US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany


	US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany

nedhamson1

12-15-2008 10:19 AM

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war, human rights, asylum

nedhamson1 says:

He served one tour in Iraq but what he has learned since, leads him to say "no" to second deployment.

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12-16-2008 7:22 PM

ajwood

Just say No.

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<STRONG class="font_8pt">Andre Shepherd: seeking asylum</STRONG> 
			</p> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>He said he had served willingly in 2004, but knowing what he does now, feels he cannot serve a second time. He was working as an Apache helicopter mechanic in Tikrit, but quit after witnessing the "mass of destruction" caused to Iraq by the military machine he was helping to maintain. 
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