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Iraq Reservists Face a 'Perfect Storm' of Post-Traumatic Stress

By Stacy Bannerman, Foreign Policy in Focus. Posted March 15, 2007.


Soldiers who have served in Iraq are killing themselves at higher rates than in any other war in which such data have been tracked. To understand why, just look at the system.
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Stacy Bannerman is the author of "When the War Came Home: The Inside Story of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind" (Continuum Publishing, 2006), and an analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus. She is the director of Operation Occupation and can be contacted at www.stacybannerman.com.

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