Soldier Suicides at Record Level
Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources
By Dana Priest
Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 31, 2008; Page A01
Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to
court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on
herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. In so
doing, the 25-year-old Army reservist joined a record number of soldiers
who
have committed or tried to commit suicide after serving in Iraq or
Afghanistan.
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"Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than
in 2006"
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