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Army officer expected to publicly refuse to serve in Iraq

 Danielle Fink     Updated: 6/6/2006 9:30:55 PM  Posted: 6/6/2006 9:30:28 PM
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SEATTLE (AP) -- An Army lieutenant in Washington state is expected to go public Wednesday with his refusal to deploy to Iraq.

Attorney Eric Seitz tells Seattle's K-O-M-O Radio that Lieutenant Ehren Watada (wah-TAH'-dah) opposes the war and first asked to be re-assigned and also asked to be allowed to resign his commission.

Seitz says after both requests were denied, Watada told his superiors he wouldn't go to Iraq.

Two anti-war groups say the soldier will announce his refusal at a news conference in Tacoma.

A Fort Lewis spokeswoman had no comment.

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