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August 6, 2009

Afghan War Resister Sentenced to One-Month Term
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A US soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan after serving in Iraq
has been demoted and sentenced to one month in jail. After serving
thirteen months in Iraq, US Army Specialist Victor Agosto became a
victim of the stop-loss program that has extended the tours of more than
140,000 troops beyond their contracts. Agosto was sentenced Wednesday at
the Fort Hood military base in Texas. After the hearing, he tore off a
patch displaying his specialist rank from his uniform before he was
taken to prison. You can go to our website, democracynow.org, for our
interview with Agosto from yesterday’s broadcast, just hours before he
was sentenced.



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