Article: The lost regiment... 500 scots go awol.

Article: Iraq vet AWOL again, says Army ignores his case: ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 26, 2006 ;     476 words ... ... turning himself in after an 18-month AWOL stint. He had fled to Canada in ... leave to avoid a second tour in Iraq. "Legally, I'm AWOL again," Snyder said Friday ... among two dozen volunteers from Iraq Veterans Against the War spending ...

Article: Ordered back to Iraq, he goes AWOL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 Ordered back to Iraq, he goes AWOL -- Road trip toward ... had fought in the Iraq war. Inspired by ... the war, of going AWOL. Then she learned ... orders to return to Iraq, even though he thought ... flips out and goes AWOL, taking a road trip ...

Article: Army specialist refuses to return to duty in ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  June 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... imprisoned for desertion than returned to Iraq. Fort Lewis Army spokesman Joe Hitt ... number of soldiers absent without leave - AWOL, which means they are are missing from ... handled a dozen such cases since the Iraq war began and has four current cases ...

Transcript: AWOL Iraq Veteran Returns to Base
NPR Morning Edition;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... NPR) 09-01-2006 AWOL Iraq Veteran Returns to ... soldier whod gone AWOL took a drive back toward his base. Iraq veteran Mark Wilkerson ... going to serve in Iraq. I am not willing ... difficult decision to go AWOL. INSKEEP: Tell me ...

Article: IRAQ Soldiers aren't AWOL
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...IRAQ Soldiers aren't AWOL, they're deserters Wednesday ... cowering in Canada as being "AWOL." How politically correct ... plain and simple. The term "AWOL" can apply to just about ... small number of soldiers in Iraq is not acceptable. We have ...

Article: AWOL Iraq war veteran to avoid court-martial
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 8, 2007 ;     356 words ...ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- An Iraq war veteran will not be court- martialed ... It really wasn't about proving I went AWOL -- that's a given," Cherry, who was ... experiences during 13 months as a combat medic in Iraq. Five months after his return in June ...

Article: 11,000 British soldiers have gone AWOL since Iraq ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 11, 2007 ;     389 words ...11,000 British soldiers have gone AWOL since Iraq war: report LONDON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- More ... British soldiers have gone absent without leave (AWOL) since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, according to a report by The Daily ...