Ehren Watada

Ehren Watada (born 1978) is a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, a member of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who in June 2006 publicly refused to deploy to the war in Iraq saying that he believed the war to be illegal and that it would make him party to war crimes.

He was the first commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq, Watada will face a court-martial set to begin February 5, 2007.

Other SourceWatch Resources

• Defend The Press
• Sarah Olson
• U.S. Military Code of Conduct
• War in Iraq

External Links

General

• "Ehren Watada", Wikipedia.

Websites

• ThankyouLt.org.

Articles & Commentary

• Brad Wong, "Soldier's Iraq war stance backed: Watada has right to refuse to go, retired officer says", Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 20, 2006.
• Dahr Jamail, "Ehren Watada," truthout, August 14, 2006.
• Robert Shikina, "Watada court-martial set for Feb. 5: A forum supporting the Army lieutenant is held at UH-Manoa", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, November 20, 2006.
• Jeff Paterson, "Lt. Watada military hearing tackles free speech for soldiers, relevancy of truth. Journalists and anti-war activists subpoenaed for Army prosecution," Not in Our Name, January 6, 2007.
• "Interview a Soldier, Go to Jail," PRWatch.org, January 17, 2007.
• "Conduct Unbecoming," ToTheCenter.com, January 24, 2007.

Wikipedia also has an article on Ehren Watada. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.