Stress treatment for 25 veterans of Iraq war is 'tip of iceberg'

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A military mental health charity said it was treating 25 veterans of the

Iraq war and had received calls for help from around 100 more, but added they were just the "tip of the iceberg".

Commodore Toby Elliott, chief executive of charity Combat Stress, said Iraq could become as damaging a conflict for the mental health of British soldiers as was Northern Ireland in previous decades.

"Iraq is another Northern Ireland," Elliott said.

"It's prolonged exposure, going back time and again and operating in an environment where you can't tell what's going to happen next and you just don't know what the locals you're surrounded by are going to do."

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