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Benefits - Business - Careers - Community - Education - Finance - Forum - Health   May 13, 2009 PTSD Massacre MURDER IN IRAQ: TORTURING OUR OWN 5 Dead in Iraq.  Who is Really to Blame When Troops Go Postal? by Gordon Duff, Staff Writer A 44 year old Army sergeant is facing murder charges.  Five families are destroyed, their loved ones dead at the hands of a comrade.  Piling this on the invisible human disasters of war, not the dead civilians in Afghanistan the world press dotes on, but American families plowed into the dirt for no reason at all, this should not have been a surprise to anyone. So far, the unfolding story tells us of a man "waiting discharge" with serious "stress" issues undergoing testing that he claimed was hurting him, making him worse, and, as we have seen, driving him to murderous rage.  What the hell was he doing in Iraq in the first place?  Why do we repdeploy the wounded, the seriously depressed, the PTSD victims?  Read More > Today's Featured Stories...  Top 10 Veterans News from Around the Country 5-13-09        Pipeline-Istan: Everything About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama   Fatigued     When strains of deployment lead to fragging it is way past time to rethink Afghanistan     KBR Says Obeying U.S. Laws Puts Company At a 'Competitive Disadvantage'         Undersupplied US soldiers forced to steal water in Iraq         Veteran-owned Biotech Startup Charges Health Agency with Blackballing its Initiatives     Today in Congress: May 13, 2009     New York judge urges special courts for veterans     Job Fair-Fort Dix, New Jersey         Obama's right on target in Afghanistan         Inquirer defends the indefensible: A monthly column by torture architect John Yoo   Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families by Keith Armstrong by Ulysses Press Paperback List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $6.48 Buy Now   Army suicides soar past 2008's pace         Ventura: Powell's a 'war hero,' while Cheney 'ran and hid'         Veterans group loses a battle it didn't know it was fighting         NH bill gives veterans holiday preference         "Troops to College" -$1,000 to support, aid local veterans         U.S. soldiers search for midwife in Afghan war zone         Nonprofits' Washington conference focuses on homeless veterans         NEW CLINIC OPENING-Nashville         State becomes leader in providing care for female veterans         Passing-Ted Sampley-Voluble POW-MIA Activist Tillman's Parents Criticize General, Says He Helped Covered Up NFL star's 2004 Death    TCE/PCE Petition Drive Needs Veterans' Support         Congressman Sestak Discusses Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on CNN    1st Annual Fallen Marines of 'Bridge Company Bravo ' Golf Tournament         Was JFK Bad for America?         House Votes to Thank WWII Service of Merchant Mariners     U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards: 5-12-09         Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination     'Last hurrah' on D-Day honors veterans, shipyard workers     Ohio Vietnam Veterans Memorial is work in progress that will be dedicated Sunday American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 by William Manchester by Little, Brown and Company Hardcover List Price: $50.00 Our Price: $13.89 Buy Now Womens Memorial Dedicated in Conn.         Veterans' center in O'Hara to offer 1-stop shopping for care         Seven Filipino veterans are among first to receive $15,000 checks for their World War II service       Wausau Secret War veterans to travel to La Crosse for ceremony         Berlin honors veterans of airlift that broke Soviet blockade         Veterans Court Could Launch In August         Two students collect 1,500 cellphones for U.S. soldiers in Iraq         Flowers For Heroes Supports Gold Star Families         For Better or For worse Feedback and Comments?  Email us at editor@veteranstoday.com

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