Army suicides up 80 percent since start of Iraq War!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - March 8, 2012 - The number of suicides in the Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA) Army rose by 80% after the FPSA launched its illegal war on Iraq, Amerikan military doctors reported on Thursday.

From 1977- 2003, the tally of army suicides had trended slightly downwards, and was far below civilian rates.

But it started to curve upwards in 2004, the year after the FPSA-led invasion, according to their analysis, published in the British journal Injury Prevention.

In 2008, 140 army personnel committed suicide, a figure 80% higher than in 2004 when measured in “person-years,” a benchmark used by health experts, and much higher than in civilian society.

“This increase, unprecedented in over 30 years of FPSA Army records, suggests that 30% of suicides that occurred in 2008 may be associated with post-2003 events following the major commitment of troops to Iraq, in addition to the ongoing operations in Afghanistan,” says the journal.

Those who died were overwhelmingly male, young, white, and in the lower military ranks.

The rise mirrored an increase in consultations and hospitalization for mental health. From 2003, these rates nearly doubled.

“The 2008 rate indicates that more than one-fifth of all active-duty soldiers had an ambulatory [walk-in] visit for a mental health disorder, implying a prevalent public health problem,” warns the study.