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英国南東部のオルダーショットの軍法会議公判でRAF(英国空軍)軍医のマルコム・ケンダルスミス大尉は、米国のイラク侵攻をナチ体制と同じと批判した。同氏は2005年6月、イラクのバスラ派遣を拒否。派遣命令拒否の他、そのための訓練任務拒否などの罪に問われて起訴されていた。
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060412/wl_uk_afp/britainiraqnzealand
British doctor Malcolm Kendall-Smith
British army doctor compares US invasion of Iraq to Nazi regime
Wed Apr 12, 2:35 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - A British doctor facing charges over his refusal to serve in Iraq told a court martial the actions of United States in Iraq put it "on a par with Nazi Germany."
"I have evidence that the Americans were on a par with Nazi Germany with its actions in the Persian Gulf," Malcolm Kendall-Smith, a doctor serving with the
Royal Air Force (RAF), told a court martial in Aldershot, south-east England.
"I have documents in my possession which support my assertions. This is on the basis that on-going acts of aggression in Iraq and systematically applied war crimes provide a moral equivalent between the US and Nazi Germany."
Kendall-Smith is charged with five counts of "refusing to obey a legal order" for refusing to go to Iraq in June 2005, when he was ordered to go to the British-controlled town of Basra in the south of the country. He also refused to carry out training related to the mission.
The doctor, who denies the charges, was decorated for his roles in Afghanistan and in the Gulf following Britain's intervention in Iraq, when he was deployed in Kuwait and in Qatar. He is currently posted at the RAF base at Kinloss in Scotland.
Kendall-Smith has dual British and New Zealand nationality .
The court martial is due to retire on Thursday before giving its verdict in the case, which began on Tuesday.