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18/4/2006

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The AWOL/desertion rate for US and UK troops in Iraq is roughly one in twenty.
Here:
Ministers are planning to tackle the “refusenik” problem by introducing a new definition of desertion in the Armed Forces Bill now going through Parliament. Soldiers could now face life imprisonment if they refuse to take part in the occupation of a foreign country – a move thought to be directly linked to concerns over Iraq. (The Independent)

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