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Message: [QUOTE="chinaski, post: 617095"] [FONT=arial][SIZE=4]Given that the number of suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds that of those killed in combat, "[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=17px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#202022][SIZE=4][FONT=arial]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 worsen this year[/FONT][/SIZE]" (CBS News).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=#202022]Veterans in general "[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=4][FONT=arial][COLOR=#000000]A U.S. military veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes, on average, according to a recent study from the Department of Veterans Affairs. "[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=4][FONT=arial]An older, less detailed government analysis reported that about 18 former service members kill themselves each day. But a recent, more precise study of veteran suicides from 1999 to 2010 shows that the number is heartbreakingly higher: 22 deaths per day" ([/FONT][/SIZE][URL='http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-vets-commit-suicide-alarming-rate-study-article-1.1253900'][FONT=Arial][SIZE=12px][FONT=Georgia]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-vets-commit-suicide-alarming-rate-study-article-1.1253900[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=12px])[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=12px][FONT=Arial]Read more: [URL='http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-vets-commit-suicide-alarming-rate-study-article-1.1253900#ixzz2Q8k2oCf5'][COLOR=#003399][FONT=inherit]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-vets-commit-suicide-alarming-rate-study-article-1.1253900#ixzz2Q8k2oCf5[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [url]http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/us-military-suicides-outnumbered-combat-deaths-in-afghanistan-in-2012-130116?news=846767[/url] [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/us/suicides-eclipse-war-deaths-for-us-troops.html?_r=0[/url] [url]http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13481099[/url] [FONT=arial][SIZE=4]Maybe all that macho boot camp harassment and over-the-top physical and mental abuse isn't what it's cracked up to be.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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