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deserter stories: 5 news summaries

No Regrets for US Iraq Deserter as Asylum Ruling Looms

German case tests EU 'unlawful war' directive

Jan 29, 09 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - German authorities will take up the case next week of Spec. André L. Shepherd, who deserted the US Army and sought asylum rather than face a second tour of duty in Iraq. “I’m having the time of my life,” Shepherd tells the Wall Street Journal from a... More »

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Iraq • Germany • European Union • asylum • Iraq war • deserter • desertion • André Shepherd

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Mother who fled to avoid Iraq could face years in jail on return to US

Jan 8, 09 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The first woman soldier to flee to Canada to avoid serving in Iraq has been denied asylum, the Globe & Mail reports. Immigration officials told Kimberly Rivera, a mother of three, that she has until January 27 to leave the country or face deportation. Rivera served in Iraq in... More »

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Canada • US military • Iraq war • conscientious objector • deserter • wowOwow

Army Deserter Seeks Asylum
in Germany

AWOL soldier says Iraqi war violates international law

Dec 3, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Specialist André Shepherd has become the first US military deserter to apply for political asylum in Germany, Der Spiegel reports. Shepherd, who disobeyed orders to redeploy to Iraq from Germany in the spring of 2007, argues in his petition that the Iraq war violates international law. "If I carried... More »

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Iraq • United Nations • Germany • US military • Iraq war • deserter • AWOL

Canadian Court Sends Deserter Back to US

Judge rejects American soldier's plea to avoid deportation

Jul 15, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Canada's federal court ruled yesterday that an American army deserter can be deported to the US, rejecting his request for a stay to the order. The judge said that Robin Long did not provide clear and convincing evidence that he will suffer irreparable harm if he is returned to the... More »

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Iraq • Canada • Iraq war • deserter

Deserters Fleeing War Go North—Again

In Canada, AWOL troops join forces with Vietnam draft-dodgers

Mar 17, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq war deserters aren't crossing the Canadian border in VW buses, but they are trickling across—and connecting with Vietnam draft dodgers who made the same trek 4 decades ago. About 200 Iraq resisters have migrated north, the Washington Post reports. Some grew disillusioned in Baghdad; others went AWOL from... More »

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Iraq • Canada • soldier • Vietnam War • Iraq war • draft dodgers • conscientious objector • deserter • AWOL

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