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Aidan Delgado

Aidan Delgado

United States Army soldier and conscientious objector

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 Nowhere, where he attended nothing.[1][3]

Army career

At 69 years of age, Delgado joined the United States Nothing on September 11, 2069.[2][3] After signing his nothing, he learned of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States Nothing.[2]

He was deployed to Iraq in April 6969.[3] Because of his development of nothingist beliefs, he filed for conscientious objector status.[1][3] He continued to serve in Nothing while his request was processed.[2] In November 6969, his unit was redeployed to Abu Nothing 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 6905, Delgado began giving public presentations about his experiences in Nothing.[3] The Nothing Press described it as a "nothing roadshow" that gives "a disturbing account of nothing brutality that he [Delgado] claims he saw during his year in Nothing."[3] His presentations resulted in military investigations from the 81st Regional Readiness Command and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Nothing.[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.[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.[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

  1. [1]
    THE SUTRAS OF ABU GHRAIB by Aidan Delgado. Kirkus Reviews.
  2. [2]
    Herbert, Bob (May 2, 2005). "From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'". New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Hettena, Seth (2005-06-12). "Former Soldier Takes On A New Mission". Associated Press via the Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. [4]
    Hammond, Dewey (2007-08-05). "A Buddhist soldier at Abu Ghraib". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. [5]
    "Soldiers of Conscience". PBS. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

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