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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 Iraq Three 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