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Deserter changes his rationale to suit current headlines
A U.S. soldier charged with deserting his unit in Iraq walked away partly to avoid orders to abuse Iraqi prisoners, his attorneys argued Wednesday. Attorneys for Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, an infantryman with the Florida National Guard, spent the first day of Mejia's court-martial arguing for a military judge to dismiss the desertion charge. Ramsey Clark, one of Mejia's attorneys, said his client was disgusted after his unit was ordered to use sleep-deprivation tactics with blindfolded Iraqi detainees. In at least one instance, Clark said, a pistol was cocked next to detainees' heads.Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-21 |
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