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Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
March 16, 2009
SAN DIEGO — Two Canadian Parliament members on Sunday visited a U.S. Army deserter being held in a brig in San Diego after unsuccessfully trying to seek refuge in Canada.
Robin Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, fled to Canada in 2005 to avoid serving in Iraq but was deported last summer after losing a court battle to stay in that country. Long became the first American resister to the Iraq war to be removed by Canadian authorities.
Parliamentarians Olivia Chow and Borys Wrzesnewskyj traveled to the Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in San Diego, where Long is serving a 15-month sentence after pleading guilty last August to a reduced charge of desertion.
During the 45-minute meeting, Chow said Long appeared in good spirits and did not complain but told them that he missed his young son in Canada.
"My heart sank, it was very heavy," Chow said after the meeting. "I was angry that Canada deported him."
March 16, 2009
SAN DIEGO — Two Canadian Parliament members on Sunday visited a U.S. Army deserter being held in a brig in San Diego after unsuccessfully trying to seek refuge in Canada.
Robin Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, fled to Canada in 2005 to avoid serving in Iraq but was deported last summer after losing a court battle to stay in that country. Long became the first American resister to the Iraq war to be removed by Canadian authorities.
Parliamentarians Olivia Chow and Borys Wrzesnewskyj traveled to the Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in San Diego, where Long is serving a 15-month sentence after pleading guilty last August to a reduced charge of desertion.
During the 45-minute meeting, Chow said Long appeared in good spirits and did not complain but told them that he missed his young son in Canada.
"My heart sank, it was very heavy," Chow said after the meeting. "I was angry that Canada deported him."