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From Canada NewsWire: Bob Rae joins War Resister Jeremy Hinzman in call to stop deportation TORONTO, Sept. 18 /CNW/ - At a press conference today, Bob Rae, the Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic joined U.S. Iraq War resister Jeremy Hinzman to make an urgent appeal to the Conservative government to stop the imminent deportation of Hinzman and his family, scheduled for September 23. Hinzman was a specialist in the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army. He came to Canada in January 2004 after refusing to deploy to the Iraq war. If he is deported, Hinzman will face court martial, imprisonment and a criminal record. "I believe very strongly, as do a majority in the House of Commons, that we should do as we did during the Vietnam War," said Bob Rae. "We should be accepting of those who refuse to take part in a war that Canada decided not to take part in because it was not internationally sanctioned. Canada accepted over 50,000 people during the Vietnam War, and Canada has benefited greatly from them. Jeremy will make a great Canadian and it would be great if he and his family could stay in Canada," Rae added. "A recent Angus Reid poll showed that two-thirds of Canadians support the war resisters being allowed to stay in Canada," said Lee Zaslofsky, Coordinator of the War Resisters Support Campaign and a Vietnam War resister. "Stephen Harper and Immigration Minister Diane Finley should intervene now to stop the deportation of the Hinzman family and allow other war resisters to stay," concluded Zaslofsky. The Hinzman family - Jeremy, his wife Nga Nguyen, their son Liam (6) and newborn daughter Meghan - are the first war resister family to face deportation. On October 8, Patrick Hart, his wife Jill, and their son Rian (6), will learn whether they will face a similar fate. "I want to thank all the people who have given support to my family and myself while we've been in Canada," said Jeremy Hinzman. "A great majority of Canadians opposed the illegal and immoral war in Iraq as I did. I hope the Prime Minister will intervene to let us stay, along with the other resisters who have sought refuge in this country." *** War Resisters Support Campaign / Campagne d'appui aux résistantEs à la guerre http://www.resisters.ca/ *** Copyright / Droit d'auteur © 2008 War Resisters Support Campaign / Campagne d'appui aux résistantEs à la guerre Intrinsic Audiovisual Productions

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