European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 3 Dod Survey finds ethical struggle in War 1 in 10 service members admit to abusing noncombatants or destroying their property by Lisa Burgess stars and stripes fewer than half of soldiers and marines polled in Iraq would report a buddy for unethical according to a combat mental health study re leased Friday by the defense the latest mental health advisory team Survey queried soldiers and 447 marines anonymously from August to october the fourth in a series of studies since 2003 to assess the mental health and Well being of deployed it is the first time the Survey has included marines and the first to ask questions concerning combat Gale commander of the army med ical command and acting army surgeon told Pentagon reporters during a Friday press ethics questions were included while the study was under Way at the request of army George the command or of multinational Accord ing to rear Richard medical officer of the Marine who also at tended the just 47 percent of soldiers and 38 percent go to for the Complete report of the marines participating believe that noncombatants should be treated with dig nity and according to the one service member in 10 admitted to hit Ting or kicking a or destroying non combatant property without More than on third also Felt that torture should be allowed to save the life of a Fel Low Soldier or Marine in the which is dated but was not publicly released until asked about her concerns Over the reluctance of soldiers to report their buddies for and apparent willingness to see Tor Ture used against Pollock these men and women Are seeing their friends these thoughts Are Natu what is Pollock is that there not acting on these in the 62 percent of soldiers and 66 percent of marines reported knowing someone who had been seriously injured or or that a member of their team had become a combat the researchers passed out Anonymous questionnaires and conducted interviews with focus groups among troops involved in combat said army Carl mental health advisory Teamie team the More frequently service members Are and the longer they stay on the Bat the More Likely they Are to report los ing not Only their moral but their mental researchers the Survey found that on third of troops in combat report feelings of depression and but not All service members Are at equal Pollock length of com Bat Tours is the main determinant for whether or not a service member will suf Fer from mental health soldiers who deployed for More than six or had deployed multiple were More Likely to screen positive for a mental health Issue than other because marines typically deploy for just seven months compared to the army yearlong soldiers report experienc ing mental health problems at a higher Pollock the army is spread and Shorter deployments Arent an option at this Pollock in the army recently announced that All combat Tours in the Middle East will be extended from one year to 15 Pollock said that that decision was made in part to address the reports recommendation to extend at Home dwell so soldiers can recover Between combat As part of their the surveys researchers said soldiers should remain at Home base for 18 to 36 months to recover from the stress of the the army current with the 15 month deployments in is for Active duty troops to have a oneyear break be tween deployment length was directly linked to morale problems in the according to the Soldier morale was lower than Marine Pollock email Lisa Burgess at  announces 5 i deaths in blames 3 on Jed blasts Oil worshippers chant during prayers in Sadr City in Baghdad on by Thomas Wagner the associated press Baghdad american forces broke up a shiite militant cell believed to be smuggling an armo piercing iranian weapon responsible for killing an increasing number of americans and Ira the military the announced the deaths of five american soldiers and an iraqi Roadside bombs were responsible for three of the american deaths announced Friday and have Long been the 1 killer of and iraqi forces in but the use of the iranian explosively formed or is the which hurl a fist sized Lump of molten can Pierce even armoured vehicles newly designed to deflect Roadside in Sadr the Baghdad slum that is Home to shiite militias Al lied with Radical ant american cleric Muntada coalition raids rounded up 16 suspected members of a militant cell that brought in the iranian As Well As militants seeking terrorist the Intelli gence reports also indicate the cell is linked to kidnappings in the statement the military said Over the past six months forces have found and destroyed four caches of Ira Nia linked weapons around Mah a mostly shiite enclave surrounded by sunni dominated areas about 20 Miles South of sectarian violence and attacks by militias and insurgents on american and iraqi forces Are common in the iranian officials deny import ing weapons or militants into deaths in Iraq the associated press As of at least members of the military have died since the beginning of the Iraq War in March according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military i at least died As a result of hostile according to the military the a count is the same As the defense departments last updated thursday at 10 the British military has reported 147 deaths 33 18 20 13 11 six Al five four three two each and one death the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths the latest identifications reported by the military no identifications identifies 2 More Al Aida aides killed in Page 6 neighbouring but the Washington Post reported Friday that attacks in Iraq involving Irani manmade Fps reached a record High last quoting Raymond of who oversees Day today military operations in the paper said the number of at tacks with the projectiles Rose to 65 in most of them in predominantly shiite Eastern officials said the projectiles Are used almost exclusively by shiite fight Els against military Fps were first reported used in Iraq in 2005 against British forces in the but have grown increasingly Pri Marily in the Post quoted Odierno As say ing that before the month with the greatest number of projectile attacks was december with it said the use of projectile weapons has risen Over time As other types of bombs have become less effective against added elsewhere in the capital on Roadside bombs killed two soldiers and an iraqi in two other american soldiers were killed thursday in fighting in Anbar seven bodies were found floating in the Dyala River in 35 Miles Northeast of and snipers were pre venting police and medical teams from recovering from the re Mains along with other bodies spotted in recent weeks from the police