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The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. On Tuesday, we explored the case of Kenny Stanton Jr., murdered last month by our allies, the Iraqi police, though the military didn’t make that known at the time. Now we learn that one of the first female soldiers killed in Iraq died by her own hand after objecting to interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Peterson, a devout Mormon, had graduated from Flagstaff High School and earned a psychology degree from Northern Arizona University on a military scholarship. “Peterson objected to the interrogation techniques used on prisoners. She refused to participate after only two nights working in the unit known as the cage. Army spokespersons for her unit have refused to describe the interrogation techniques Alyssa objected to. They say all records of those techniques have now been destroyed. ...
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- The U.S. gender ratio for suicides is 4:1, male to female
- She was a "devout" member of the Church which opposes suicide
- She was a return missionary indicating she was even more likely to follow the tenets of the religion including looking forward to temple marriage and being a mother
- She had just attended suicide prevention training
- She had a psychology degree
- Of all education levels, those with some college are least likely to commit suicide (compared to those with some high school and some with a high school degree)
- Her parents never knew about her opposition to the interrogation techniques
Highly unusual.
Devout latter-day saints don't commit suicide?