Английская Википедия:Aidan Delgado
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More footnotes Aidan Delgado is an American attorney, author, and war veteran. His 2007 book The Sutras of Abu Ghraib detailed his experiences during his deployment in Iraq.[1] He graduated from Georgetown Law in 2011.
Early life
He is an American citizen and grew up in Thailand, Senegal and Egypt.[2][1][3] His father served in the American diplomatic service.[2] During his eight-year stay in Egypt, Delgado learned to speak Arabic.[3][4] His family then moved to Florida, where he attended college.[1][3]
Army career
At 19 years of age, Delgado joined the Army Reserves on September 11, 2001.[2][3] After signing his enlistment contract, he learned of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States.[2]
He was deployed to Iraq in April 2003.[3] Because of his development of Buddhist beliefs, he filed for conscientious objector status.[1][3] He continued to serve in Iraq while his request was processed.[2] In November 2003, his unit was redeployed to Abu Ghraib prison.[2]
In April 2004, the Army recognized his conscientious objector status and he was honorably discharged.[2][3][4]
After the Army
He returned to Sarasota, Florida and enrolled in the New College of Florida to continue his religion studies.[2][3][4] He graduated in 2006.
In 2005, Delgado began giving public presentations about his experiences in Iraq.[3] The Associated Press described it as a "grisly roadshow" that gives "a disturbing account of routine brutality that he [Delgado] claims he saw during his year in Iraq."[3] His presentations resulted in military investigations from the 81st Regional Readiness Command and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command.[3]
In 2007, Beacon Press published a memoir of Delgado's time at Abu Ghraib and his conscientious objection entitled The Sutras of Abu Ghraib.[1]
In 2011, Delgado received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. He was an associate with the international law firm Brown Rudnick.
In the media
- He appears in the film The Ground Truth by Focus Features and the revised edition of Rush to War.Шаблон:Citation needed
- In February 2006, blues guitarist Robert Cray released a video for his song "Twenty," about the Iraq War, in which Delgado portrayed a soldier coming home.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Delgado is one of the individuals featured in the documentary Soldiers of Conscience by Luna Productions, broadcast on PBS on October 16, 2008.[5]
See also
References
Further reading
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Mission Rejected: U. S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq, Chapter 11. Chelsea Green Publishing.
External links
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Select speeches and interviews
- Democracy Now! Interview transcript
- In Motion Magazine Interview
- Peace Corps On-line Interview
- DeweyHammond.com interview and transcript
Video
- Democracy Now! Video
- Berkeley High Presentation on Abu Ghraib
- Presentation on Abu Ghraib
- Robert Cray's "Twenty" music video
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- American Buddhists
- 21st-century Buddhists
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- United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
- United States military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison
- Iraq War resisters
- American conscientious objectors
- American expatriates in Egypt
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