Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia: Imprisoned for Opposing Iraq War

Photographer unknown. Erin Davies/SCW design Camilo was sent to Iraq with the Florida Army National Guard in April 2003. The prison abuse he witnessed and the inhumanity of the war/occupation prompted his refusal to return to Iraq after a leave. One of the first Iraq war resisters imprisoned, he did nine months and was released 2/05. He has been speaking out against the war and is active in Iraq Veterans Against the War www.ivaw.net 215.241.7123