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British War Resister Sentenced to Nine Months in Jail

HeadlineMar 08, 2010

A British soldier who refused to return for a second tour of duty in Afghanistan has been sentenced to nine months in military prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Lance Corporal Joe Glenton served seven months in Afghanistan. After he returned, he began openly speaking out against the war.

Joe Glenton: “I came back feeling quite ashamed. I felt I couldn’t see what we’d achieved by being there, and I felt very disillusioned. And I think that disillusionment isn’t isolated to me. A lot of my colleagues who are serving now, and some of them are in Afghanistan and Iraq, are equally disillusioned. There is discontent in the ranks, which is a very scary thing for the services.”

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