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09/25/2004 Archived Entry: "U.S. war resister wants Canada to back his refugee claim with letter campaign"

Posted by steve @ 01:19 AM EST [Link]

I'M SURE HE'LL GET A LOT OF SUPPORT: A deserter from the U.S. military here in Canada is asking my fellow Canadians to write in and support his claims of refugee status.

"I'm just asking for their support and hope that they'll pressure the government to allow me to stay because we believe that is what's going to cause them to allow us to stay - pressure from the public and public opinion," Hughey said.

"If there is enough pressure from the people, we believe the Liberals will have to allow us to stay."

He said he's hoping Canadians will get in touch with their MPs and write letters.

Well, we already let in families that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan and have close links to Osama bin Laden, why not soldiers who refuse to fight against those families? We could become the new home for terrorists and the people who refuse to fight them.

Read on.