Deserters Fighting Deportation From Canada. Army Yawns, You're not Wanted…..
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Since deserting his unit in Iraq and fleeing to Canada two years ago, Corey Glass has become the poster boy of the war resistors movement. Thursday in Toronto, supporters are planning to protest his scheduled deportation back to the United States.
But it turns out Glass has had little reason to be on the lam, ABCNews has learned.
Unknown to him and his legion of supporters, Glass, 25, was actually discharged from the U.S. Army shortly after he went AWOL in 2006.Glass and about 40 other American deserters who, like him, sought refugee status have prompted a national debate in Canada that last month reached the floor of parliament on where to draw the line between cowardice and conscience.
'I had absolutely no idea that I had been discharged,' said Glass when ABC News informed him of his status. 'This is insane. This is so weird. There are no warrants? No one is looking for me?' (he sounds let down -ed.)
According to U.S. Army documents and officials, Glass was discharged from the California National Guard Dec. 1, 2006, four months after he arrived in Canada and six months after he failed to show up to a required muster.'He is not considered absent without leave. He is not considered a deserter,' said Maj. Nathan Banks, an Army spokesman. 'He is running for no reason. He is fully welcome in the United States. I cannot believe this is a big deal in Canada.'
But it is a big deal in Canada, where lawmakers last month overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution, 137 to 110, to freeze the deportation of American deserters, starting with Glass.
Despite the resolution, the Immigration Ministry has decided to stick by its decision and plans to deport Glass July 10.
ZIP
The Army doesn't want him, and the only Americans that do, are Lefturds. To them he's an American hero.
Posted by: Atom&Yves | July 02, 2008 at 11:18 AM
A pity treason is no longer a crime.
Posted by: Poopyhead | July 02, 2008 at 12:29 PM
"News that Glass had been unknowingly discharged was "bittersweet" said Michelle Robidoux, a spokeswoman for the War Resisters Support Campaign, which organized the protests scheduled for Thursday. "
Bwahahahaha, they have been supporting just a regular guy that is of no interest to anyone. bwahahahaha
Posted by: pulsar182 | July 03, 2008 at 08:27 PM