become its own kind of killing field. Before Kevin Shields was gunned down, at least three other Iraq War veterans from the base had been arrested for murder, and a fourth had committed suicide after killing his wife. Since then, at least five more GIs at Fort Carson have been arrested in connection with murders, attempted murders or manslaughter. All told, the military acknowledged this summer, 14 soldiers from the base have been charged or convicted in at least 11 slayings since 2005 -- the largest killing spree involving soldiers at a single U.S. military installation in modern history.

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In the six years since combat operations began in Iraq, Fort Carson -- the country's third-largest Army base, with 22,000 active soldiers on duty -- has become its own kind of killing field. Before Ke...
In the six years since combat operations began in Iraq, Fort Carson -- the country's third-largest Army base, with 22,000 active soldiers on duty -- has become its own kind of killing field. Before Ke...
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10:06 AM on 11/25/2009
Soldiers are human beings. You can only squeeze them so far, leave them out front so long, before they run out of rope. It doesn't justify homicide or suicide, but nobody should be surprised at the cost of war. We have no business in the middle East that requires men on the ground. We need to pull them back and find another way.
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