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10/31/2003 Archived Entry: "Iraq"
Canadian goes AWOL from U.S. army
He had three confirmed kills and was praised by his fellow soldiers.
But he became depressed, detached and irritable.
His commanders ordered him out of Iraq and he was sent back to his base in Fort
Campbell, Kentucky. But just a few days before he was to be released, he walked away.
US soldier charged with cowardice
If convicted at a court-martial, the soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group
could face prison time and a dishonourable discharge. He was attached to a team
of Green Berets, and the unit was working September 29 near Samarra, north of
Baghdad, when Pogany saw the body of an Iraqi man brought into the Army compound.
Pogany said he began shaking, couldn't focus and kept throwing up.
He said he was terrified he would be killed.
