Sunday, May 18, 2008

SOLDIERS: Confronting vets' suicide epidemic

SOLDIERS: Confronting vets' suicide epidemic


By Brandi Watters


Timothy K. Israel was likely just one of 18 veterans who committed suicide on May 9, according to internal e-mails of the U.S. Veterans Administration.

Israel, a decorated Iraq war veteran, was found hanging in the Elwood Police Department jail cell. He used the drawstring of his Army-issue pants.

Just three days before Israel took his life, the House Veterans Affairs Committee grilled VA officials for apparently concealing statistics regarding the suicides of U.S. veterans.
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