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• Absent from unit in Iraq for months, soldier turns protester and surrenders
• About Face.
• Active soldiers support U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
• I Ain't Marching Any More
• America's Refuseniks
• American Conscientious Objector Wins Right to Appeal Refugee Board Ruling
• An Iraq war all his own; The Army once called 1st Lt. Ehren Watada an exemplary soldier. Today he goes on military trial for refusing to fight in a conflict he says is illegal.
• Anti-War Sailor Lifts Foes of Iraq Policy
• Anti-war sailor Pablo Paredes sues US Navy
• Anti-war troops to issue bold message
• The antiwar GIs: A new protest movement inside the military -- including active-duty soldiers back from Iraq -- is calling on Congress to end the war immediately.
• Army-Financed Doctor Granted Objector Status.
• Army Grants Honorable Discharge To Conscientious Objector
• An Army Minus One
• Are They Just Deserters?; U.S. Soldiers Argue For Assylum Before T.O. Judge
• Army deserter goes AWOL rather than return to unit
• Army-Financed Doctor Granted Objector Status
• Army officer says won't fight in "unlawful" Iraq war
• Army Reservist Witnesses War Crimes: New Revelations about Racism in the Military
• Army Sergeant Refuses 2nd Iraq Deployment
• AWOL Colorado soldier turns self in "I am not willing to kill or be killed."
• AWOL Sergeant to Turn Himself in Resisting Illegal Iraq War
• AWOL Soldier from Widefield to be sentenced
• AWOL Soldier Surrenders After 19 Months
• AWOL State of Mind: Calls From Soldiers Desperate to Leave Iraq Flood Hotline
• Breaking Ranks
• Bring us home': GIs flood US with war-weary emails
• The Burden of Conscience
• Can Volunteers Be Conscientious Objectors?
• Conscientious Objection and the War in Iraq
• Conscientious objection platform launched
• Conscientious Objector
• Conscientious objectors in a volunteer army
• Conscientious objectors peak during wartime
• Conscientious objectors put up a fight
• The Conviction of Kevin Benderman
• Deployed Marine Fighting for Discharge.
• Deserter defies mom in return to U.S.
• Deserters: We Won't Go To Iraq
• DISCHARGED; Troubled troops in no-win plight; Marines kicked out for conduct linked to stress disorder are often denied treatment by the VA.
• Doctor's Call-Up by Army is Halted
• Enlistee Flees Return to Iraq; Medic's attorney and wife say he had been told he could be taken by force for a second tour. He seeks a discharge as a conscientious objector.
• Fed Up Soldiers Finding New Ways to Protest the War.
• Female GI Stands Against War as She Faces Deployment
• A Few in Military Refuse to Fight 'Wrong War'
• Fewer and Fewer Latinos Willing to Die in Iraq
• First US officer since Vietnam goes on trial for speaking out: Eager recruit turned critic faces military prison after refusing to fight
• First Woman Conscientious Objector Resists Deployment to Iraq
• Flight from the fight
• For Some Marines, Deaths of Comrades Fuel Doubts
• Former G.I.'s, Ordered to War, Fight Not to Go
• Former U.S. soldier seeks refugee status
• GI Seeks Conscientious Objector Status
• In Good Conscience: An interview with conscientious objector Aidan Delgado
• It was my duty to refuse to go to Iraq, says officer facing court martial
• Grass-Roots Group of Troops Petitions Congress for Pullout From Iraq
• Hundreds of U.S. Soldiers Emerge as Conscientious Objectors
• If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?': They are a publicity nightmare for the US military: an ever-growing number of veterans of the Iraq conflict who are campaigning against the war. To mark the third anniversary of the invasion this month, a group of them marched on Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
• Inquiry Opens After Reservists Balk in Baghdad
• International Conscientious Objector Day marked by sentencing Pablo Paredes to three months of hard labour.
• Iraq war objector in custody
• Israeli colonel resigns over army's 'immoral' actions
• It was my duty to refuse to go to Iraq, says officer facing court martial.
• It's because they fear us, say teenage refuseniks jailed by Israeli army
• Jashinski Refuses to Kill
• Jeremy Hinzman – Conscientious objector seeking refuge in Canada
• Just Deserters?
• Lieutenant Watada Faces New Charges
• Lt. Ehren Watada addresses national veterans convention
• Loyal to Country or Conscience?; An Asian American soldier faces court-martial for refusing to serve in Iraq. His stand stirs admiration and anger among Japanese Americans.
• The making of a conscientious objector
• Marine Reservist Becomes Public Conscientious Objector
• Meet the New COs
• Mennonite activist will speak in Columbus
• Military injustice; Army prosecutors are going too far in trying to conscript reporters to boost their case in a soldier's court-martial.
• Military Justice; Soldier tests free speech limits
• Military members make an antiwar plea on Capitol Hill: 'We will not be silent while thousands die,' campaign's leader says.
• Military members speak out against war.
• Mistrial declared for war objector; 1st Lt. Ehren Watada's court-martial for refusing to go to Iraq falls apart after the military judge questions the factual stipulations.
• Morale woes rattle Guard
• Navajo Marine given conscientious-objector status His calling as a medicine man prohibits fighting in a war or killing. The decision is a reversal.
• Navy Coward or Conscientious Objector?
• Obligations
• Officer Faces Court-Martial for Refusing to Deploy to Iraq
• Officer Likely to Refuse Iraq Call
• An Open Letter to Bush, Rumsfeld & Cheney: Is Being a Conscientious Objector Now Criminal?
• Opponents of Iraq war rally around Lt. Watada
• Overstretched Army in Iraq Brings Bush New Grief
• People begin to understand war objector
• Pride in Refusing to Kill, Mehmet Tarhan is Free!
• Prosecutor says officer caused shame; At court-martial, he says Ehren Watada let down the soldiers who trained under him and expected his leadership in Iraq.
• Recruiting Iraq Vets Against the War
• Refusing Duty in Iraq
• Regaining My Humanity
• Returning female GIs report rapes, poor care
• Revolt in the Ranks in Iraq
• Rights groups back U.S. war resister: Appealing rejection of refugee claim. Amnesty International, Toronto organization are seeking intervener status in his case
• Rise of Conscientious Objection
• Running From The Military Police
• Sgt. Ricky Clousing is a hero for peace: He looked a dying Iraqi boy in the eye . . . He could not abide the horrors he saw . . . He went AWOL from the Army and paid the price.
• Should a Soldier Who Changes His Mind About War Have a Right to Status as a Conscientious Objector?
• Soldier charged for refusing to go to Iraq with unit; She alleged sexual offenses - Army is still deciding how to proceed against Oregon woman
• A Soldier Hoped to Do Good, But Was Changed by War
• Soldier in court martial for refusing to serve in Iraq
• Soldier won't go to Iraq
• The soldier who refuses to fight
• Soldier's lawyers seek OK to put Iraq war on trial.
• Soldiers battle with conscience
• Soldiers in Revolt: 218 active duty troops call to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq
• Soldiers Saw Refusing Order as Their Last Stand
• Soldiers to get life in jail for refusing to act as occupiers
• Some Soldiers Opting Out Of The War
• Some Soldiers Would Rather Desert Than Return to Iraq
• Specialist Mark Wilkerson: Conscientious Objector
• The Stand
• Statement of a Catholic Conscientious Objector in Iraq
• A Strident Minority: Anti-Bush U.S. Troops in Iraq
• Suicide is the new enemy for 'poor and corrupt' Russian army
• That Other Defiant Soldier
• 'They can't train you for the reality of Iraq. You can't have a mass grave with dogs eating the people in it': Two years after the war began, a growing number of US troops are refusing to return to IraqThree British soldiers sent home after protesting at civilian deaths
• They refused to soldier on; Five thousand U.S. troops are missing from duty, the Pentagon says. Some fled to escape the horror of war. Others hated the grim reality of being trained to kill. So they went AWOL ...
• The Trial Of Pablo Paredes and The Constitutional Case For Military Resistance
• Troops Who Refused Iraq Duty Meet Different Fates in Court
• Truth Has Consequences for Soldier of Conscience
• Two American soldiers in Iraq apply for conscientious objector status
• Two medics in Iraq seek discharge as pacifists, 1 soldier in U.S. also seeks conscientious objector status
• Two U.S. soldiers bring their case to Concordia: 'Not against war, but against this war'; Deserters cross country, seek refugee status, Canadians' support for their growing numbers
• UK Refusenik Deserves Our Support.
• UK soldiers sent home from Iraq "for refusing to fight"
• US deserter declares himself a conscientious objector
• U.S. Citizens Abroad Aid U.S. Soldiers in Europe and Iraq to Apply for Release from U.S. Military On Grounds of Conscience
• U.S. deserter says he'll turn himself in
• The US Deserters: Cowards or Heroes?
• U.S. soldier goes AWOL -- alleges sexual harassment; Enemy lines: She deserted the Army just before her 2nd tour in Iraq, not because of the war, she says, but because her superiors preyed on her
• US soldier refuses to return to Iraq
• U.S. soldier says Iraq war 'not moral': Tells refugee board he witnessed unpunished civilian killings, attacks
• US Soldier to Voice Iraq Conflict Opposition
• US Soldiers Seek Asylum in Canada
• US soldiers battle their consciences
• U.S. war resisters deserve a refuge
• Unwilling troops obtain legal aid, solace in Canada
• Valor, Honor, Conscience: A growing number of U.S. soldiers are saying no to the Iraq war.
• Vietnam horrors fuel vet's rallies for peace in Iraq
• Vietnam war 'deserter' charged
• Watada can't base defense on war's legality, judge says; Court-martial trial set - Free-speech claim also ruled out in Fort Lewis case.
• Watada could face 7 years in prison
• The Way Out of Iraq
• We Shall Not Be Moved
• When AWOL Is the Only Way Out
• Why I Refused a 2nd Deployment to Iraq
• Why They Fight -- From Within; Two Navy Men Create an Outlet For Military Protests on the Web.
• Will a Voice of Conscience Be Heard?
• Wisconsin woman seeks objector status: 23-year-old soldier faces court martial over refusal to deploy
• You May Face Discrimination
• You wouldn’t catch me dead in Iraq

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• Iraq veteran and war resister, Ivan Brobeck, released from military brig!
• A Soldier's Right to Disobey Illegal Orders: The Court Martial of Lt. Watada
• Navajo Marine granted objector status
• Public inaction dismays Watada
• Active duty Army Sergeant, Ronn Cantu, speaks out from Iraq about the announced troop escalation