Ehren Watada
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title:
Ehren Watada
text:
Ehren Keoni Watada is a former first lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq. In June 2006, Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom, saying he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of
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Iraq war resister
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada
date created:
2006-06-08T10:20:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T19:54:18Z
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