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Title: UK: Armed Forces’ Suicides Surpass Combat Deaths
Post by: ribonucleic on April 03, 2007, 10:59:59 AM

Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures released this weekend also reveal that the number of suicides among servicemen and women has risen by at least 49 in a year. This is more than three times the number of soldiers killed since the start of war in Afghanistan in 2001 and has raised fresh concerns about the mental welfare of troops. Those most at risk of taking their own lives are soldiers in their early 20s and teenage army recruits.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2411389.ece

Title: Re: UK: Armed Forces’ Suicides Surpass Combat Deaths
Post by: Old_Rooster on April 03, 2007, 11:04:37 AM

so the brits are weak of mind huh?

Title: Re: UK: Armed Forces’ Suicides Surpass Combat Deaths
Post by: ribonucleic on April 03, 2007, 11:13:45 AM

Quote from: Old_Rooster on April 03, 2007, 11:04:37 AM

so the brits are weak of mind huh?

No weaker than us.

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The number of U.S. Army soldiers who took their own lives increased last year to the highest total since 1993, despite a growing effort by the Army to detect and prevent suicides.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12428185

Title: Re: UK: Armed Forces’ Suicides Surpass Combat Deaths
Post by: dizzleman06 on April 03, 2007, 11:24:35 AM

Quote from: ribonucleic on April 03, 2007, 11:13:45 AM

No weaker than us.

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The number of U.S. Army soldiers who took their own lives increased last year to the highest total since 1993, despite a growing effort by the Army to detect and prevent suicides.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12428185

FAR FAR weaker than us!