IVAW member Casey J. Porter, from Fort Hood, TX, has posted his sixth video about the life of a stop-lossed soldier in Iraq. In his words: "Take an inside look at the fleecing of Soldiers while they are deployed to Iraq. Every single day Soldiers are suckered out of their money by major corporations which tempt the young enlisted "Joe" to spend, spend, spend. Greed, corruption, and putting Soldiers lives in harms way in this, our latest film, The Deployment Game: Livin' FOBulous"

Casey, along with his fellow Texas IVAW members Ronn Cantu and Hart Viges, are profiled a new Austin Chronicle article. Click here to read Stop the Loss.

IVAW member André Shepherd has applied for political asylum in Germany. Shepherd, a 31-year-old Army helicopter mechanic from Ohio, served for six months in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. While serving in Germany in the spring of 2007, Shepherd received orders to redeploy to Iraq. Instead, he chose to go into hiding.

Shepherd submitted his petition for asylum based on Germany's opposition to the illegal war in Iraq. "If I carried out my orders, it would make me a criminal. But I swore my oath on the American Constitution, which prohibits wars of aggression of any nature, such as the one in Iraq,"

After 19 months living with friends and supporters, Shepherd is now staying at an asylum facility in Karlsruhe, Germany while he waits for a decision on his asylum application.

Media coverage of André Shepherd's case:
US Soldier Seeks Political Asylum in Germany Der Spiegel
US army deserter applies for asylum in Germany Army Times