Meanwhile in San Diego a 23-year-old Naval officer named Pablo Paredes announced Monday he was refusing orders to be shipped out to Iraq as a protest against the war. He said “I’d rather do a year in a prison… than do six months of dirty work for a war I don’t believe in.” Meanwhile in Iraq, the military announced Monday it will not court martial 23 Army reservists who refused last month to carry out a dangerous mission in Iraq. They will likely by punished by reductions in rank and be forced to perform extra duties.