U.S. soldier refuses to kill

[babylonsister]

U.S. soldier refuses to kill
News Features By Charlie Smith
Publish Date: October 4, 2007


Brad McCall, a U.S. army private, is living in exile in Vancouver because he doesn't want to commit war crimes in Iraq.

An American war resister has claimed that he was packed off to jail for two nights after he filed a refugee claim at the Canadian border last month. Brad McCall, a 20-year-old U.S. army private, told the Georgia Straight in an exclusive interview that he abandoned his army company in Colorado Springs because he didn't want to commit "war crimes" in Iraq. He said that when he arrived at the border on September 19, he was taken into custody and driven to a jail in Surrey.

"I don't know what kind of police officer he was," McCall said during an interview at the Georgia Straight office. "He put me in handcuffs in front of all these people that were watching that were trying to get into Canada also."

After he was released from jail, he returned to the border to pick up his car. At that point, he said, Canadian Border Services Agency officials asked him if he wanted to return to the U.S. "I told them, 'Why are you playing the part of the hound dog for the U.S. army?,'" he recalled. "They didn't know what to say. They just started stuttering and mumbling."

Faith St. John, a spokesperson for the Canadian Border Services Agency, told the Straight that federal privacy legislation prevents her from commenting on McCall's allegations. "I can't talk about specific cases if someone has applied for refugee status," she said.

McCall, who is originally from Alabama, said he is staying at the East Vancouver home of Colleen Fuller, a health-policy analyst, as he awaits the outcome of his refugee claim. He's one of the few U.S. army deserters who has settled in Vancouver and gone public with his outrage over the war in Iraq. "It's a gruesome war," he said. "I consider it to be this generation's Vietnam. There are barbaric acts committed on a daily basis over there."

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http://www.straight.com/article-112621/u-s-soldier-refuses-to-kill

[NMMNG]

1. Good for him

:applause:

[malaise]

2. Bravo kid

you're a hero.

[Selatius]

3. He should be offered amnesty by the next president.

Obviously, Bush isn't gonna do what Carter did.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. Above and Beyond The Call n/t

[petersjo02]

5. Are you related to Sam and Janet Evening? n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Yup they live in the next town over, as does my twin brother....

Summon


:yoiks:

[w4rma]

6. Patriot. (nt)

[gateley]

7. I would be proud if he were my son. And I'd be sending him money and chocolate

chip cookies.

[Gregorian]

9. I support this troop.

And I thank him for standing up to the machine.

Thank you Brad McCall.

[Zywiec]

10. Anyone with AKO find this Soldier? n/t

[Karenina]

11. What is AKO and for what purpose? n/t

[Zywiec]

12. AKO is the Army Knowledge Online

It's an online directory to all active, reserve, national guard, and many retired Soldiers. It allows Soldiers to find other Soldiers in the Army.

[Karenina]

14. Do TPTB use it for target practice?

:shrug: I'm ignorant of it being outside of the active military. Can you say more about the site?

[Zywiec]

15. Use it for target practice?

I guess I'm not on the same wave length as you. As I said before AKO is simply an online directory of all Soldiers who are active duty, reserve, or in the national guard.

[Karenina]

16. I'm on the cheerleader squad

for each and every soldier calling out the bloody nonsense going on. I'm also a lil' ol'lady and mom who is freaked out by the "torture" being meted out by the *MIC against erraaa... FARKIN'EVERYONE.

I am increasingly certain that the best outcome for America would entail the FREE SPEECH of her sons and daughters calling out the B.S.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. How "unAmerican" of him.

Especially in the face of that general who said, "killing is fun."