Soldier Suing U.S. Military May Not Have to Serve
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A sergeant in the California Army  National Guard who sued the military over the forced extension  of his service may not have to ship out to war after all, the  National Guard said on Wednesday.
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The Bush administration asserted in federal court yesterday that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and three former military officials cannot be held liable for the alleged torture of nine Afghans and Iraqis in U.S. military detention camps because the detainees have no standing to sue in U.S....
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An Arizona National Guard soldier is among eight Army enlistees challenging the federal government because they were forced to remain on duty in the Middle East after their tours of military duty expired.
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A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the reserves.
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An Army captain sued the government Friday to block his pending deployment to Iraq, saying he resigned in June after completing eight years of service in the Army and Army Reserve.
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A California Army National Guard  sergeant filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that the  government can not prevent reservists from leaving the military  when their enlistment periods end.
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The Army added another charge against a lieutenant who refused to serve in Iraq because he believes the war is illegal, but did not say if the case will proceed to a court martial.
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Eight US soldiers stationed in Iraq and Kuwait filed suit Monday seeking to end a policy that allows the military to keep service members on duty after their enlistment periods are up.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#151; An Iraq war veteran who was recommended for a general discharge because he wore his uniform to a protest lost his appeal Wednesday for a new hearing.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - A U.S. federal judge  declined on Friday to release an Army National Guardsman from  an order returning him to Iraq, despite a complaint that his  time under arms was extended wrongly without his consent.
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MANNHEIM, Germany  - A U.S. soldier at the center  of the Iraqi prisoner asked at a hearing on Monday that his  pending court martial be moved away from Baghdad, saying he had  no chance of a fair trial there.
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FORT LEWIS, Wash  - A U.S. Army officer who refused an order to deploy to Iraq, pleaded not guilty on Monday to several charges at a court-martial that calls into question the right of officers to speak out against the war.
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Description: Eight soldiers have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Army is illegally keeping them enlisted. The Army says a provision in their agreement called &quot;stop-loss&quot; obligates them to serve past their agreed-upon contracts.
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Lawyers for a U.S. Army sergeant accused  of killing two officers in a grenade attack on his comrades in  Kuwait last year entered a not guilty plea at a pretrial  hearing on Tuesday, military officials said.
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Denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq now goes to trial hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted.
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A Navy chaplain charged with disobeying orders by wearing his uniform at a White House protest pleaded not guilty at his court-martial Tuesday.
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PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia say soldier based at Fort Stewart, Ga., was arrested after he had a relative shoot him so he would not have to return to Iraq.