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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Soldier Jailed for Rap Lyrics Is Discharged

Soldier Jailed for Rap Lyrics Is Discharged: "According to Jeff Paterson of Courage to Resist, an Oakland-based organization dedicated to supporting military objectors like Hall, he was not jailed for the song, but was instead jailed 'in retaliation for his formal complaint of inadequate mental health services available to him at Fort Stewart. The Army used an angry song that Spc. Hall, a combat veteran of the Iraq War suffering from post-traumatic stress, had produced criticizing the stop-loss policy as the pretext.'
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