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Facing Years in US Prison, Iraq War Resister Jeremy Hinzman Ordered Deported from Canada

Facing Years in US Prison, Iraq War Resister Jeremy Hinzman Ordered Deported from Canada

In 2004, Jeremy Hinzman became the first war resister to seek asylum in Canada instead of going to fight in Iraq. On Wednesday, Canada’s Border Services Agency ordered the twenty-nine-year-old Hinzman, his wife, son and baby daughter to leave the country by Sept. 23. We speak to Jeremy Hinzman from Toronto. [includes rush transcript]

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