Sailor who wouldn't deploy to Iraq gets three months' hard labor

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Thu May-12-05 07:01 PM
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Sailor who wouldn't deploy to Iraq gets three months' hard labor

Edited on Thu May-12-05 07:02 PM by ckramer

A U-S sailor has been ordered to serve three months of hard labor for refusing to deploy to Iraq.
Pablo Paredes (pah-REE'-dees) says he disobeyed orders for moral reasons, because he believes the Iraq war is illegal and immoral.

The judge in the case could have given the 23-year-old up to a year in jail, but instead ordered him to hard labor. The judge also demoted the young man to seaman recruit, the lowest rank in the Navy.

Paredes has become a passionate anti-war activist, but showed no emotion and didn't speak with reporters after today's sentencing in San Diego.

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Thu May-12-05 07:03 PM
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1. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1466738

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