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  • GI refuses to return to Iraq, saying he'd rather go to prison

    03/17/2004 6:59:35 PM PST · by writer33 · 114 replies · 300+ views
    Spokesman Review ^ | 03/17/2004 | Associated Press
    Staff sergeant seeks conscientious objector status, says he will not take part in `oil-driven war' NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - A U.S. soldier who refused to return to Iraq after seeing civilians killed reported to his unit in Florida on Tuesday and said he would go to prison rather than take part in "an oil-driven war." Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, who is seeking to be declared a conscientious objector, met with officials at his Florida National Guard unit after repeating his determination not to return to the Middle East and fight. "I'm prepared to go to prison because I'll have a...