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Posted on 08.24.08 by Mary Lou Seymour
“The first American war resister deported from Canada — where he had fled after refusing to be deployed to Iraq — was sentenced to 15 months in jail yesterday at a court martial hearing in Colorado. Pte. Robin Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, was also given a dishonourable discharge after pleading guilty to charges of desertion. The sentence was the longest any convicted army deserter had received since the beginning of the 2003 Iraq war, said retired U.S. Army Col. Ann Wright, a former diplomat who resigned from her post out of protest at the war’s outset.” (08/23/08) Link: http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/484115 Filed under: LAND News and RRND News | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |
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