:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 5.21.2004 ::
:: Morals & Iraq ::
Officer faces jail for refusing to fight
From The Guardian UK
David Zeiger in Fort Stewart, Georgia and Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
A US sergeant who left the battlefield in Iraq because of moral objections to the war was found guilty of desertion at a court martial yesterday. He could be sentenced to imprisonment for up to a year.
Camilo Mejia had argued that he left his unit as a matter of conscience after six months during which he witnessed shootings of Iraqi civilians, including children.
Read more here.
ALSO
From The Miami Herald
Miami soldier found guilty of desertion
After the conviction, an unapologetic, unrepentant Mejia took the stand in his sentincing hearing Friday and told the jury he felt no shame for what he had done.
"I sit here as a free man. I will sit behind bars as a free man. I strongly believed something had to be done. I followed my conscience and provided leadership." Mejia, 28, said in a calm voice, looking straight at the four officers and four enlisted soldiers on the jury.
Read more here.
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