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NEWS ABOUT: AWOL

AWOL stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Mark Sanford is missing no more. The AWOL South Carolina governor surfaced early today at an Atlanta airport, saying he had just returned not from hiking the Appalachian Trail, but from cruising the Buenos Aires coastline, The State reports. As to why his staff said he was hiking, Sanford... More »

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(Newser) - South Carolina's AWOL governor is expected to be back at work tomorrow, the State reports. Mark Sanford has been incommunicado for several days, save for a fleeting cell phone signal picked up near Atlanta. Aides say he's been hiking on the Appalachian Trail, though his political opponents are skeptical. "... More »

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South Carolina • Georgia • vacation • governor • state senate • AWOL • Mark Sanford • Appalachian Trail • Jake Knotts

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

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

Iraqi Officers
Going AWOL
in America

About a dozen have skipped out while here for military training

Dec 6, 07 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly a dozen Iraqi military and law-enforcement officials have fled specialized training programs in the US, the Washington Times reports. The men are either seeking asylum in this country or are still missing—leading a high-ranking congressman to warn of the national-security implications. An Army spokesman says none of the... More »

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Iraq • military • Department of Homeland Security • asylum • Iraq Army • AWOL

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