Court in Germany exonerates officer who opposed Iraq war

[lovuian]

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Big News Network.com Thursday 23rd June, 2005

A German officer was right to refuse orders because he did not want to support the U.S.-led war in Iraq, a German court ruled Wednesday.

Judges at Germany's Federal Administrative Court said that members of the military could not be forced to comply with orders that went against their conscience, Germany's Deutsche Welle radio reported, even if the soldier was on active service and even if no formal conscientious objector application had been filed.

The court found that the fundamental right to freedom of conscience cannot be superseded by an order, the court ruled, in a verdict that could have serious implications for future German participation in NATO operations.

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This is really amazing stuff!!! Nato is rebelling!!!

[lenidog]

1. Don't get that happy remember Germany is a special case for obvious

reasons.Also notice that it was a civilian court and not a military court that gave him back his rank.

[lovuian]

2. Hey he got it back!!! More than I can say for American Courts!!!

they just let the government take people's property kinda like Communism isn't it!!!

[lenidog]

3. The worse thing is that the justices we thought were on our side were

the ones who did it while the ones we consider the enemy were the ones against it.

[lovuian]

4. Its a one party system!!! Corruptions is quite ugly!!!

the party's are blending into one!!! MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!