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Court Martial of First Officer to Refuse Iraq Deployment Ends in Mistrial

Court Martial of First Officer to Refuse Iraq Deployment Ends in Mistrial

The court martial of the first US army officer to refuse to fight in the Iraq war has ended in a mistrial. On Wednesday, a military judge halted the case against First Lieutenant Ehren Watada over possible inconsistencies in a pre-trial agreement Watada made with prosecutors. Geoffrey Millard of Truthout.org reports from Fort Lewis in Washington. [includes rush transcript]

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