Did stress of combat tours trigger U.S. soldier's rampage?

Seattle Times by Hal Bernton | Mar. 13, 2012 (Special Report)

The Joint Base Lewis-McChord sergeant now accused of mass murder of Afghan civilians previously did three tours of duty in Iraq. His alleged actions are likely to put a new spotlight on the grinding mental effects of multiple front-line deployments by many American soldiers. Full Story »

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by Annie Greene - May. 21, 2012

The article was interesting but it focuses more on the armies inability to properly screen soldiers for mental health problems than it does the specific incident of the U.S soldiers rampage--there is little research to back that claim although I think it is safe to say that post war mental health problems of some sort played into the incident.