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Army Culture, Separation Cited In U.S. Base Killings Reuters Posted on Thu, Nov. 07, 2002 FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The stress of separation and a belief that soldiers should not seek counseling probably contributed to killings this summer involving couples at a U.S. Army base in North Carolina, investigators said on Thursday. Their report said the anti-malarial drug mefloquine, which was widely prescribed to soldiers in Afghanistan and can prompt side effects such as rage and suicidal tendencies, "was unlikely to be the cause of the tragic clustering of domestic violence incidents." In June and July, four soldiers based at...