Watchdog: 'We want to expose and stop the manipulation' Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than in 2006. Whiteside's personal tragedy is part of an alarming phenomenon in the Army's ranks: Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington Post.

Whiteside, who is now in stable physical condition, learned yesterday that the charges against her had been dismissed. 'Hopefully this will help other soldiers.' She was taken to the emergency room early Tuesday. 'I'm very disappointed with the Army,' Whiteside wrote in a note before swallowing dozens of antidepressants and other pills. In so doing, the 25-year-old Army reservist joined a record number of soldiers who have committed or tried to commit suicide after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources I hate the gooks,'' McCain said yesterday in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. John McCain refused to apologize yesterday for his use of a racial slur to condemn the North Vietnamese prison guards who tortured and held him captive during the war.

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