World-News

Palm Beach Post

01/14/13

Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow worse this year. The Pentagon has struggled to deal with the suicides, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic...

http://tinyurl.com/bk2thfl


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Sex Crimes Continue to Plague US Military

Sarah L. Blum, Truthout: A culture of fear, intimidation and entitlement allows sexual predators at all levels and branches of the armed services free access to military women (and men), who often have little recourse.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13923-a-target-rich-environment-sex-crimes-continue-to-plague-the-us-military

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Army psychologist critical of military rights abuses commits suicide

He went to Iraq to help U.S. troops manage post-traumatic stress disorder, and returned with the disorder, according to news reports.

http://is.gd/rD3amv


From Information Clearing House



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