Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. Juli 2004 / Time Line July 11, 2004
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07/11/2004
Den brasilianske kulturminister, Gilberto Gil, som
også en kendt musiker, holder et foredrag om Fred som kultur
- fredskultur på Anneks A, Studiegården,
Studiestræde 6, d. 11. juli, kl.11.00. Samme aften holder han
koncert i Tivoli på plænen kl. 22.00.
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Hør Marina Jacobsens velkomttale - 1927 - kb. |
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Hør porologen Ordet fred af Paulo Coelho oplæst af Søren Vejby. - 687 - kb. |
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Hear Gilberto Gil's lecture Peace as Culture - 5874 - kb. |
07/11/2004
Ex-Army reservist sues to avoid recall
By TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A former Army reservist who returned to civilian
life in December - only to be recalled five months later - filed a
lawsuit Thursday to avoid duty in Iraq.
Todd Parrish, 30, served four years of active duty and another four
years in the reserves, a commitment he believed expired Dec. 19.
The Army maintains he will be in a voluntary reserve status until
he's 50.
The Army says Parrish never formally resigned his commission as a
lieutenant, making him eligible for involuntary recall to duty. He
received a letter May 10 to report for duty at Fort Sill, Okla.,
and is due Aug. 10.
Parrish says he did not know he had to resign. Believing he was
free, he married, bought a house and began preparing for a career
as a civil engineer.
"It was a life-altering experience when I read the orders to report
to active duty," Parrish said in a recent interview. "I felt like I
was being drafted without a draft being instituted."
The complaint filed in federal court in Raleigh contends Parrish
was never informed in any enlistment contract or other document "of
any requirement or need to 'resign' his Army Reserve commission in
order to terminate his status with the U.S. Army Reserves."
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