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The attorney for a U.S. soldier accused of deserting his unit in Iraq asked a military judge Wednesday to dismiss the charge, saying the infantryman was entitled to leave the military because he is a citizen of Costa Rica.Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, a reservist in the Florida National Guard, is charged with desertion after failing to return to his unit in Iraq after a two-week furlough in October.He turned himself in to the Army in March after bein
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stanley ca leaving the military with no intention to return or to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service. His attorney, Louis Font, has argued that the Army illegally extended Mejia s service. His enlistment was originally set to end in March 2003, but he was ordered to stay after his unit was called up for the war in Iraq. Mejia s attorney said he should
stanley website have been exempt because a 19th-century treaty between the United States and Costa Rica exempts Costa Rican citizens from compulsory service in the U.S. military.Capt. A.J. Balbo, the lead prosecutor, said Mejia never requested an exemption before his court-martial and voluntarily went to fight in Iraq, where he accepted a promotion.Mejia joined the Army as an active-duty soldier in 1995 and entered the National Guard in 1998.The judge did not immediately rule on the request. Pbjp On Your Mark, Get Set ... File!
It a necessary evil of designing in cities: Only the tallest or most perfectly situated buildings get much sunlight. A company called Sun Central thinks it has a solution鈥攊n the form of an autonomous sun-tracki
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