20 War Zone Suicides So Far in 2006
Some stats from WTVF-Nashville:
Since 2001, 82 US soldiers in the war zone could not cope. They committed suicide. The number of suicides in 2003 was 26, down to 13 in 2004, back up to 25 in 2005, and so far this year there have been 20 soldiers in combat who've committed suicide. ...
According to Army officials, the number of suicides committed by soldiers seems to increase when they return home.
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