Army deserter ordered deported from Canada

[unhappycamper]

Spc. Jeremy Hinzman, a Army deserter, will be deported from Canada and is likely to be court-martialed when he returns to the U.S.


Army deserter ordered deported from Canada
By Rob Gillies - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 14, 2008 6:29:25 EDT

TORONTO — A U.S. Army specialist who fled Fort Bragg for Canada after learning his unit was to be deployed to Iraq was ordered deported Wednesday.

Jeremy Hinzman, 29, is likely to be court-martialed when he returns to the United States and could face up to five years in prison. Hinzman said Canada’s Border Services Agency ordered him to leave the country by Sept. 23 and he would be handed over to U.S. authorities.

Before he fled Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in January 2004, Hinzman had already served a tour of duty with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan. He served in a non-combat position because before his unit left in 2002, he applied for conscientious objector status.

In December 2003, the unit was ordered to Iraq, but he left for Canada with his wife and son shortly thereafter. He had served three years in the Army and was one of the first U.S. deserters from Iraq to seek refugee status in Canada.

He said he refused to participate in what he calls an immoral and illegal war.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_deserterruling_081308/

[NYVet]

1. Welcome Home Jeremy, here is your BCD.

The rest of us are living up to the word that we gave our government, why couldn't you?