Attorney: Army to allow 1st officer to refuse Iraq duty to resign

October 12th, 2009 Off-duty NYPD cop accused of showing gun on trainHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Authorities say an off-duty New York City police officer who displayed a handgun while trying to quiet unruly passengers on a train has been arrested and suspended without pay.

October 2nd, 2009 Iraq war objector leaves ArmyFORT LEWIS, Wash. — An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq in 2006, saying he believed the war was illegal, has officially left the service.

October 1st, 2009 Coinstar CFO to resign in NovemberBELLEVUE, Wash. — Coinstar Inc.

September 25th, 2009 Army to allow Iraq war objector to resignHONOLULU — The Army is allowing the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq to resign from the service, his attorney said late Friday. First Lt. Ehren Watada will be granted a discharge Oct.

September 19th, 2009 Iraq arrests three antiquities traffickersBAGHDAD — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested three men on charges they were trying to traffic stolen antiquities, including the bust of a Sumerian king, a local army commander said Saturday. The three were arrested in a sting operation after attempting to sell one of the artifacts for $160,000 to an undercover intelligence officer of the Iraqi Army's 12th division in a village southwest of Kirkuk, division commander Maj.

September 19th, 2009 Iraq arrests 3 on antiquities chargesBAGHDAD — Authorities in northern Iraq have arrested three men on charges they were trying to traffic stolen antiquities, including the bust of a Sumerian king, a local army commander said Saturday. The three were arrested in a sting operation after attempting to sell one of the artifacts for $160,000 to an undercover intelligence officer of the Iraqi Army's 12th division in a village southwest of Kirkuk, division commander Maj.

September 19th, 2009 Roadside bomb kills 11-year-old in north IraqBAGHDAD — Authorities say a roadside bomb has killed an 11-year-old boy and wounded his two friends in the violence-plagued city of Mosul in northern Iraq. A Mosul police officer says the bomb exploded around 4 p.m.

August 17th, 2009 Army captain accused of accepting bribes in IraqNEW YORK — A U.S. Army captain has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes while he was stationed in Iraq to steer more than $500,000 in contracts.

July 21st, 2009 Soldier due in court on Iraq Army slaying chargesFORT STEWART, Ga. — An Army sergeant charged with slaying his superior and another U.S.

June 5th, 2009 NJ reservist sentenced in Iraq contract schemeTRENTON, N.J. — An Army Reserve officer from New Jersey has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for her role in a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars for Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars and jewelry.

May 12th, 2009 Source: Soldier in shooting is on third Iraq tourWASHINGTON — The soldier charged in the deaths of fellow troops in Baghdad is on his third tour of duty in Iraq, according to his service record. Excerpts of the record, obtained by The Associated Press, show that Army Sgt.

April 28th, 2009 Atty: Ga. soldier to plead guilty to desertionSAVANNAH, Ga. — The attorney for a Georgia soldier says he will plead guilty to deserting the Army.

April 22nd, 2009 Erie officer: Videotaped remarks were embellishedERIE, Pa. — An Erie police officer says he embellished comments that ridiculed a murder victim in a barroom conversation that was videotaped and posted online.

April 22nd, 2009 Army officer feels vindicated by Senate reportWASHINGTON — An Army Reserve brigadier general demoted because of prisoner abuses at the Abu Ghraib facility in Iraq says a new Senate report supports claims that uniformed military people were made "scapegoats" for Bush administration prisoner interrogation policies. Col. Janis Karpinski said Tuesday that "from the beginning, I've been saying these soldiers did not design these techniques on their own." She told CBS's "The Early Show" that servicemen and women stationed in Iraq "were following orders." Eleven U.S.

March 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - A voter not finding any candidate worth supporting has the right to refuse to vote by not pressing any button on the electronic voting machine even after completing the other formalities in the polling booth, according to a senior election officer. 'A voter is well within his right to refuse to press the EVM buttons even after signing the register and putting ink on his finger.