The world still says no to war.On March 20, the one-year anniversary of the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , people took to the streets around the world for anti-war demonstrations. Sherborn, Massachusetts Camilo Mejia (right), who already served in Iraq and is refusing to go back, is seeking conscientious objector conscientious objector, person who, on the grounds of conscience, resists the authority of the state to compel military service. Such resistance, emerging in time of war, may be based on membership in a pacifistic religious sect, such as the Society of Friends status. He turned himself in at the Hanscom Air Force base Hanscom Air Force Base, initially and briefly designated Bedford Army Air Base, is a U.S. Air Force facility in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the Electronic Systems Center (ESC), one of the product centers of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). in Concord, Massachusetts, on March 15. Mejia said he would rather go to prison than participate in "an oil-driven war." The National Guard considers Mejia AWOL. For more information, contact United for Peace and Justice United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1,300[1] international and U.S.-based organizations opposed to what they describe as "our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. At www.unitedforpeace.org. |
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