Afghan Shooting Highlights Military's God-Awful Track Record on Brain Injuries
Wired News Thursday 15th March, 2012
What spurred one American soldier to allegedly massacre 16 Afghan civilians earlier this week? That’s a complicated question, and one that could take military investigators months or years to figure out. What is known, among sparse details, is that this soldier
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