Ivan Brobeck, AWOL Marine in Canada, to Return on Election Day
"Since I was not willing to return to Iraq, the only option I saw was to go to Canada. I have spent nearly two years there living, working, and married to my wife (who is six months pregnant). Now I feel that I am ready to return to the US and face the consequences of refusing to participate in a war that I do not believe is right." U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ivan Brobeck, 20, of Arlington, Virginia, will return to the United States on election day to ask President Bush and Congress to bring the troops home now. Ivan Brobeck intends to surrender to military authorities in Washington, DC on election day. He expects to be transferred to Quantico in Virginia where he may face a military court martial for his absence. He is returning in the same spirit that motivated him to enlist at age 17 - a desire to serve his country and to stand for what is right. Read Ivan's Letter to President Bush Interview with Ivan Brobeck on Flashpoints Radio Ivan needs your support today! Kyle Snyder, AWOL Iraq veteran and war resister, continues to speak out against the war. Your continued action is needed!
We urge you to take continued action to support Kyle. Call the Fort Knox public affairs office 502-624-3351 and e-mail KnoxPAO@Knox.Army.Mil and demand that Ft. Knox Commanding General, Major General Robert M. Williams "Discharge Kyle Snyder with No Punishment Now!" Kyle Snyder, Iraq veteran and war resister, returned from Canada to turn himself in to Army authorities at Ft. Knox on October 31, 2006 at Fort Knox. Now he is once again AWOL after officials at Ft. Knox have reneged on a previous verbal agreement with his attorney, Jim Fennerty, to discharge Kyle. Kyle remains AWOL and continues to publicly speak out the against the war. It is unknown whether the Army will attempt to apprehend Kyle. Democracy Now! Interview with Kyle Snyder For more information and to donate visit: www.CouragetoResist.org Agustin Aguayo, conscientious objector, still imprisoned in Germany.
"I have come to believe that it is wrong to destroy life, that it is wrong to use war, that it is immoral, and I can no longer go down this path. " Agustin Aguayo is still imprisoned and Germany for following his conscience and refusing a second deployment to Iraq. Please send letters of support to him today! "It makes a huge difference to have the support letters and gives him resolve and strength," says Helga Aguayo, Agustin's wife. Send letters of support to: Agustin Aguayo arrived in Germany on Tuesday October 3, 2006 hand-cuffed and escorted by several soldiers as he made his way through Frankfurt International Airport. Aguayo was sent back to Germany on a commercial flight less than a week after turning himself in to military custody at Ft. Irwin just outside of Barstow, CA in the Mojave Desert. Agustin Agauyo was taken to Mannheim prison where he is in pre-trial confinement while the Army reviews his case. The right to refuse to perform military service for reasons of conscience is inherent in the notion of freedom of thought, conscience and religion as recognized in Article 18 of Agustin Aguayo is imprisoned for following his conscience and he and his family desperately need your financial support as they continue to fight for his discharge.
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