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November 8th, 2006
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Topic: No Jail For Refusing Afghanistan Duty
November 7, 2006 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS -- A military court Monday convicted a soldier for refusing to serve in a Dutch NATO battalion in Afghanistan but declined to punish him, saying he was suffering from post-traumatic stress from another tour of duty. In a written ruling, the court in the central city of Arnhem also criticized the military for not doing enough for the 20-year-old man, whose identity was not released. The soldier, who was given a dishonorable discharge earlier this year, had faced a maximum sentence of 2 years' imprisonment. The Dutch have 1,400 troops serving as part of NATO forces in the lawless southern Afghanistan province of Uruzgan. |
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