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U.S. Deserter Shipped Back To Base
Toronto Sun ^ | July 16, 2008 | Tom Godfrey

Posted on 07/16/2008 9:41:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

A U.S. Navy deserter nabbed at the border is being shipped back to his base in California to face charges of desertion.

At the same time, rallies were staged in Toronto and Vancouver yesterday to try to prevent Robin Long, a failed refugee claimant and deserter, from being deported to the U.S.

In the first case, naval officer Jeffrey Mitchell, 24, was crossing the Peace Bridge late Saturday with his wife after a two-day Niagara Falls getaway when he was nabbed in a computer check, said Chief Kevin Corsaro, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Corsaro said Mitchell had been stationed for three years in San Diego when he bolted. "He said he was on vacation for two days in Canada," Corsaro said yesterday.

"He was on his way back when our checks revealed a warrant."

Corsaro said Mitchell did not make a refugee claim.

(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: deserter; robinlong

1 posted on 07/16/2008 9:41:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
That's too kind. I would have kicked in back into Canada and if they had deported him again, I'd have him summarily shot. I don't believe in giving traitors the right to have a warm bed, room and board in a country to which they turned their back in its hour of need.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 07/16/2008 9:45:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh is that what they call treason these days?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 07/16/2008 9:46:59 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is good.


4 posted on 07/16/2008 9:47:07 PM PDT by rlmorel (Clinging bitterly to Guns and God in Massachusetts...:)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Stupid Kid


5 posted on 07/16/2008 9:51:54 PM PDT by valkyry1
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6 posted on 07/16/2008 10:47:05 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: goldstategop

I agree. Being from Vancouver originally, the idiots up north would welcome him there BUT not an actually starving, beaten up refugee from a communist country.


7 posted on 07/16/2008 11:32:12 PM PDT by max americana
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“I joined the Army for the benefits. Nobody told me I was going to have to actually fight for my country. Sheesh. It’s just not fair.”


8 posted on 07/17/2008 1:38:13 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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