PUT THE WAR ON TRIAL
- GI Special:
- thomasfbarton@earthlink.net
- 5.8.05
- GI SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
- FREE PABLO PAREDES AND KEVIN BENDERMAN PUT THE WAR ON TRIAL
- On May 11th, Sailor Pablo Paredes and soldier Kevin Benderman are scheduled to appear before military court martial tribunals for their opposition to the Iraq War. They face forfeiture of pay and benefits, and military jail time.
On December 6, 2004, Navy Petty Officer Pablo Paredes refused to board his ship as it left the San Diego Naval Station in support of the Iraq War and occupation.
On January 5, 2005, Army Sgt Kevin Benderman refused to deploy for a second tour of duty in Iraq with the Army's Third Infantry Division. At the same time seventeen other soldiers from his unit went AWOL, two tried to kill themselves and one had a relative shoot him in the leg to avoid deploying.
Both men applied for discharge from the US military as conscientious objectors. The military has wrongly rejected both claims.
It's time for us to escalate public pressure and action in support of Pablo, Kevin and the thousands of other courageous men and women who have followed their conscience to uphold international law and to take a principled stand against the unjust, illegal war and occupation of Iraq. It's time we had their backs.
On May12th, we will have a unique event. What Pablo and Kevin are unable to say in their trials we will say in public. We will put the war on trial. - "All of the politicians that want to fight a war are free to trade places with me at any time. I will gladly go and learn war no more."
- --Sgt. Kevin Benderman
- "I call on everyone who reads these words, to reclaim their humanity. Refuse, as every member of humanity should, to promote this mass violence against innocent pteople."
- --Pablo Paredes
- TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PABLO AND KEVIN AND TO SIGN AN ONLINE PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CASES VISIT:
- www.defendpablo.org
- www.bendermandefense.org
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