US like Nazis, Says British Iraq Refusnik

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US like Nazis, Says British Iraq Refusnik

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Reuters - Apr 12, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-12T142015Z_01_ARM240477_RTRUKOC_0_US-iraq-americans-nazis.xml

US like Nazis: British Iraq refusnik

ALDERSHOT (Reuters) - A British Air Force doctor on trial for refusing to go
to Iraq because he thought the war was illegal said on Wednesday he believed
the United States was the moral equivalent of Nazi Germany.

Australian-born Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith could face an
unlimited jail sentence for disobeying an order to go to Iraq last year and
four orders to prepare for his deployment, in the first British case of its
kind.

"As early as 2004 I regarded the United States to be on a par with Nazi
Germany as regards its activities in the Gulf," he told the court.

Prosecutor David Perry asked: "Are you saying the U.S. is the moral
equivalent of the Third Reich?" to which Kendall-Smith replied "That's
correct."

The judge in the case has already ruled that orders for British troops to
deploy to Iraq in 2005 were legal because the British presence was covered
by a United Nations Security Council resolution passed after the fall of
Saddam Hussein.

Kendall-Smith has testified in his own defense as the only witness called in
the case.

He said he initially tried to resign on learning he was being sent to Iraq,
but later concluded it was his duty to remain in the Air Force and refuse
the order.

"I love the Air Force today as much as the day I volunteered, sir," he said.

The case, before a civilian judge advocate and a panel of five officers, is
expected to conclude later on Wednesday.

© Reuters 2006.


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[Ronald J. Bartle]

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"As early as 2004 I regarded the United States to be on a par with Nazi
Germany as regards its activities in the Gulf," he told the court.
Prosecutor David Perry asked: "Are you saying the U.S. is the moral
equivalent of the Third Reich?" to which Kendall-Smith replied "That's
correct."
The judge in the case has already ruled that orders for British troops to
deploy to Iraq in 2005 were legal because the British presence was covered
by a United Nations Security Council resolution passed after the fall of
Saddam Hussein.
Kendall-Smith has testified in his own defense as the only witness called in
the case.
He said he initially tried to resign on learning he was being sent to Iraq,
but later concluded it was his duty to remain in the Air Force and refuse
the order.
"I love the Air Force today as much as the day I volunteered, sir," he said.
The case, before a civilian judge advocate and a panel of five officers, is
expected to conclude later on Wednesday.

So he has been sentenced now. He got eight months.

Does anybody have a snail-mail address for him. Perhaps his lawyers
office or some other person close to him on the outside?

ron b.

(p.s. A crime dosen`t become legal just because it has already happened.)

rb