Author: CTR

You wouldn’t catch me dead in Iraq

They are the US troops in Iraq to whom the American administration prefers not to draw attention. They are the deserters – those who have gone Awol from their units and not returned, risking imprisonment and opprobrium.

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We Shall Not Be Moved

Some joined the US military as a patriotic duty, some to better themselves, but the horrors of serving in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, changed everything. Deserters tell Gary Younge why they had to quit.

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Deserter defies mom in return to U.S.

Anita Anderson said her son, whose life has been pretty “messed up” by his Iraqi experience, believes he has to speak out against President George W. Bush in the United States, even if it means a trial or going to jail.

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