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Canada Orders Deportation of U.S. War Resister

HeadlineAug 31, 2012

A Canadian immigration board has ordered the deportation of a U.S. war resister who fled to avoid serving in the Iraq War. Kimberly Rivera left the United States in January 2007, along with her husband and two children, to avoid a second tour of duty in Iraq.

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