(UK) Soldier Who Refused Return to Afghanistan Ready for Prison

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Source: The Palestine Telegraph

Nationwide, July 15, (Pal telegraph) - As politicians say their condolences for eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan - one man stands ready to be jailed for refusing to fight.

His message is clear: 'Bring the troops home now. '

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton faces a possible two-year prison term after going on the run rather than return to Afghanistan and fight in a war he thinks is wrong.

Recalling his posting to Kandahar in 2006, Joe says that he gradually became aware that justifications for occupying Afghanistan were ringing hollow.

"The Afghan people were attacking us, even though our politicians said we were going in to help them. It came as a real shock," he says.

"That's when I became aware that there was something seriously wrong with the war."

Today the truth about the war is dawning on millions of people in Britain.

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