And a US soldier who has refused to return to serve in Iraq is expected to learn today whether he will be charged with desertion. Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, of the Florida National Guard, has asked to be considered a conscientious objector. He surrendered to the military on Monday after spending five months on the run. He sad, “I am saying no to war. I went to Iraq and was an instrument of violence, and now I have decided to become an instrument of peace.”