ANOTHER MAJOR TASK THAT OBAMA WILL INHERIT. WE MUST BRING OUR CHILDREN HOME NOW AND GET THEM TREATED..THEY WILL BE OUR NEXT DRUGGED UP, HOMELESS, SICK VETS..Agnes
Army Looking Into Recruiter Suicides Senator Says Brigadier General Investigating Alleged Suicide Cover Up
HOUSTON Nov. 7, 2008 (AP)
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says the Army has appointed a brigadier general to investigate allegations of a cover-up among commanders of a recruiting battalion after a string of recruiter suicides.
The Army is investigating a series of suicides among recruiters and an alleged cover up.
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Five Army recruiters from the same Houston battalion have committed suicide since 2001, including two since August. Cornyn last month called for an independent investigation in a letter to Secretary of the Army Pete Geren.
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The Houston Chronicle reports Geren responded in a two-page letter dated Nov. 3, writing that he shared Cornyn's concern about the suicides and reports of "undue command influence within the Houston Recruiting Battalion investigations."
Brig. Gen. Frank Turner of the U.S. Army Accessions Command has been assigned to lead the investigation and make recommendations.
In addition, the U.S. Army Recruiting Command is conducting fatality review boards and line-of-duty investigations into the two most recent suicides.
Cornyn says he's pleased with the Army's response so far, but his office will to continue to monitor developments and pursue further action as needed.
--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Panama Vicente Alba
Subject: Fw: 16 US troops commit suicide in Iraq
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Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 1:26 PM
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Subject: 16 US troops commit suicide in Iraq
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Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 12:54 PM
16 US troops commit suicide in Iraq
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:48:50 GMT
Sixteen US troops from the a unit of the Airborne Division have committed suicide inside a military base in Iraq, security sources say.
Iraqi security sources have revealed that 21 US troops had committed suicide inside a former Iraqi air force base 27 days ago, Fars News Agency reported on Monday.
According to the sources, the 21 troops were treated in a hospital but only five soldiers have survived and they are in a critical condition. Security officials said they used potent narcotics to kill themselves.
The troops' motivations for suicide are not known but according to Iraqi sources the servicemen belonged to a unit of the US Airborne Division that was behind the massacre of several Iraqi families-- mostly women and children-- in northern Baghdad, said Ali al-Baghdadi an Iraqi security official.
The suicides took place in the soldiers' dormitory after the dinner time.
"The bodies of the US troops became misshapen such a way that they looked like 5000-year mummies," said a witness.
According to Iraqi officials' estimates, some 600 US troops, including senior officers, have committed suicide in Iraq since the invasion of the country in 2003.
Half of the suicide attempts have been successful.
Vicente " Panama" Alba
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