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February 12, 2010

Iraq War Vet Faces Court-Martial for Song Criticizing Forced Redeployment
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And a Iraq war veteran is facing a court-martial for recording a song
criticizing the US military stop-loss policy that forces soldiers into
longer deployments than they’ve agreed to. Army Specialist Marc Hall was
jailed in December after his superiors deemed his song “Stop Loss,” in
which he raps, to be a threat. He had mailed the Pentagon a copy of the
song after the military enacted “stop-loss” to order him to return to
Iraq for a second deployment. Hall will likely be shipped to Iraq for
his military trial.



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