Archive for the 'Iraq' Category

U.S. settles lawsuit with parents of Iraq war vet who committed suicide

Jason Leopold (The Public Record, 1.20.09)

The federal government has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an Iraq war veteran who hung himself in his parents’ basement in June 2005 after being turned away by doctors at a Veterans Administration hospital in Massachusetts where he sought help for post-traumatic stress disorder. 

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The war comes home

Laura Flanders (GRITtv, 1.08.09)

VIDEO: Luis Carlos Montalvan’s battle as an Iraq war veteran is not uncommon. Even so, chances are you haven’t heard about it or about the struggles of many vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan seeking medical care. 

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Coping with my Iraq nightmares

Christopher Brownfield (The Daily Beast, 12.26.08)

It was a slow, painful awakening to realize last week that I have post-traumatic stress disorder. 

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