Paul Melling- Iraq Speaker
Paul Melling, 27, is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. September of 2002 he enlisted in the army and started training as a field artillery cannon crew member. From February 2003 to January 2004 he was deployed to a small forward operating base near Kirkuk, Iraq. After returning from Iraq he finished up his time in the army and was honorably discharged in June of 2006; he has been an Iraq Veteran Against the War ever since. He was a participant of Witness Against War 2008, a 500 mile walk from Chicago to St. Paul to challenge and nonviolently resist our country’s continuing war in and occupation of Iraq http://vcnv.org/witness-against-war