US Soldier Seeks Refugee Status in Canada

[kalian]

http://www.counterpunch.org/franklin02232004.html

US army private Jeremy Hinzman fought in Afghanistan and considers himself a patriot. But when his unit was ordered to Iraq, he refused to go and embarked on a radical journey that could make legal history.

Private first class Hinzman left the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, taking his wife and son to Canada. Officially, he is awol (absent without leave), and, instead of fighting insurgents, he is battling the US military in the Canadian courts.

This month Pte Hinzman, 25, filed legal papers to become the first US soldier objecting to the Iraq war to be granted refugee status in Canada. His case is expected to be a test of new Canadian immigration laws and the country's traditional role of accepting refugees from the US military.

An estimated 250 Americans every year seek refugee status in Canada, the vast majority making mental health claims, according to Jeffrey House, a Toronto criminal defence lawyer who represents Pte Hinzman.

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His final comment will blow you away...

[acmavm]

1. His final comment is exactly what a lot of people around the world

have been saying since the beginning of this fiasco delusion of world domination these nutcases have. Maybe someone will listen to him.

[Diogenes2]

2. This young man IS what he describes

himself to be: a patriot. He is on the right side of history-- so naturally he has been classified as being on "the wrong side" of the current, totally retro administration.