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Deserter Soldier To Surrender to Military Police

HeadlineMar 15, 2004

Near Boston a member of the Florida National Guard is planning to surrender to military police today. The soldier, Staff Sgt Camilo Mejia, has spent the last five months in hiding after refusing to go back to fight in Iraq. And in Oakland, a welcome-home party was held Sunday for former Marine reservist Stephen Funk. He is believed to be the first conscientious objector of the Iraq war and was recently released from six months in jail.

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