Bombing Al-Jazeera? This officer said NO! Support those that resist.

[Tom Joad]

Charmaine Means, U.S. Army Major
This officer has not separated from the military, but has refused illegal orders that violated values of democracy and freedom of choice for the people of Iraq.

Charmaine Means certainly mattered to her superiors in the U.S. Army. She must be a good officer. She was promoted to major and assigned the tricky task of public relations in the sensitive city of Mosul, in northern Iraq. When she was given an order by Maj. Gen. David Petraeus that she could not in conscience obey, she did what all good officers do. She chose to follow in Gandhi's footsteps. She refused to obey.

The order was to close down the television station in Mosul, because it sometimes broadcasts Al-Jazeera. That's the Arab-language TV network that U.S. officials love to hate, because it is truly independent. Mosul has no newspapers and no radio station, according to the Wall Street Journal. The TV station was the only means of public communication for a very large city. Major Means said she could not in good conscience close it down, just to suppress free speech. Her superiors could not ignore that. She made a difference to them. They relieved her of duty and flew her out of Mosul the next morning.

After Major Charmaine Means was relieved of command, she was reassigned to a stateside post at Fort Bragg. Maj. Gen. David Petraeus was promoted to Lt. General and is back in Iraq in charge of training all Iraqi military and security forces.

From this link http://tomjoad.org/warheroes2.htm#means

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