Still serving in Iraq

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The US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s 1-64 armor was the first into Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Although many of the soldiers have since moved on, some stuck around. And they have now seen an invasion, an insurgency, a civil war, a counter insurgency, and now the country’s second round of elections. Ben Gilbert talks with soldiers about what could be their last deployment to Iraq. Download MP3 (Photo: Ben Gilbert)

• BBC Iraq coverage
• The logistics of withdrawing from Iraq
• Ben Gilbert’s photos from FOB Q-West

Army suicides

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The U.S. Army is experiencing a suicide problem. Between January and July of this year, there were 96 reported suicides among active duty soldiers. That puts the service on course to set a suicide record this year. The Army is now trying to figure out what’s behind the growing number of suicides, and how to prevent them. But getting to the bottom of the problem won’t be easy, as the The World’s Katy Clark reports. (photo: Associated Press)