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Army charges officer who refused Iraq duty 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - An Army lieutenant who said he refused to deploy to Iraq because he believes the war there is illegal was charged Wednesday with three counts.

According to calculations by military lawyers, 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, 28, could face nearly eight years in prison and a dishonorable discharge if convicted, said his attorney, Eric Seitz of Honolulu. Watada is charged with conduct unbecoming an officer, missing movement and contempt toward officials.

Watada, a member of the first Stryker Brigade Combat Team, refused to go to Iraq last month after researching the war. He said he would be willing to serve in Afghanistan or elsewhere. The Army refused to allow him to resign his commission.

Watada's stance prompted rallies of support near Fort Lewis, in Seattle and in Honolulu, his hometown.

A preliminary hearing will be held to determine whether he will be court-martialed.

Watada has said he did not apply for status as a conscientious objector because he isn't opposed to war in principle, just the war in Iraq.

...the legal and moral conclusion of the trials of Nazi war criminals at the end of the Second World War was that no one could obey an immoral order...or an illegal one and use "duty" as an excuse....the courts concluded that we are all moral human beans before we are soldiers and any order that asks you to engage in crimes against humanity must be refused...no matter WHAT the consequences to you personally, because there is evey chance you`ll be punished for obeying it later anyway...if your side loses.

...it should be more then obvious by now that the war in Iraq is a war agaqinst civilians...fathers and mothers and children who are called "terrorists" because they defend themselves as best they can against the most formidable killing machine since the Nazis and the Romans...

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