XPost: uk.politics, uk.media, soc.culture.british 
 From: bartle.berlin@remove-this.freenet.de 
  
 NY.Transfer.News@blythe.org schrieb: 
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 > US like Nazis, Says British Iraq Refusnik 
  
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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 
  
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