updated Sat. March 9, 2024
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Camden New Journal newspapers website
March 1, 2018
At the behest of the Refusing To Kill men's group, he painted a large banner defending Lt. Watada, the first US officer to refuse to fight in Iraq. His mother says: “Jan has left a huge hole in our lives. It is hard to say how much we love him. I will forever miss his love and support, his care for his sister, his downÃâà...
Just Security
November 28, 2016
But several high profile examples illustrate the limits of the duty to obey orders. In 2006, First Lieutenant Ehren Watada refused to deploy to Iraq because of legal and moral objections to the underlying conflict. More recently, Captain Nathan Smith sued President Barack Obama in federal court, claiming theÃâà...
Hawaii News Now
April 17, 2011
FORT LEWIS (KHNL) - The court martial of Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada came to a sudden and suprising conclusion Wednesday afternoon. ... "And that was enough that the judge was concerned about what Lt. Watada agreed to in a stipulation of fact compared to what he was going to instruct the jury about this defense,"Ãâà...
New York Times
September 26, 2009
The officer, First Lt. Ehren Watada, will be granted a discharge on Oct. 2, “under other-than-honorable conditions,” said the lawyer, Kenneth Kagan. Lieutenant Watada told The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, “The actual outcome is different from the outcome that I envisioned in the first place, but I am grateful of theÃâà...
Center for Media and Democracy (blog)
November 28, 2007
Ehren Watada Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada saw his case move one step closer to resolution earlier this month when a federal court issued a ... In June 2006, Lt. Watada held a press conference where he declared that the Iraq War was illegal, and that it was his duty to refuse orders to deploy.
TIME
February 8, 2007
The highly anticipated court-martial of Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada for refusing to deploy to Iraq ended in a mistrial on Wednesday, a surprising development that left military prosecutors clearly frustrated, observers stunned and defense attorneys claiming that the military had blown its only chance at aÃâà...
Huffington Post (blog)
February 6, 2007
Lt. Ehren Watada, as you likely know, is the Army officer who has refused orders to go to Iraq, because he because he believes the conflict is an “illegal war” founded on “lies,” and that war crimes have been commited in the prosecution of the conflict. Tomorrow, Lt. Watada will be court martialed at FortÃâà...
New York Times
February 5, 2007
The officer, First Lt. Ehren K. Watada, was charged in July with missing a movement and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman after he refused to join his unit, the Third Brigade, Second Infantry, when it was deployed. Before and after his unit left, Lieutenant Watada gave interviews and madeÃâà...
New York Times
November 6, 2004
SEATTLE — When First Lt. Ehren K. Watada of the Army shipped out for a tour of duty in South Korea two years ago, he was a promising young officer rated ... Lieutenant Watada said that when he reported to Fort Lewis in June 2005, in preparation for deployment to Iraq, he was beginning to have doubts.
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