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Jason Leopold, Truthout: 'The Iraq war isn t over. For tens of thousands of soldiers returning from the battlefield, it never will be. Some of these men and women will turn to alcohol and drugs to ease their mental injuries; some will end up homeless, unemployed and divorced ... Most will be forgotten. Fortunately, there are journalists like Joshua Phillips who have taken great pains to preserve the memories of a handful of veterans whose lives have been ravaged by the war.'

http://www.truth-out.org/tortures-other-victims/1322783647



Can a Montana Program to Reduce Veteran Suicide Succeed at the National Level?

Eric Newhouse, Truthout: 'As America closes out its mission in Iraq, the Pentagon is gearing up to provide hundreds of thousands of returning soldiers with a new safeguard: intensive screenings for mental and emotional problems caused by combat. But military suicides, on average, one soldier has taken his or her own life every 36 hours between 2005 and 2010, aren t slowing down yet, according to an alarming new report.'

http://www.truth-out.org/can-montana-program-reduce-veteran-suicide-succeed-national-level/1324394752



Truthout s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About Increase in Veterans' Suicides

Jason Leopold, RT: 'With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average of 18 US soldiers per day die. Many feel that the trauma of war is too much for soldiers handle when returning to civilian life. Jason Leopold, deputy managing editor for TruthOut.Org, joins us to explore the situation.'

http://www.truth-out.org/truthouts-jason-leopold-speaks-rt-about-increase-veterans-suicides/1324666825



The Death of Pvt. Danny Chen: Military Admits Chen Was Target of Race-Based Hazing on Daily Basis

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: ''U.S. Army investigators have released explosive new details about the death of Private Danny Chen, who allegedly took his own life just weeks after he was deployed to Afghanistan last October. The family of the 19-year-old Chinese-American soldier says the Army told them Chen had been abused by comrades on an almost daily basis ...''

http://www.truth-out.org/death-private-danny-chen-military-admits-chen-was-target-race-based-hazing-daily-basis/1326137910

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Iraq: War Woe: Suicide Kills More US Soldiers Than Combat

Video By RT

As U.S. soldiers return home for Christmas, the mood is far from joyful among veterans struggling to deal with the personal aftermath of the war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30063.htm



Another face of the U.S. recession: homeless children

As her mother sat in a homeless shelter in downtown Miami, talking about her economic struggles and loss of faith in the U.S. political system, 3-year-old Aeisha Touray blurted out what sounded like a new slogan for the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

http://reut.rs/uJgZTi


From Information Clearing House



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