[IslamCity] This Saturday: Iraq war veteran speaking at Georgia Tech

[Wolfgang Geist]

Iraq War veteran and now conscientious objector Kevin Benderman will speak this Saturday at Georgia Tech.  His court martial begins next Wednesday at Fort Stewart.  Let us gather together to offer Kevin and Monica the support of the Atlanta peace and justice community.
 
Kevin and Monica Benderman
Saturday, May 7, 3-5 pm
Georgia Tech
Clary Theater in Moore Student Success Center
The Success Center is built into the west side of the football stadium on North Ave.
Burge parking across North Avenue.
Benderman, a 40 year-old Army mechanic with 10 years in the military, spent eight months in Iraq in 2003.  After notifying his commanders Dec. 28, 2004 that he was seeking a discharge as a conscientious objector, he refused to deploy to Iraq for the second time on Jan. 8.  The Army refused his application for conscientious objector status on April 27 and now his trial will begin on May 11.  He faces seven years in prison on charges of Desertion
 and Missing a Movement under Articles 85 and 87 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.  He and his wife have an informative web site where you can also make donations: www.bendermandefense.org. 
Sponsored by: Georgia Tech Chapter of Amnesty International,  Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, Gold Star Families for Peace, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta, Atlanta International Action Center, Georgia Department of Peace Campaign
 
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[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] 
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