In Britain, an elite SAS soldier is refusing to return to fight in Iraq in what he describes as a morally wrong war of aggression. The soldier, Ben Griffin, is believed to be the first SAS soldier to refuse to go into combat and to leave the army on moral grounds. Griffin said he refused to fight alongside U.S. troops because they viewed Iraqis as “untermenschen”–the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human. He also accused U.S. troops of committing “dozens of illegal acts” in Iraq.
Elite UK Soldier Refuses to Fight w/ U.S. in Iraq
HeadlineMar 13, 2006