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SAS soldier quits Army in disgust at 'illegal' American tactics in Iraq
By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent
(Filed: 12/03/2006)

An SAS soldier has refused to fight in Iraq and has left the Army over the "illegal" tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces.

After three months in Baghdad, Ben Griffin told his commander that he was no longer prepared to fight alongside American forces.

Ben Griffin told commanders that he thought the Iraq war was illegal
He said he had witnessed "dozens of illegal acts" by US troops, claiming they viewed all Iraqis as "untermenschen" - the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human.

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flydangler
Methinks we had a pretty thorough discussion 'bout this very same story 'bout a month ago. Guess you missed it, eh?
Marine
Just a sign of not being able to find good fresh hate America material Doc.

Here's a good one, they got fresh hate America stuff every day.
http://www.socialistworker.org/
flydangler
QUOTE(Marine @ Apr 15 2006, 12:33 PM)
Just a sign of not being able to find good fresh hate America material Doc.
You'da thunk the Telegraph and Guarian'd provide somethin' current, eh? Methinks if they fail there then there's always http://www.wsws.org/ and http://counterpunch.com/ to fall back on. Don't seem right to keep recyclin' old stories when there's sources for fresh stuff so readily available.
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