News and Updates
War Resister Corey Glass loses bid to stay in Canada
First Iraq War veteran to face deportationCourage to Resist. May 21, 2008US Iraq war resister Corey Glass was told today that his application to stay in Canada for “humanitarian and compassionate†reasons has been rejected. He has been ordered to leave Canada by June 12. If this order is allowed to stand, Corey will be the first Iraq War resister to be deported from Canada.
Eugene soldier James Burmeister fights killing
Courage to Resist
By Camilla Mortensen, Eugene (Oregon) Weekly. May 22, 2008PFC James Burmeister enlisted in the military because he thought he would be doing "humanitarian work" in Iraq. But he was manning a machine gun, using ammunition so large his targets — humans — would "literally explode," the day in Baghdad that his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. He was knocked unconscious, and bits of shrapnel were embedded in his face.Burmeister went AWOL (absent without leave) and fled to Canada.... Now the 23-year-old soldier from Eugene waits at Fort Knox, Ky., to discover whether the Army will prosecute him, release him without access to medical care for his injuries or try yet again to send him back to a war he doesn't want to fight
Objector Robert Weiss sentenced to 7 months in brig
By William Kates, Associated Press. Published May 14, 2007.
By the Military Counseling Network and Connection eV. May 14, 2008VILSECK, Germany – U.S. Army conscientious objector Robert Weiss was sentenced to seven months confinement during a court martial Tuesday at Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. Weiss pled guilty to charges of desertion and missing movement, which reduced the court martial's proceedings mostly to the sentencing phase.
Wounded GI Bryan Currie goes AWOL
Courage to Resist. 17:40 min. May 12, 2008Bryan Currie joined the Army in November 2004 because he says, "I thought it would be a good thing to fight for my country." He was trained as an Infantry Grenadier and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006 for 11 months. He describes what he experienced when he got injured: "We were on a convoy to pick up another soldier. I was the driver. On the way back my truck got hit by a land mine.... me, I got burned, I lost four teeth, broke my jaw, got shrapnel on my hands, I was jolted forward so my knees are all swollen and my back's always sore." He was treated in Afghanistan and was out of combat for three weeks and was sent back to driving trucks.
Agustin Aguayo: Iraq War vet and prisoner of conscience
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*The photo page is for the troops and civilians held hostage by both Republicans and Democrats, as well as those who refuse to occupy Iraq. They are a taste of Springtime in the Southeastern US, Cherokee country. We love you, and we want all the troops out of Iraq now. This page is not a slam on the troops, it's just a little support for some people who are making their stand against the tide, and helping to turn it. Everyone should do what is best, not whatever they are told to do. Your conscience is more important to live by than legal agreements made with a government which engages in a criminal war for empire. --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * ---
I mean you no disrespect, I only mean to build the respect for the decision to refuse to go to Iraq, so we can get you out of there. We think you'll never be able to stop a civil war, and you need to come home. People who want to fight Americans are flooding into the country, and the Iraqi people need their country back. They'll have to work it out with assistance other than what you can offer, since you will draw insurgents until you leave. It's hard to accept the impossibility of the mission I'm sure, but it seems you are being sent and left over there to simply survive and to be targets in an insane foreign policy.* Resistor Supporter* --- * --- * --- * --- * --- *
See these sites for info -
Thank You LT. Ehren Watada .
Courage To Resist .
Thank You. Org .
Iraq Veterans Against The War [IVAW] .
Message from Lt. Ehren Watada to supporters .
Support First U.S. Officer to Resist the illegal War .
Not in our Name .
Support Lt. Watada .
War Resisters League .
Ehren Watada - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .
The Defenestrator .
U.S. War Heroes of the Iraq War .
Aguayo Defense.org
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