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Exclusive: AWOL Iraq Veteran Turns Himself In Instead of
Returning to Iraq; Faces Five Years in Prison
Salt Lake City’s Mayor Rocky Anderson: “This
War Was Sold to the American People Largely by Fox and Other
Members of the Media and We Were Lied To”
Exclusive: AWOL Iraq Veteran Turns Himself In Instead
of Returning to Iraq; Faces Five Years in Prison
Army medic Agustin Aguayo and his wife, Helga, speak to
Democracy Now. Later today Agustin plans to turn himself in
to the military weeks after he went AWOL at his base in Germany.
He faces five yeas in prison. [includes rush
transcript]
Today, a Democracy Now exclusive. Army medic Agustin Aguayo.
He applied for Conscientious Objector status and was denied.
He was deployed to Iraq for a year, he refused to load his
gun no matter how dangerous the situation. Earlier this month,
Aguayo went AWOL at his base in Germany after the military
ordered him to return for a second deployment. Today - Agustin
Aguayo will turn himself in to the military. His lawyer says
he could face up to five years in prison.
Agustin Aguayo and his wife Helga joined us yesterday at
a studio in Los Angeles for an extended conversation. I began
by asking Agustin to talk about his decision to join the military.
- Agustin Aguayo, AWOL Army medic who served in Iraq
- Helga Aguayo, wife of Agustin Aguayo
Salt Lake City’s Mayor Rocky Anderson: “This
War Was Sold to the American People Largely by Fox and Other
Members of the Media and We Were Lied To”
As Democracy Now! broadcasts from Salt Lake City, the city’s
mayor discusses why he spoke out recently at a protest against
President Bush and the Iraq War. [includes rush
transcript]
It was here in Salt Lake City that Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld made headlines last month when he likened critics
of the war in Iraq to those who tried to appease Nazi Germany
during the 1930s. In a speech to the American Legion veterans
group, Rumsfeld referred to the period before World War II
and said that "some seem not to have learned history's
lessons...I recount that history because, once again, we face
similar challenges in efforts to confront the rising threat
of a new type of fascism."
Well, just one day after Rumsfeld's speech, thousands of
critics of the war in Iraq made their voices heard with a
massive protest here in Salt Lake City. Among them was Salt
Lake's Mayor, Rocky Anderson.
- Rocky Anderson, speaking at an anti-war rally here in
Salt Lake City last month, one day after Donald Rumsfeld
and one day before President Bush gave major speeches here.
Mayor Anderson joins me now in the studio. Welcome to Democracy
Now!
- Rocky Anderson, mayor of Salt Lake City.
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