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 [The Left Coaster] Why Does Bush Hate Our Troops?: The prevalence of reporting a mental health problem was 19.1% among service members returning from Iraq compared with 11.3% after returning from Afghanistan and 8.5% after returning from other locations (P<.001). Mental health problems reported on the postdeployment assessment were significantly associated with combat experiences, mental health care referral and utilization, and attrition from military service.

 [Blah, blah, blah] Treating veterans with ecstasy: The information is coming from documents related to a civil lawsuit filed by veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war who claim the government is illegally denying mental health treatment to some troops.Army officials in upstate New York instructed representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs not to help disabled soldiers at Fort Drum Army base with their military disability paperwork last year.

 [Roundup: Historians' Take] George Weigel: Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism: It would also be helpful if the western press would call things by their right names: murderers in Iraq are murderers and terrorists, not insurgents or sectarians; suicide bombers are, in fact, homicide bombers;

[Turn Maine Blue - Front Page] Do NOT watch these or read this if you do not want to know about ...: Members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee met recently discuss ways to provide treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is considered by many to be the signature injury of the war in Iraq. Among veterans and servicemembers from Iraq and Afghanistan treated at Walter Reed for injuries of any type, approximately 65 percent have TBI as a primary diagnosis or simultaneous injury.

[Insurgentjg] Inequalities of War: In the beginning he says the truth has finally been revealed, George.W.Bush has admitted that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was aimed simply to have control over Iraq’s oil resources which is contrary to his previous justifications of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and links with AL Qaeda.

[The Indypendent] Return of the Winter Soldier: Iraq Vets Prepare Atrocity Testimony: During the series of panels, multimedia presentations and testimony, more than 45 current and former soldiers plan to describe the indiscriminate killing and injuring of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, the use of chemical weapons, the torture and killing of detainees, rape ”” within the military itself and against Iraqi civilians ”” the denial of medical care to the injured and the mutilation of the dead, and other war crimes. Iraqi and Afghani civilians, as well as reporters not embedded with the military, are scheduled to verify many of the stories that will be described by the soldiers.

 [Veterans Today - US Military Veterans VA Home Loans, Vet Jobs, VA Benefits, VA Hospitals, VA Administration] Breaking the Drug Taboo: Group of Traumatized Veterans Get ...: Filner's choice of words is instructive, as are his sentiments: With upwards of 25 million veterans in the United States, not counting those overseas in the morally murky theater of Iraq and Afghanistan who may return home sometime after the 2008 presidential election, that's a lot of assistance and funding needed to head off what he called a "rate of veteran suicide [that] has reached epidemic proportions," to the point that it has doubled the suicide rate of civilians.

[Turn Maine Blue - Front Page] PART 2--Problems ALL Americans should know. We need help to fix ...: Members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee met recently discuss ways to provide treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI), which is considered by many to be the signature injury of the war in Iraq. Among veterans and servicemembers from Iraq and Afghanistan treated at Walter Reed for injuries of any type, approximately 65 percent have TBI as a primary diagnosis or simultaneous injury.

 [Dear Kitty. Some blog] Iraq war brings sixfold increase in US soldiers’ suicide attempts: Why are veterans, active duty, and National Guard men and women opposed to the war in Iraq? From CNN in the USA:.

 [College Democrats of Madison blog] Troop suicides up since 2002: To reduce suicides, the Army said it is targeting soldiers who are or have been in Iraq for long periods and teaching them to notice signs that can lead to suicide.

[Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq] GI Blog Posts - Told to Wait, an Iraq War Veteran Marine Dies: Across the country, there are stories of veterans suffering with combat stress and PTSD, who are struggling to find help at VA facilities to deal with the problems they face, according to Steve Robinson, director of veterans affairs for the Washington-based Veterans for America, an advocacy group. "Sadly, there are a lot of Jonathan Schulzes out there," said Robinson, a veteran of the Gulf War who investigates cases all over the country of service members suffering from mental illness and other injuries who are struggling to get the care they deserve.

 [KOYLI were the best] Iraq Veterans Denied Help: Hundreds of veterans, including many who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, are being denied vital help by the government to cope with the psychological fallout of war.

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