You Enter Into A Contract You Should Expect To Honor That Contract

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Deserter hoping he will not `have to sit 20 years in prison'
Corey Glass fights for refugee status after fleeing U.S. to resist fighting in Iraq war
March 31, 2007
Matthew Chung
Staff Reporter

A free man in Toronto, U.S. army deserter Corey Glass smoked a cigarette during a break in his Immigration and Refugee Board hearing yesterday and hoped he'll avoid time behind bars.

"I hope I don't have to sit 20 years in prison," said Glass, who fled the U.S. to resist fighting in Iraq and is seeking refugee status in Toronto. "And I hope it helps make something happen with someone admitting the war is illegal."

But there are legal hurdles to clear for Glass, 23, before he can be granted his wish and avoid imprisonment in the home country he has no plans to return to.

His lawyer, Jeffry House, is arguing that the war in Iraq violates international law and therefore Glass should not be punished for refusing to take part in an illegal war.

A previous attempt by army deserter Jeremy Hinzman to bring that argument before the board was denied and his application for refugee status turned down. That decision was upheld in Federal Court.

Now before the Federal Court of Appeal, which has reserved its decision, Hinzman's case is being watched closely by at least 17 other war resisters in the Toronto area and dozens across the country, said Michelle Rabidoux from the War Resisters Support Campaign.

House, a Vietnam War draft dodger, said he believes Canadian courts will eventually accept his argument. "The position we're arguing is one that the UN High Commission for Refugees has adopted. I expect eventually the Canadian court system will adopt it too."

Glass was supported yesterday by his girlfriend, 24-year-old Whitney Hewitt of Toronto. There was also an early morning vigil held for him outside the board building by War Resisters Support Campaign members.

Glass has been in Toronto since August following seven months of hiding. He went AWOL from the army during a two-week leave to return home.

He had joined the National Guard in Indiana four years ago under the impression he would be filling sand bags and helping guard U.S. soil. Instead, he was sent to Iraq, a war he says he couldn't fight with a clear conscience.

"I'm kind of mad," Glass said outside the closed-door hearing. "I signed up for what I thought was a humanitarian organization, the National Guard."

Glass set up computer and telephone systems before leaving for Iraq. A sergeant, he worked in intelligence overseas.

He misses his parents and three siblings, who support his decision to flee, but Glass says he will not go back to the U.S. if his claim is denied here.

"I guess I'll have to find out what I have to do then and start looking for other countries," he said.

"I feel bad for him because I see how much he misses his family and hates that he can't go back," said Hewitt.

A decision on Glass' claim will be made at a later date.

Saturday, March 31, 2007
I'm sure France would take him
It seems Toronto is harboring another war-dodging, yellow spined, America-hating cretin who thought joining the National Guard would be like basket weaving at summer camp.

U.S. army deserter Corey Glass smoked a cigarette during a break in his Immigration and Refugee Board hearing yesterday and hoped he'll avoid time behind bars.

"I hope I don't have to sit 20 years in prison," said Glass, who fled the U.S. to resist fighting in Iraq and is seeking refugee status in Toronto. "And I hope it helps make something happen with someone admitting the war is illegal."

But there are legal hurdles to clear for Glass, 23, before he can be granted his wish and avoid imprisonment in the home country he has no plans to return to.

His lawyer, Jeffry House, is arguing that the war in Iraq violates international law and therefore Glass should not be punished for refusing to take part in an illegal war.


I can hear the violins. Especially since he's unlikely to serve more than a few months or a year in prison if he returns home and pleads guilty to cowardice.

He misses his parents and three siblings, who support his decision to flee, but Glass says he will not go back to the U.S. if his claim is denied here.

"I guess I'll have to find out what I have to do then and start looking for other countries," he said.


Try France, kid. They have a long and distinguished history of cowardice. They may make you their new king. Or mullah, anyway, given the direction they've taken.

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