Joshua Casteel was a United States Army soldier, conscientious objector, playwright, and divinity student. He volunteered for the army in 2002 and conducted interrogations in Abu Ghraib prison.
In 2005 he received an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector. He was active in the anti-war movement before dying of lung cancer in 2012.
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Letters from Abu Ghraib (2008)
From his conscientious objector application, pp. 115-116.
Letters from Abu Ghraib (2008)
Source: Letters from Abu Ghraib (2008), pp. 64-65.
“Joining the army is not a sacrament, it's a pagan allegiance.”
Source: Letters from Abu Ghraib (2008), p. 91.
Source: Letters from Abu Ghraib (2008), pp. 71-72.
