Soldier who deserted Iraqi unit to protest found guilty in court-martial

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Soldier who deserted Iraqi unit to protest found guilty in court-martial

Soldier who deserted Iraqi unit to protest found guilty in court-martial at Fort Stewart

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) A military jury convicted a U.S. soldier Friday of desertion for leaving his combat unit in Iraq in protest of an ''oil-driven'' war.

Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia of the Florida National Guard was found guilty by a jury of four officers and four enlisted soldiers. Jurors deliberated almost two hours.

He faces up to a year in jail and a bad conduct discharge and was to be sentenced Friday afternoon.

Mejia, 28, failed to return after a two-week furlough in October and was missing from the Army for five months before turning himself in in March.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/142/nation/Soldier_who_deserted_Iraqi_uniP.shtml

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