Many supporters of Lt. Watada joined a mass march of 10,000 in San Francisco January 27, 2007 to call for an immediate withdrawal of troops from the ongoing occupation war in
Iraq. A number of speakers talked about the need to support
Lt. Ehren Watada, the first officer to publicly refuse deployment to
Iraq, during his upcoming Feb. 5 court martial at Fort Lewis,
Washington. One of those speakers was Lt. Watada’s mother Carolyn Ho. The crowd was also urged to remember Army Spc. Agustin Aguayo who is
facing a March court martial, a seven years in prison, for refusing to
return to Iraq. Spc. Aguayo filled for a conscientious objector
discharge during his previous deployment to Iraq in February 2004. He
served a full year there, all the while refusing to load his weapon.
The military denied his discharge anyway.
Photo gallery by Jeff Paterson / Courage to Resist
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Many supporters of Lt. Watada joined a mass march of 10,000 in San Francisco January 27, 2007 to call for an immediate withdrawal of troops from the ongoing occupation war in
Iraq. A number of speakers talked about the need to support
Lt. Ehren Watada, the first officer to publicly refuse deployment to
Iraq, during his upcoming Feb. 5 court martial at Fort Lewis,
Washington. One of those speakers was Lt. Watada’s mother Carolyn Ho. The crowd was also urged to remember Army Spc. Agustin Aguayo who is
facing a March court martial, a seven years in prison, for refusing to
return to Iraq. Spc. Aguayo filled for a conscientious objector
discharge during his previous deployment to Iraq in February 2004. He
served a full year there, all the while refusing to load his weapon.
The military denied his discharge anyway.
