Mary Anna (18 Aug 2012)
"US war woe: Suicide kills more soldiers than combat"

 

http://rt.com/news/us-soldiers-suicide-combat-487/
US war woe: Suicide kills more soldiers than combat

When guns fall silent and ceasefires are agreed, wars live on in the minds of the men and women who fought them. And a killer still stalks them, more deadly than the enemies they once faced.

Being in a conflict environment is killing US soldiers. But surprisingly, the biggest killers are not enemy combatants.

For the second year in row, more US soldiers killed themselves than were killed in combat. In 2010, 468 soldiers took their own lives, compared to 462 killed in fighting.

And even off the battlefield, suicide rates continue to soar.