Wellington man held in desertion case (Iraq refuses to go to Iraq)

[DoYouEverWonder]

May 05, 2005

U.S. Army Sgt. Karim Iraq, who is charged with deserting the military, was released from Palm Beach County Jail this afternoon - two days after the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrested him at his father's house in Wellington.

Iraq, 25, is expected to fly back to Fort Stewart, Georgia tomorrow. He walked away from his post in Georgia six months ago because he didn't want to go back to Iraq.

After two tours in the Middle East - one in Kuwait and one in Fallujah - Iraq became disenchanted with the mission for the war and felt like an outsider among fellow soldiers, his father said.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2005/05/05/m1a_iraqarrest_0505.html

[rodeodance]

1. "anti-American slogans that alarmed authorities."--is how he go caught.

so they decended on his house like they werre going after anti-war protestors. geech.


....From today's paper

U.S. Army Sgt. Karim Iraq, taunted by his comrades and disillusioned by the Iraq war, didn't want to go back to the desert for a third time, his father said.

So the 25-year-old left his post at Fort Stewart, Ga., and came home to Wellington.

Six months passed. And Iraq might still be in his father's house today had his discarded backpack not been found Monday at a gas station. The bag contained a notebook with anti-American slogans that alarmed authorities.

The next day, about 10 deputies with high-powered rifles, shields and helmets descended on the Iraq family's Old Country Road home, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Iraq was arrested on a warrant for deserting the military and is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail without bail.....

[rodeodance]

2. the moral of the story is do not have any anti-American lit. in your

backpack.