Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Marine Calls Iraq a "Criminal War"

"...The ex-marine, named Jimmy Massey, was deposing before the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board in Toronto on Wednesday to plead for another fellow American Jeremy Hinzman who deserted the US army over the Iraq war and is seeking a refugee status in Canada.

To bolster his claim for a refugee status, ex-marine Massey gave a first-hand account of the Iraqi war to prove that it was against international law and Hinzman was right in objecting to the killing of innocents.

Trigger-happy American troops indiscriminately killed innocent Iraqis and 'I was never clear who the enemy is, what are you doing there? This is a criminal war,' Massey told the Refugee Board."

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