BBC: Canada is to deport a United States soldier who fled to the country to avoid deployment in Iraq.
Spc Jeremy Hinzman, 29, was told his family's application for refugee status had been turned down by Canada.
His supporters say Spc Hinzman, who had already served a tour of duty in Afghanistan, was the first Iraq war resister to seek sanctuary in Canada.
Some 200 deserters from the US military are believed to have fled to Canada, some living incognito.
Others have sought refugee status.
Lee Zaslofsky, a spokesman for the War Resisters' Support Campaign, a pressure group helping US deserters in Canada, told AFP news agency Spc Hinzman would face "cruel" and "harsh" punishment in the United States.
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