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Article: 22 Soldiers at Fort Bragg Tied to Extremist Groups; Probe Follows Racist Murders of 2 Civilians
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- The Washington Post
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- December 23, 1995
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Twenty-two Army soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division have
"active, passive or former links" to so-called skinhead or extremist
groups, officials at Fort Bragg, N.C., said yesterday.
The division investigated extremist activities on the base after
three of its soldiers were charged early this month with the racist
murders of two black civilians walking down a street in nearby
Fayetteville early on Dec. 7.
One of those charged, Pfc. James Burmeister II, 20, had been given
oral and written counseling in the past for extremist activities and
had his security clearance revoked. Soldiers who lived in a barracks
with Burmeister said he had displayed a Nazi flag there.
The murders prompted Army ...
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