Carl Webb

Carl Webb, 38, is a member of the Texas Army National Guard and a U.S. army veteran and he is also a signer of the Call to Conscience from Veterans to Active Duty Troops and Reservists (VCC)
"This policy [stop-loss] is practically an unofficial draft," he said. "It is conscription against a person's will. In my mind this policy is not only unethical, it is illegal."
Contact Carl Webb at (512) 443- 5616 or carl.k.webb@us.army.mil or carlwebb1965@yahoo.com

Abdulla
Webster

9/13/04-After 12 years of service, a former first class sergeant in the Engineers Brigade is currently incarcerated at an American base in Mannheim, Germany. After his appeal for C.O. status was rejected in May, Webster was given a bad conduct discharge, had his salary suspended, and lost his pension and other benefits. Abdulla, who began his sentence in June, says the Iraq War was illegal because the main reason for invading - to destroy its alleged weapons stockpiles- has been discredited.

Jimmy Massey

"I'm not going to kill innocent civilians for no government. ...I was taught and raised by parents and relatives that there are certain things you don't do, and killing innocent civilians is one of them."

Massey was a Staff Sergeant in the USMC. He hired a good lawyer and was honorably discharged from the Corps in December 2003 after 12 years of active duty. He went to his superiors about his changing feelings regarding the war, when he was offered a desk job away from combat, he responded to this offer by saying, "Thank you sergeant major, I don't want your money anymore. I don't want your benefits. You killed some civilians, and you're gonna have to live with it partner, and I'm gonna tell the truth."

David Bunt

David Bunt, an Army Private, is an imprisoned GI conscientious objector, sent to the brig at Camp Lejeune on September 22nd 2004. He is a pacifist who faced a court martial at Ft. Bragg. In the end, he plead guilty to missing a parachute jump, because he had. For this he got a jail sentence of 45 days.

David Bunt, Bldg 1042 PSC 20140, Camp Lejeune NC 28542, Peggy Bunt c/o Quaker House, 223 Hillside Avenue, Fayetteville NC 28301.

George Mizo

    George Mizo-Hero of Conscience, an American Indian, was a U.S. combat soldier in the Vietnam War. He realized the war was wrong, and he turned strongly against it.
    After his platoon, except for him, was killed, Mizo became totally committed to stopping the war as a soldier within the military. He paid a heavy price for his stand of conscience: He was sent to prison. He also suffered from Agent Orange-related illness.
    Years later, Mizo created the idea and founded the project in Vietnam called Friendship Village. It is a home for permanent victims of the war to live in and be cared for. These include the victims of Agent Orange poisoning. Many are children who were born after the war. Tragically deformed, Agent orange-afflicted children are being born continually and will be born in Vietnam for the next 500 years. The U.S. military sprayed the terrible poison all over Vietnam.
    U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers who fought each other many years ago now work together to wage peace at Friendship Village. These former enemies work for reconciliation and healing. Mizo's partner in building Friendship Village was the Vietnamese general who had killed Mizo's platoon.
    Mizo became a strong peace activist. I applaud the hero of conscience for showing us we can make a difference in the world. He died in April 2002 at age 57.

Ken Davis

33 y.o. Ken Davis has had two big chances to change history. The first was 10 years ago in the District, when a man standing next to him started shooting at the White House. The second was last year in Iraq, when he saw naked Iraqi prisoners on the floor, screaming. Subduing the gunman was easy compared with what the former reservist for the 372nd Military Police Company is trying to do now: persuade the Army that it was military intelligence and other intelligence operatives, not the seven soldiers charged, directing the abuse in Abu Ghraib prison. He's gone to Army superiors, three members of Congress and two reporters with his story. No one from military intelligence has been charged - just the seven from the 372nd...

His real reason for speaking out, he said, goes like this: "I think that once I die, I would really like my life to have meant something."

[Excerpted from article by by Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post Staff Writer.]

CAMILO MEJIA

Camilo Mejia, a U.S. Army Conscientious Objector currently serving one year in prison, was recently honored with the Conscientious Resister Award from the Artists' Network of Refuse & Resist! for his refusal to continue his participation in the illegal and immoral war and occupation being waged on the people of Iraq. In his conscientious objector application, Camilo Mejia described the conditions of detention and treatment of Iraqi prisoners, including instances where soldiers were directed to "break the detainees' resolve", and who took actions which included banging on metal walls with sledgehammers to enforce sleep deprivation, and loading pistols near the ears of prisoners. He also described witnessing the killing of civilians, including children. He spoke out to these abuses/crimes before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal came to light.

In a statement regarding the award written from prison, Camilo wrote:
I cannot accept this award on behalf of those who have truly refused and resisted; there are far too many of them who deserve the honor more than I. I will, however, accept the award on behalf of those who are still quiet, those who are still afraid to speak their minds. Not too long ago I was one of them. Not too long ago I was ordered to be part of a war that I knew in my heart was immoral and criminal, a war of aggression, a war of imperial domination.

We salute Camilo as an outstanding example of the kind of courage and actions needed by more of the members of the U.S. military in response to not only the war in Iraq but the whole war of terror being waged by the U.S. against the world. More about Camilo can be found at www.freecamilo.org and letters of support should be sent to Camilo at:
Pt. Camilo Mejia
Building 1490
Randolph Rd.
Fort Sill, OK 73503

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Fight like hell to stop this war!

Send letters of support and complaint to addresses provided at the following web sites, newspapers, anyone else who may be able to help. You can also find out more about how to get out on these sites. If you don't have access to the internet, contact VVAWAI for more info.

http://citizen-soldier.org/
http://www.join-snafu.org/
http://www.afsc.org/
http://www.objector.org/
http://www.gifightback.org/
http://www.tomjoad.org/