A U.S. soldier who left his unit in Iraq rather than fight for what he called an "oil-driven war" faces a court-martial Wednesday on a desertion charge....[Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, 28, of Miami Beach, Florida] said his war experience made him decide to seek conscientious objector status. The infantryman said he believes the war is unjust because it is about control of oil supplies. He also said he was upset over the death of civilians....He also claimed he saw Iraqi prisoners treated "with great cruelty" when he was put in charge of processing detainees a year ago at al-Assad, an Iraqi air base occupied by U.S. forces. Mejia filed the statements March 16, before the Iraqi prisoner scandal at the Abu Ghraib prison became public....
Another one of those born yesterday. Good riddance. The "great cruelty" he mentions is sleep deprivation and blindfolding. |