Ehren Watada is a First Lieutenant (1LT) of the United States Army who in June 2006 publicly refused to deploy to Iraq for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Watada said he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time he refused to deploy, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, … Wikipedia
O'Hanlon said the Army could create a morale problem if Watada were allowed to resign without facing discipline. www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0627-09.htm
First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, won what his backers are calling a "huge victory" in court Thursday. www.thankyoult.org/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Ehren Watada. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehren_Watada
"He Stood Up" is the story of the court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada, and the amazing turn-around that happened in the course of the prosecution's case. www.peppersprayproductions.org/He_Stood_Up.htm
